Futsal can be a great training ground for soccer players to improve their skills, quickness, and soccer intelligence. The benefits of futsal include:

• Improved decision-making skills

• More touches on the ball

• Increased power of players due to the heavier ball

• Improved confidence in players to go 1v1 against their opponent

• Allows players to be creative in getting around their opposition

• Improved reaction time

• Develops many of the skills required for soccer, such as agility and coordination, ball skills and mastery, accurate passing and receiving of the ball, and field awareness.

• Playing in smaller tight spaces demands the development of quick reflexes, fast thinking, ball control, and pinpoint passes.