Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal.
Whilst association football has been played informally on beaches for many years, the introduction of beach football was an attempt to codify rules for the game. This was done in 1992 by the founders of Beach Soccer Worldwide, a company set up to develop the sport and responsible for the majority of its tournaments to this day. This was a major foundation for what is now known as beach football and what has led to the sport rapidly growing in popularity.
The irregularity of the soft-sand playing surface leads to a totally different style of play which is played in association football, where players must improvise. The compact pitch, much smaller than a regular association football pitch, allows players to score from anywhere on the sand. This leads to high scoring games, with an average of sixty attempts at goal in a single game, with an average scoring rate of one goal every three or four minutes, which means around eleven goals are scored in total per game.
Rules
Players
Each team consists of five players, including the goalkeeper and an unlimited amount of substitutions, from a selection of 3 to 5 players. Throw-ins and kick-ins mean the pace and flow of the game is much higher than regular association football. Shoes are not allowed, although ankle guards are permitted. Goal kicks are taken by the goalkeeper using his hands to throw the ball.
Match length
A game lasts thirty-six minutes, and is split up into three twelve-minute periods. Every beach soccer match is won by one team, with the game going into three minutes of extra time, followed by a penalty shootout if the score is still on level terms after normal time. Unlike association football, penalty kicks are decided by sudden death rules.
Referees and discipline
Three referees officiate the match. Two on the pitch and one off, controlling the teams' benches. Any fouls committed lead to a free kick on goal, which has to be taken by the player who was fouled, unless awarded for deliberate handling. As in association football, yellow and red cards can be issued. However unlike in the main game, when a player receives a yellow card he must leave the pitch for two minutes and the team must play without that player for that duration of time. When a player receives a red card, he is dismissed from the game entirely – unlike in 11-a-side association football, the team can bring on a substitute to replace the dismissed player after two minutes
Pitch
A beach soccer pitch is considerably smaller than a regular association football pitch. In international competition, the pitch is composed entirely of sand and is cleared of pebbles and seashells, along with any other objects which could injure a player.
The pitch is rectangular in shape, and the touch line is longer than the goal line. The pitch dimensions are:
Length:
35-37m / 38.2 – 40.4 yards
Width:
26-28m / 28.4 – 30.6 yards
The penalty area is within 9 m (9.8 yds) of the goals, and is marked by a yellow flag situated in touch. Two red flags opposite each other are at the centre of the pitch to represent the half-way line.
#10 by snoopyk (Rossonero) (0 mesaje) at 2011-06-11 16:51:49 (670 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#9 BrOoNo, pur simplu Moldovenii nu demult au inceput sa practice acest sport si deja nu sunt ultimii in Europa ! vei vedea cum se vor ridica ... mai mult sper ca ei vor participa in Euro sau Mondiale decit selectionata noastra de fotbal
#9 BrOoNo, "... Vrei în lovers ? ..." - se poate
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#11 by BrOoNo (User) (0 mesaje) at 2011-06-11 17:01:31 (670 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
#10 snoopyk, "... se poate ..." - done
daca mai ai ceva informați postează și le vom pune în #0
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#12 by ProLeSteR (Power User) (0 mesaje) at 2011-12-11 19:59:17 (644 săptămâni în urmă) - [Link]
