FIFA Futsal Coaching Course

Nicosia (Cyprus), 29/6-3/7/2009

Instructor: Mico Martic (Croatia)

Futsal Technique and Individual Tactic

FUTSAL ABILITIES

1. Passing
2. Feinting
3. Shooting
4. Marking
5. Dribbling
6. Anticipation
7. Ball Protection
8. Running with the Ball
9. Ball control (Oriented control)
10. Head Shoot
11. Ball stopping
 FUTSAL PARTICULARIS
Individual Technique and Individual Tactic

Passing
- any type of passing
- specific for futsal (scoop pass, pivot pass)
Feinting (opening)
- any type of feinting
- specific for futsal (“gatinho”)
Shooting
- any type of shooting
- specific for futsal (toe punt, 2, volley)
Marking
Dribbling - any type of dribbling
- specific for futsal (dribbling with sole of the foot)
Ball Protection
Running with the Ball
- any type of running with the ball
- specific for futsal (control in movement with the sole)
Ball control
- any type of ball controll
- specific for futsal (oriented control, Play change: on pass, own, feint, attack ball)
Head Shoot
Ball stopping
- any type of ball stopping
- specific for futsal (stop with the sole)

Goalkeeping technique
- specific for futsal (1)
Attack – ball protection
Defense
Technical Actions with the ball

BALL CONTROLL AND RECEPTION

BALL DOMINION AND HANDLING
RUNNING WITH THE BALL
PASSING
SHOOTING ON THE GOAL
DRIBBLING

Technical Actions without the ball

FEINTING (Defensive and Offensive)

ENTRANCE
INTERCEPTION
ANTICIPATION
Ball Controll and Reception

Controll: half-stopped, stopped, damping

Contact superficies (areas):
Foot; sole, inside, empein
Thigh
Chest
Head

Important:
Player should not wait the ball!
He needs to go, to feint and to anticipate!
He needs to go to bring the ball, surpriseing the opponent, coming closer and away
High level training:
Oriented control
Damping

Oriented control exercises:

Note: ask for high shoot intensity

in pairs
always feinting
oriented control (ball always not more than 0,5 m near player)
speed shoot
Damping exercises (amortiguamiento):
a) tense pass
b) middle high pass
c) high pass (individual, two players, three players, band serve exercises: foot, head,
thigh, playing exercises: 2vs2, 3vs3, 4vs4 )
Ball Dominion and Handling
Running with the ball

Exercises

a) very fast “running with the ball” in form of relief (right line, zig-zag line, in circle)
b) circular “running with the ball”
c) “running with the ball” and stop
d) fast “running with the ball”

Details:
- lot of touches to the ball with low intensity, to take much closer ball to the foot
- vista to the front
- ask for change of rate (rhytm) during “conduction and stop & start”
Passing
Passing exercises

1. Passing during the Worm up and in the beginning of learning

a) Players in pairs in front
b) Players in pairs in front with obstacle
c) Players in pairs in front with the net (high and medium high passes)
d) Passing in circle
e) Passing in circle, passing to the second left or right and run where pass
f) “Cage”, one, two players inside the group of players trying to take the ball

criteria: - balance between players inside and outside

- ask for reduced space
- reduce number of touches, closer to the real play
g) Passes in triangles, squares or columns
Passing
Passing exercises
Passing
1. Passing as playing application

a) learn parallel
b) high diagonal passes (earn the back)
c) diagonal passes
d) counterattack and over position (8)

1. Passing during the game

a) 2vs2, 3vs3 or 4vs4 on half pitch, ball possession (reach 10 touches before opponent touch the
ball), change number of touches
b) before to score, team needs to execute 4,5 or 6 touches in row.
c) target: pass to pivot, 4vs4 + one jolly, Jolly is in the delimited space where other players can’t
enter. Jolly plays with team in ball possession. Before to score jolly needs to touch the ball
Shooting on the goal
- zig-zag conduction and shoot (both foots)
- pass + shoot (both foots)
- control of high pass and shoot before ball fall down
- dribbling + shoot
VOLEA SHOOT
two phases: learning and improvement

Exercises of the Volea Shoot in the first phase

Exercises for improvement of the Volea Shoot

Exercises of the Volea Shoot:

- feint and short volea
- feint and large volea
- anticipation and volea
- long high pass and volea
- with added difficulties (after the jump over obstacle, zig-zag conduction jump over
obstacle and volea shoot)
- volea shoot receiving ball on the back
Dribbling
Technical Actions without the ball

FEINTING (Defensive and Offensive)

ENTRANCE
INTERCEPTION
ANTICIPATION
Thanks for your attention !