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Futsal fever hits Staffordshire schools
Secondary Schools all across Staffordshire have spent the winter months embracing the exciting version of small-sided football that is ‘Futsal’, which resulted in district competitions taking place for students in Year 7, with the winners going on to represent their School Sports Partnership at the County Finals organised by the Staffordshire Football Association.
With Futsal being a fairly new concept to many schools, the Staffordshire FA organised two ‘Beginners Guide to Futsal’ courses in November/December for secondary school teachers across Staffordshire to come along and learn more about this format of the game, to enable the teachers to then deliver Futsal to the students back at their respective schools.
Schools competing at the County Futsal Finals in Cannock
Working in partnership with the County FA, the five SSP ‘Competition Managers’ in Staffordshire, organised and delivered local competitions for girls and boys in Year 7 in their respective secondary schools. Teams representing their schools competed against each other, and the winners of each competition went forward to represent their SSP at the County Finals. The local competitions were refereed by young leaders from within the School Sports Partnerships.
On the 4th and 11th February respectively, the girls' & boys' County Finals took place at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, under the guidance of Staffordshire FA officials and qualified Futsal referees from within the County. Both competitions were played to an extremely high standard, with excellent sportsmanship shown throughout by the participating schools.
In the girls' competition, St. Joseph’s High School from the South Stoke SSP were victorious, and in the boys' competition, Kind Edward VI High School from the Stafford & Stone SSP came out on top. Both schools will now go on to represent Staffordshire at The FA’s Regional/National Futsal Competition later in the year.
King Edward VI High School from the Stafford & Stone SSP, celebrate winning the
Football Development Officer, Gareth Thomas, commented on the project; “Working in partnership with the five Competition Managers, we wanted to give all Secondary Schools in Staffordshire the opportunity of learning more about the game of Futsal, and also provide them with exciting exit routes in the form of District, County, Regional and National Futsal Competitions. The FA believe that Futsal can make a contribution to the technical development of young players, and many countries that we admire for the technical skills of their players use Futsal as an aspect of youth development. Ball retention, quick & skilful play, and tactical awareness, are all key skills within the game of Futsal”.
He added; “The district competitions organised by the Competition Mangers proved to be an excellent opportunity for boys & girls in Year 7 to develop these skills, and it was great to see how much the children seemed to enjoy this format of the game. We hope that their teachers have also enjoyed delivering Futsal within their respective schools during this initiative, and we’ll certainly look to repeat the success of these competitions by working in partnership with the Competition Managers again in the future”.
Gareth Thomas
Further playing opportunities for Female Disabled Footballers
Staffordshire FA has been able to support running a Girls 4 v 4 Special Schools League at the Powerleague, Stoke. The Idea is to get more females playing football in a comfortable environment whilst realising the challenges of schools making 7-aside teams.
The Staffordshire FA’s 4v4 Special Schools Girls League holds 5 rounds of fixtures in which teams take part, last year the league produced an opportunity for approx 35 girls to play football in an environment where they feel more comfortable as there were no male intimidations. The league has provided a lot of enjoyment for the players, excitement for the spectators, plenty of quality football and goals galore in previous years!
The league is open to all special schools at each fixture date to allow more girls to participate throughout the months.
After the positive response received from players, supporters and teachers alike we are planning to run the Girls 4v4 League annually which will hopefully increase the number of female participation in Disability Football, whether it’s refereeing, administering or playing and offering further opportunities on the FA’s Disability Player Pathway
If you are a female wanting to get involved in Disability Football or you require more information please contact Jamie Leaning on 01785 256994, 07800619884 or jamie.leaning@staffordshirefa.com
Jamie Leaning
Staffordshire FA’s Disability Centre
The Staffordshire FA’s Disability Centre of Excellence played their second round of fixtures on Sunday 7th February, both the under 17’s and under 14’s squad gained valuable experience and increased their personal development further by playing against other Centres from the midlands.
The Staffordshire FA’s Disability Centre of Excellence u17 and u14 travelled to Judgemeadow Community Centre, Leicestershire for the second East and West Midlands C of E fixture date. Each squad played 4 games throughout the day, 2 against Birmingham FA and 2 against Leicestershire & Rutland FA.
Both squads did themselves, their coaches and the travelling parent support proud as they competed to the best of their ability in each and every game. Each team listened to their coach’s advice and tactics and brought into practice what they had learnt in their training sessions which in turn helped them play some very entertaining football against strong opposition.
The Centre of Excellence is still recruiting players and is also looking for coaches (minimum Level 2) to work at the centre, if you know of anybody that may be interested please contact the Staffordshire FA’s disability coach Jamie Leaning on 01785 256994 (option 2 then 5), 07800619884 or jamie.leaning@staffordshirefa.com
The squad would like to thank Leicestershire FA for hosting the fixtures and supplying the referees and they would also like to thank Happy Days Coaches for transporting them to and from the fixtures.
Jamie Leaning
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