Sunday, December 30, 2012

Video Picks: Lights, Camera, Action



Well-produced highlights video from the 2009 UEFA Futsal Championships in Russia. The highlights – with a helpful emphasis on feet as players maneuver with the ball – are interspersed with interviews and commentary, either in English or with subtitles. Well done, UEFA!


Falcao: Every which way but loose
We’ve clearly included these “top futsal goal” choices in a previous newsletter. Why post them again now? In light of Falcao’s very viral free kick goal in a recent exhibition, we feel obliged to repeat ourselves but include a question. How does the spinning free kick Golaso compare, say, to the Falcao rainbow-header goal here? Let us know which is your preference and why, and we’ll print your comment. Email it to the editor at davidknopf48@gmail.com. Include your name, city and anything else you’d like. FYI: Falcao’s goal is the fourth in this video, but the others aren’t exactly cream cheese, either. Some of these are so good they need to be viewed in slow motion to get the full effect of the footwork.


And for a point of reference, here’s Falcao’s well-executed training-ground goal you’ve probably seen before … the goal’s so popular, there are probably a dozen You Tube versions, one with 272,000 plays. That’s what we like to see … the word “futsal” on all those computer monitors. The only thing we don’t like about Falcao is that little squiggly-doober over the letter “A” in his name. OK, Mr. Wiseguy, it’s Falcão.


We "liked" futsal goalkeeping coach Andy Reading. Have you?
Check a preview of the new training video that Andy Reading, the English futsal goalkeeping coach, is working on. If you think his series would be useful, search for “Andy Reading” on Facebook and “like” his page and you’ll receive updates. Andy was recently featured in our newsletter in a two-part Q&A.


Want to keep up with futsal videos in between newsletters? John Hassis, videographer and all-around promoter of United States Youth Futsal, posts frequent video links on the USYF Facebook page. "Like" the page and bring the results of John's video scouting into the comfort of your own home. Here's the link:


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