„It all comes from the defense…“ these are the words of the legendary Dr. Mr. Aleksandar Nikolić. Only technically very well-trained players who possess a pronounced individual quality, can play an open game of futsal. In order to get there, it takes years of working on yourself day after day. Futsal players reach their maximum maturity only between the ages of 20 and 35, and even later. And in the above mentioned and further text, we  talk about boys – beginners.

When taking up their first steps into the world of sport, it is quite expected that children who are 6 or 7 years old come to their first training practices with a certain amount of insecurity, timidity, fear…

Fear is not the enemy. Fear is an ally. We develop caution through fear. If fear is something you respect, something that gives signals, something which sharpens your perception, something that forces you to pull yourself together and to be realistic in your judgment, then it is desirable. For years, the Italians have played the game consciously in such manner that is based on a well-organized defense and consciously shifting the center of gravity of the game to their own half of the field. That tactic is traditional and very often gives results that even the best analysts could not have predicted.

It is exactly the same with boys, beginners.

First, we teach them about the significance and importance of defense tactics and thus we create a base for further work. At the same time, we work on the individual quality of each individual, which obviously depends on different real factors: genetics, motor, intellectual, emotional skills and other. If there are students with the talent of dribbling, 1:1 games, assists, breakthroughs in the attacking phase, it is natural to emphasize personal, individual characteristics and to direct and develop them properly.

Never discourage the players, which is unfortunately often done in modern futsal today.

The improvisation, imagination, technique, surrendering to a free spontaneous style, with as many instinct guided solutions as possible – these are the characteristics of high-quality futsal. The commercialization and stereotypes that are gradually entering futsal, will never be able to take precedence over talent, excellence of individuals, spirit, technique, dealing with the situation – in a word, distinctive individual quality of players.

As well as learning futsal skills, one of the primary goals of our school is the achievement of the physical education goals – socializing, appropriate behavior, teammates interaction, how do students treat the opponents, the referees judging the matches, and the present audience.

Training practices, happiness and satisfaction, and at last success not as an imperative – but success as a result of the relationship and dedication to futsal, are the qualities that will embelish our school in some future times.

Sportsmen that we consider as role models in the futsal school are freestyle players – Falcao, Manoel Tobias, Ricardinho, Edvin Grunholz, Adriano Fodja, Srba Stamenković, Zoran Karić, Predrag Radosavljević, Branko Šegota, Stanislav Karasi, Aca Kovačević, Radovan Filipović, Nebojša Vučićević , Nikola Vignjević, Semir Tuce, Alen Bajkuša … Free style implies a great freedom in the game – imagination, creativity, letting improvisation to the maximum, various solutions in one-on-one situations, with as many instinctive movements and solutions as possible, without restraints and limitations from the coach, and yet in a system and formations that are very important for the team to function properly.

In this context, being the best is much less important than giving your best.