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Topic
BENEFITS OF STREET FOOTBALL GAMES-FUTSAL-CAGE & COURT FOOTBALL
Date & Time
Selected Sessions:
Mar 21, 2024 07:30 PM
Description
FREE to Soccerbook.com Coaches Club members, Charity/League Partner Orgs. $20 Non-Members info@soccerbookconsulting.com
SBC founder Gary Ireland & various guests discuss the proven & time tested value of various formats & aspects of football that sits outside the formal organized game. Self practice & informal small sided games found outside organized academies are essential piece of a special players' development. Legendary players played creatively, experimenting in streets, against walls, in schoolyards, backyards where they developed their touch & personality. In 2003 Man Utd, Bayern, Ajax, Barcelona decided that lack of street football was hurting youth development. A space where games are self refereed & managed & where impromptu games full of spontaneity & creativity are often arranged by children without the presence of adults. Many talented 'flair' players developed themselves in their own space & time away from selectors & scouts. Some of the world best players claim street football to be the key & core ingredient to their technical development & skill acquisition. However changing lifestyle & social patterns has resulted in the opinion that it has become public nuisance & the disappearance of street football & appearance of large grass fields has taken away from childhood football development. Top players developed the ability to read the flight of the ball & adjust to imperfect passes from their experiences on less than perfect surfaces & misshapen balls growing up playing the game in their neighborhood streets, backyards & schoolyards. Futsal offers some benefits but also highlights that one doesnt need to control the ball if it doesnt bounce. Zidane, Benzema, Mbappe, Mahrez, Pogba, Kanté, Coman, grew up playing on concrete pitches of Marseilles, Paris & Lyon while Gullit & Riijkaard did the same in Holland & Fowler in Liverpool & Puskas in Hungary before them.