Futsal Arena
Our awesome Futsal Arena is the place to perfect your skills, flicks and tricks while taking on your friends!
Played with a heavier ball than football, with no rebound walls, the game of Futsal focuses on your technique and ball control, which is great for developing your football ability too.
We’re delighted to be taking Futsal Arena bookings online and via our mobile app. If you are not a member, you can sign up for free and book using our app or online.
What is Futsal?
Futsal is the format for small sided football approved by FIFA and the FA. It is a fun, fast-pace…d small sided game that is played on a reduced-size pitch with a smaller and heavier ball than with traditional small sided football. These subtle yet key differences from the traditional game encourage first touch, ball control, quick thinking and concentration throughout the game, all core skills which are advocated at the highest level of football by both FIFA and the FA.
The nature of Futsal, with no ‘rebound boards’ commonly found in 5-a-side, means that the game places a large emphasis on technical skill and ability in situations of high pressure. This means that Futsal provides an excellent way to improve and develop as a footballer, whatever the player’s natural level of ability.
Compared with the traditional game, the laws of Futsal have incorporated useful elements from other indoor sports. Such as an accumulated foul count being in place, with each and every team foul after the fifth in any one half resulting in an unopposed ten metre penalty. This conditions the defensive tactics of teams and rewards attacking play, again key aspects of the development of a footballer of any ability.
Teams can also use a bench of up to seven rotating substitutes which means that the tempo of games remains high throughout. Games are played in two twenty minute halves but as the countdown clock is stopped every time the ball is out of play, an average game can at International Level last 80 to 90 minutes.
Safety Protocol
1. Appropriate footwear such as specialist Futsal shoes should be worn. Molded stud…s are not appropriate and running shoes or leisure footwear are not designed to adhere to this surface.
2. If traction on the court is affected by wet conditions to the extent that members of the booking group feel that there are safety concerns, then the Duty Manager at Westway Sports Centre must be informed by the booking group immediately. If the Duty Manager confirms that the surface is unplayable due to wet conditions, then the following options are available:
– Postpone the game with a credit given to the account for a future booking
– If available, and the members of the booking group agree, move the game to an available 3G AstroTurf pitch
-Cancel the game and receive a full refund. This request must be made to the Duty Manager on site at the time of the cancellation
– Postpone the game with a credit given to the account for a future booking
– If available, and the members of the booking group agree, move the game to an available 3G AstroTurf pitch
-Cancel the game and receive a full refund. This request must be made to the Duty Manager on site at the time of the cancellation
3. No responsibility is accepted for travel or equipment costs in such circumstances.
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