{"id":5925,"date":"2011-11-22T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=5925"},"modified":"2011-11-22T12:14:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T12:14:15","slug":"ensuring-future-welsh-football-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/22\/ensuring-future-welsh-football-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring future Welsh football success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Futsal to help develop young players\u2019 technical skills<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6004\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6004\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/active_7_futsal_big_oj-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/h2>\n<dl id=\"attachment_6004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 490px\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Futsal hones skills such as receiving the ball under pressure (picture courtesy Welsh Football Trust)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welshfootballtrust.org.uk\/14225\">tournament<\/a> in Cardiff aims to introduce children to the increasingly popular game of futsal this month.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped that the highly technical five-a-side game will instil superior ball control, as well as balance, coordination and agility in young players.<\/p>\n<p>Recent Welsh footballing success, particularly at <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/15707850.stm\">international level<\/a>, shows that Wales is capable of producing top players, said Richard Gunney, Futsal Development Officer at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welshfootballtrust.org.uk\/index\">Welsh Football Trust<\/a>. He feels that training methods like futsal can help continue the development of home grown talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must continuously learn and adapt to ensure we maximise the development of our young players in Wales at all ages and abilities, as football is always developing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Friday 25 November, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportwales.org.uk\/elite-performance.aspx?tab=2\">Sport Wales National Centre<\/a>, Sophia Gardens<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Futsal to help develop young players\u2019 technical skills Futsal hones skills such as receiving the ball under pressure (picture courtesy Welsh Football Trust) A tournament in Cardiff aims to introduce children to the increasingly popular game of futsal this month. It is hoped that the highly technical five-a-side game will instil superior ball control, as well as balance, coordination and agility in young players. Recent Welsh footballing success, particularly at international level, shows that Wales is capable of producing top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":6006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1291,1292,727,1293,1294,1295,1296,1297,1298],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-brazil","tag-five-a-side","tag-football","tag-futsal","tag-grassroots","tag-schools","tag-welsh-football-trust","tag-welsh-national-team","tag-wfa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ensuring future Welsh football success - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/22\/ensuring-future-welsh-football-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ensuring future Welsh football success - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Futsal to help develop young players\u2019 technical skills Futsal hones skills such as receiving the ball under pressure (picture courtesy Welsh Football Trust) A tournament in Cardiff aims to introduce children to the increasingly popular game of futsal this month. 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