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Grassroots Futsal Brazil by Carlos Mateus

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Futsal for all  Listening  and learning the Basics   I just spent ten year in Brazil researching the game of futsal , to better do that I enrolled my then  6 years old son  in one of the best futsal program there is in Brazil ,developed by the well known futsal coach Fernando Ferretti . The grassroot program usually done by private franchised academy - in this case was the Estilo Livre Academy coached by a former professional futsal soccer player as well as PE teacher with major in futsal- Coach Terence approach to the delivery of  game was something that I enjoyed  the most. He used Hulla hoops , cones and 12 futsal ball and the classes was no more than 14 kids .per 45 minutes coaching . Also I travel in different provinces and made present in games from local leagues from kids , both males and females being most of them subsidized by the local municipal tax payer funds.  However , like the old say - you as good as your competition-  and there is competition year around - and kid