Futsal is a fast, skilful and exciting version of football played with 5 a side on a basketball sized court. A small field with lines puts players constantly under pressure from other players and out-of-play boundaries.

Players learn to settle the ball rapidly, cut sharply, shield effectively, pass quickly and move into space. Compared to walled or large indoor soccer fields, futsal places a greater premium on ball control. There is no reward for errant shots or passes because the other team will get the ball.

There is no incentive to ‘kick and run’ because the field is too small and packed with players. Players with the ball must use proper technique to maintain control and must seek out other players in space. Players without the ball must move to ‘real’ space and must truly support their team mates. With futsal, the emphasis is clearly on control and technique.             
          
If you want to improve your soccer skills, Futsal is the game for you!


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Saturday morning sessions are now taking place at Princess Hill Stadium (Carlton North) between 10:00am-12:00pm! Register now!

Each registered participant is provided with a training shirt and Vic Force cap.

Special offer for this term: Register with Vic Force during term 2 and you will be eligible to participate in two (2) sessions per week for the cost of one term fee.

Vic Force Futsal Club offer the Brazilian approach to teaching Futsal, bringing you all the characteristics of modern Futsal in a fun atmosphere. The rapid growth in the number of children participating in Futsal sees a huge demand and an increasing popularity in this country.

Our Junior Futsal programmes quickly develop skills required for soccer: - balance, motor ability, agility and co-ordination, ball mastery, accurate and quick passing and receiving, perception insight and awareness. Children learn through repetition and practice in small areas this occurs naturally. As Futsal is fast and action packed, fitness is improved while learning and having fun.



Futsal is the only FIFA approved five-a-side soccer game. It is played Indoors on a basketball style court, with no walls and a low bouncing ball, necessitating players to use their skills rather than the balls bounce to propel it. Great soccer stars such as Pele, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Denilson, Zico and Ronaldo grew up playing the game and attribute Futsal with developing their silky skills. Futsal is played by an estimated 30 million players throughout the world is soon to be an Olympic sport.

 




  
 
 
 
The origin of Futsal can be traced back to Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani devised a five-a-side version of soccer for youth competion in YMCAs. The game is played on basketball-sized courts, both indoors and out without the use of sidewalls.
The term FUTSAL is the international term used for the game. It is derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "soccer", FUTbol or FUTebol, and the French or Spanish word for "indoor", SALon or SALa. The game is frequently referred to as Five-A-Side.

Once Ceriani got the ball rolling, Futsal gained rapid popularity throughout South America, particularly in Brazil. The skill developed in this game is visible in the world-famous style the Brazilians display outdoors on the full-sized field. Pele, Zico, Socrates, Bebeto and other Brazilian superstars developed their skill playing Futsal. While Brazil continues to be the Futsal hub of the world, the game is now played, under the auspices of FIFA, all over the world, from Europe to North and Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania.

The first international competition took place in 1965,
when Paraguay won the first South American Cup.
Six more South American Cups were held through 1979, with Brazil winning all of them. Brazil continued its dominance with a victory in the first Pan American Cup in 1980 and won it again the next time it was played in 1984.  

The first Futsal World Championship conducted under the auspices of FIFUSA (before its members integrated into FIFA in 1989) was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1982, with Brazil finishing in first place. The Brazilians repeated as champions at the second World Championship in 1985 in Spain, but lost in the third World Championship in 1988 in Australia to Paraguay.
 FIFA took over direct sponsorship of the event in 1989 in Holland and 1992 in Hong Kong. Brazil won both times. The Third FIFA World Futsal Championship was held November 24 through December 11, 1996, in Spain. The Fourth FIFA Futsal World Championship was held in Guatemala between November 18 to December 4th, 2000.


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MELBOURNE FUTSAL LEAGUE - VIC FORCE F.C. will be entering a team! Stay tuned to this website!  


 
 



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