INVESTIGATING THE COACHES’ OPINIONS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING FUTSAL AT THE JUNIOR LEVEL
Abstract
Futsal is considered the indoor game with the fastest development in the world. Futsal expanded a lot, especially in Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Russia. In Romania the first national futsal championship was held in 2003 and it is practiced only at seniors level. Even with this situation with a slow development, according to the ELO-based ranking, Romanian national team is situated on 19th place (Futsalworldranking.be 2016). Our intentions are to develop the futsal game from junior level to seniors, in fact, at all levels, by offering a model in this direction. The main objective of this research is to analyze the opinions of the specialists in soccer and futsal to see the level of perception of the futsal game in Romania, and the necessity for development of this game at all levels.
