GROWING SPORTS
The futsal leagues not only increase participation in and awareness of futsal, but also generate significant returns for the local delivery partners
opportunities for participants to play the game. There are currently more than 60 adult and youth futsal leagues running across the country. The FA National Youth Futsal Festival has been running since 2007 to encourage young people to participate in futsal. Boys’ and girls’ teams from across the country between the ages of 10 and 16 progress through regional festivals to reach the National Youth Futsal Festival. This event is hugely popular and is helping to promote the game in schools and youth clubs. In 2014 more than 2,500 teams participated in this competition. British Universities and English
Colleges (BUCS) Futsal Championships are two competitions which have been going from strength-to-strength over recent years, with a large number of colleges and universities across Britain entering male and female teams. BUCS announced in 2014 that over the past three years futsal has been the fastest growing team-sport in universities. To support the leagues, The FA has established a number of coaching and
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refereeing courses to support the development and learning of both coaches and referees within futsal.
GETTING INVOLVED The FA is keen to support organisations and facilities which are interested in and motivated to develop local futsal participation opportunities. It provides licences to local delivery partners to run and operate youth and adult FA Futsal Fives leagues. As part of the license The FA will provide grant funding to help set the league up, as well as a host of FA branded marketing and operational resources to make it easy for the operator to get things started. There are currently more than 60 leagues operating across the UK that not only increase participation in and awareness of futsal, but also generate significant financial returns for the local delivery partners. The FA is also aiming to be flexible when it comes to facility requirements. It recognises that facilities can act as a limitation and barrier to playing futsal across England. However, at the
recreational level of the game, The FA believes that with a little bit of creativity and flexibility, facilities should not pose too significant an obstacle for recreational and social participation in futsal. Although The FA encourages teams and participants to seek to play futsal on a proper full-size indoor futsal pitch with appropriate markings, it’s clear that this will not always be possible – especially as the sport is still in a developmental stage. By getting in touch with the FA, operators will be able to find the best solution to provide a workable futsal facility. l
Find out more
To find out more about how you can adapt an existing sports-hall to incor- porate futsal, The FA has produced a guidance resource with further info:
www.sportsmanagement.co.uk/FUTSAL If you are interested in becoming an
FA Futsal Fives license holder, contact
Stephen.Brown@
TheFA.com
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