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Promote as widely as possible to attractteams to participate in the event.

Once the organiserhas an idea o the number o

teams that they would like

to invite to take part in this

event, along with the dates,

venue(s) and costs or the

tournament or league, the

next step will be to promoteas widely as possible to

attract teams to participate.

There is a range o methods

that the organiser may wish

to use to promote the event,

such as producing posters

and flyers, using the

Internet, word o mouth

through riends and local

ootball clubs, etc. Futsal is

a new sport or most people

in England, and so the

promotion and marketing

stage is crucial to help

people understand what the

game is and to encourage

them to participate in theevent.

Once teams have been

recruited, the event

organiser needs to liaise

with the teams prior to the

event or prior to the start o

the league season, ensuring

that they have all the

PROMOTIONAnd

Communication

The FA Affiliation

inormation they need to

help them prepare properly.

Inormation such as: the

tournament rules, the ormat

and fixtures, the kit that they

will be expected to bring,

the location o the venue,

time o arrival, any costs andany registration orms. I it is

a league then the organiser

should ideally look to

contact the teams prior to

each match and ensure that

they are aware o their

match details.

The event organiser should contact the local County FA

prior to the tournament or league to discuss the need for

appropriately affiliating the event with them.


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equipmentVenueand

The choice of venue is veryimportant to ensure asuccessful event.

This is especially

important when

accommodating a number

o teams. Futsal should be

played at an indoor sports

hall, preerably with a

wooden or rubber/synthetic

floor. Futsal should not be

played on grass and

where possible not on

artificial tur either. The

pitch should ideally have a

two metre run-of around

the perimeter o the pitch.

At a tournament,

depending on the age o

the participants that you

are catering or, you may

need to consider the

length o time that players

are not on court in

between games. Young

players may get restless i

there are long gaps

between their matches.

For similar reasons, it

would be beneficial to

have an area such as aca or the teams to wait

in between games,

particularly i there is not a

spectator viewing area.

The event organiser will

need to consider whether

the venue has the

necessary Futsal goals,

and i not then how these

will be obtained. It would

also be advantageous ithere was an electronic

scoreboard that could be

used or the matches, but

this is not essential.


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RulesEventPrior to the event it is important to pay someconsideration to the rules that you intend tofollow during the league or tournament.

These need to be

finalised and circulated to

the teams and the reerees

beore the event or beore

the start o the season so

that all parties have time

to understand how the

tournament or league will

be played.

Where possible, stick to

the FIFA Futsal Laws o the

Game, but you may need

to modiy them in order tofit the specific

circumstances o your

event, particularly in a

one day Futsal tournament.

Common rule changes or a one daytournament or estival are:

Match Duration: requently the games areshortened and played on a non-stopping

clock in order to fit all games into theallotted schedule.

Timeouts: in order to keep games runningto time then requently timeouts are either

reduced (one per team or entire game) or

removed entirely.

Accumulated Fouls: i the duration o the

game has been reduced then the number oaccumulated ouls that can be conceded

beore a penalty is given is oten reduced in

order to make this more relevant

and appropriate.

The event organiser

should also consider other

elements that are specific

to your tournament or

league such as disciplinaryaction taken ollowing a

sending of (particularly in

a league scenario), what

happens i there is a draw

at the end o a

knock-out game or when

teams are on equal points

at the end o a group stage.

For a league you should

also consider elements

such as teams ailing to

turn up or cancelling at the

last minute.


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REFEREESIn official Futsal matches thereare two referees to officiate thematch, a third referee to

manage the benches and tokeep count of the team foulsand a timekeeper.

The event organiser will need to organise thereerees in advance o the tournament or league,

ensuring that they are able to attend and that relevant

communications have been sent to them (e.g. time o

arrival, matches to be reereed, teams taking part, etc).

The event organisermay decide it is

unnecessary to have somany match ocials. It is

suggested that there is at

least one reeree and a

timekeeper who will also

keep count o team ouls

during the match.

The event organiser

should also take into

account the need to rest

match ocials during the

course o a one daytournament, rather than

repeatedly be called upon

to ociate games. This

can obviously lead to

exhaustion or the reerees,

resulting in poorer

decisions being made.

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