In Malaysia nowadays,futsal become one of the most played no matter in what ages. You can see from the kids until the adults playing futsal together. Futsal become one of the favorite sports in Malaysia because of the size of the field. In Malaysia anybody can play futsal.
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller field and mainly played indoors. It can be considered a version of five a side. The name comes from the Potuguese Futebol de salão , which can be translated as "room football". It was created in Brazil in the 1930s and 1940s.
In Brazil, futsal is played by more people than football but does not attract as many spectators as the outdoor sport. Several futsal players have moved on to careers as successful professional football players.
Futsal is a game played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted but more to three of four for subtitute. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by lines, walls or boards are not used. Futsal is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regular football due to the surface of the field.The surface, ball and rules create an emphasis on improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces. In futsal also we can make many friends which is we can fight in friendly match with any team.
This is the Rules of Futsal.There are currently two governing bodies, Associaton Mundiel of Football de Salon (AMF) and Federation International of Football Association (FIFA). AMF and FIFA are responsible for maintaining and regulating the official rules of their respective versions of futsal.
FIFA publishes its futsal rules as the 'Laws of the Game', in which each of the 17 'laws' is a thematically related collection of individual regulations. The laws define all aspects of the game, including what may be changed to suit local competitions and leagues. So that players can play in fair games.
Examples of the Rules ;
1) The lenght of the field must be 25x16m for the minumum size and for maximum size is 42x25m.
2) The size of the ball is 4 and the weight is between 400-440g at the start of the game. Dropped from an height of 2m, the first rebound must not be lower than 50 cm or more than 65 cm which is the ball is smaller than the other balls.
3) There are two periods of 20 minutes with time stopping at every dead ball. Between the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes. Each team may use one time-out per half, which lasts one minute. Some lower leagues and tournaments use 24 minute periods with running time.
4) There are five players for each team in the field, one of them as goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 12 players that can be used each match. Substitutions are unlimited and on-the-fly.
5) For the fouls is given free kicks count as accumulated fouls. A direct free kick is awarded for kicking, tripping, charging, jumping, pushing, striking, tackling, holding, spitting, and deliberate handling. Indirect free kicks, such as playing dangerously and impeding, do not count as accumulated fouls.
6) For the goalkeeper,once the goalkeeper has released the ball either by kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is touched by an opponent. The sanction for violation is an indirect free kick. The goalkeeper may receive the ball freely when on the opponent's half.
The picture above is Malaysia Futsal team for woman. Lately, Malaysia lost with Japan 8 - 2 in AFC tournament in semi finals. That is the best achievement that we should proud even we lost. We must support our team in the future for sure.