There are some of us, mostly folks who are busy with their work or adult life responsibilities, who want to be able to some activity that is exciting. What we find exciting will obviously be fun and gives us opportunity to spend time with others who are pretty much in the same life boat as we are. However, there are some challenges that need to accommodate by the chosen activity.
For one thing, we aren’t really in the greatest of shapes. Sure, we hit the jogging track occasionally, take the stairs instead of the lift once in a while and avoid junk food as much as possible. Whatever is the activity; it must understand this limitation and take it from there!
One such activity which really fits into the above mentioned scheme of things is Five A Side Football.
Benefit Of Playing Indoors
Five a side football facilities are mostly indoors. If you really want to, you could probably find a football center with an outdoor ground. There really are no disadvantages of playing indoors, except that you may not like it if you are a hard core outdoor sort of a person. The benefits of being indoors and playing are many.
For one thing, you have got protection from weather. Real football players, including you back when you were in school or college, would enjoy playing in the rain if it came to it. Can you possibly take such a risk on work weekend? Unlikely. You wan to be able to have your weekend fun and return back with your health intact. If the football match were to be organized outside and it rained, you would have two options – abandon match or run a risk of catching cold.
Simpler Rules
Five a side football is still football, but more like a softer cousin of the main sport. We already told you that you are completely protected from harsh weather in this football. In the same vein of things, you will find that the ground has been made smaller. The idea is to reduce the amount of strain on your body during gameplay, bound to happen with excessive running.
In many ways, the five a side ground is more like a park with football turf on it than an actuall football in terms of size. This works out very well for you because, there are only five players on each side, as against the playing eleven in a regular game. There are less people and hence they only need to cover less ground with their running.
Unlimited Swaps And Other Modifications
In the spirit of making allocation for the casual nature of the game, the match referee of the five a side game would allow for unlimited player swaps during the game. This is of course, assuming that you opted for a referee to be part of the match. Having a referee in itself is optional with these matches. If you do include a referee in your match, that will definitely give you a feel of the real deal. You could have all the usual refinements like the yellow and the red cards.
The goal post is of particular interest in this game. The football ground is smaller, the player count is less and the same goes to the rules. The goal post is made slightly bigger than the real goal post. This makes perfect sense. Hitting the goal post is challenging to put it lightly. With a bigger goal post, you have a bigger target to aim for. Combine this with the other properties of the game like the smaller playing area, you got yourself a goal marathon.
The goal post being wider is not about making the game easy alone. It also about making you feel about yourself and keep the excitement on the higher side. When a match goes on for hours together without anyone scoring any goal, players and those who are watching on the sidelines will get bored. The higher goal post ensures that such a drag session does not happen. This game works on so many different levels and the rules ensure that happens.
Well, there you go. That is pretty much all you need to know about this mini version of the worlds most popular game – Football. Ensure that you get some of your most energetic friends and office colleague’s to ensure a good time. Football being a universal sport, you should not have any problem in filling the ten plus slots that the game demands.