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The Indoor Soccer: Futsal
The term futsal is derived from the Spanish words futbol which means
soccer and sala which means “parlor” or “salon”, the term was adopted by
the Americans and was more known as five-a-side or mini-soccer, originated
in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930
Juan Carlos Ceriani Gravier – a PE instructor, he drew the original rules for
futsal
The South American Futsal Confederation was organized in 1965
A futsal ball should be made of leather or other suitable material with a
circumference of 62-64 cm, should weigh about 400-440 grams with a
pressure of 0.4-0.6 atmosphere at sea level
Basic Skills
Kicking – has 2 types, inside foot and outside foot, the inside is used to
dribble, pass, and shoot and the outside foot is used to shoot into the goal
Shooting
Catching
Throwing
Short Passing
Rules
Starts only when each team has 5 players on the court, could be as many
substitutes but not more than 12
The game is split into two 20-minute halves, only 1 time-out is allowed in
each half of the game
To start a game the umpire has to toss a coin and then winner has to make
the kick-off
There is no offside rule unlike soccer

The Paralympic Sports: Goal ball

Goalball was invented in 1946 by 2 persons: An Austrian named Hanz
Lorenzen and a German named Sepp Reindle, was used fpr the rehabilitation
of former soldiers who have gone blind
Was introduced as an international demonstration event during the 1976
Paralympic Games, until it became an official Paralympic sport in 1980
Goalball is the game for the blind, also used in the Adapted Physical
Education curriculum to help students be aware of people with special
needs
Made of light materials, has 8 holes and a small bell inside, the size of the
ball should be 76 centimeters in diameter and should weigh 1.25 grams
Basic Skills
Throwing, Anticipating, Blocking
Rules
Needs 2 teams played by 3 players in each time, the objective of the game is
to pass the ball through to the opponent’s court and make a goal
The game will start through a toss coin, the winning team in the toss a coin
will choose if it will serve or receive, each half has 12 minutes
The referee will say “CENTER” to call the player near the centerline in a
serving team, he or she will blow the whistle 3 times and call a play
If a ball passes the out line it will be called line out
If the ball rests in the defending area, without a defending player touching
the ball it will be called dead ball
Soccer
The earliest form of soccer was an exercise from a military manual in China
dating back to 2000 years ago, the game was called tsu-chu (also called cuju)
Another variation was the Japanese kemari which begun 600 years years
later
Paulino Alcantara – a world-class soccer player who was considered one of
Futbol Club (FC) Barcelona’s greatest players
Basic Skills
Kicking, Shooting, Catching, Throwing
The Rules
A soccer match is played by 2 opposing teams having not more than 11
players each, the match will not start if there are fewer than 7 players in a
team
In official competitions the maximum number of substitution is 3, in a
friendly game however there could be an unlimited number of substitutions
The game starts when the referee blows the whistle and the playing captain
kicks the ball, the 1st to kick the ball becomes the 1st offensive team