Futsal: Skills, Strategies and Session Plans: Technical Drills for Competitive Training (Paperback)
Futsal: Skills, Strategies and Session Plans is a comprehensive guide to one of the fastest growing indoor sports in the world. Credited by football superstars for its invaluable skill development, futsal is both an exciting sport in its own right and a technical tool that has propelled players such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the top. This practical book offers expert advice and session plans, addressing how these practices not only enhance futsal performance, but also aid the development of football players. Focusing on increased time pressure, less space, multiple decisions and more touches on the ball, the wide variety of activities will provide players from grassroots to the elite level with a fun, fast and competitive challenge. Featuring over fifty session plans inspired by work with the England national team, along with contributions from some of the world's top futsal coaches, this technical guide offers a unique insight into the sport.
Michael Skubala is an FA national coach within the Youth Development Phase and Professional Development Phase. Prior to this he was the England Futsal Performance Manager and has been involved in elite futsal for twenty years. In that time, he's taken part in more than 200 international games across football and futsal, including sixty caps as a player for England. Seth Burkett is an author, ghostwriter and former football and futsal player. As a professional football player, he lived and played in countries such as Brazil and Sri Lanka. Now an established author, Seth has published twelve books.