ALABAMA RUSH WINTER FUTSAL RULES

Rush Futsal promotes

• More shots on goal
• a quicker transition game
• possession in tight spaces
• more set positioning
• Defensive structure
• Goalkeeper included to build our shot stoppers, improve reaction time and allow for quicker transitions

Futsal is a five-a-side indoor soccer game with a five-player team that includes one goalkeeper and four outfield players. Key rules include no offside, a four-second possession limit for goalkeepers and a four-second restart time for kicks, and no throw-ins (kick-ins are used instead). Other rules include unlimited substitutions.

Teams and players 

• A team consists of five players on the court: one goalkeeper and four outfield players.
• Teams can have up to 8 players on the roster.
• The goalkeeper must wear a different color jersey than the outfield players. 

Gameplay

• Substitutions: Unlimited and "rolling" substitutions are allowed.
• Players must exit and enter the game from the front of their bench.
• No offside: There is no offside rule in futsal.

Goalkeeper rules

• Goalkeepers cannot hold the ball for more than four seconds in their own half.
• The ball can be passed back to the goalkeeper

 

Restarting play

• Kick-ins replace throw-ins for balls that go out of bounds on the sidelines.
• Goal clearances replace goal kicks; the goalkeeper can throw the ball with their hands from within the penalty area.
• On goal clearances, the keeper cannot throw the ball over the half way line. The ball must the keeper’s side of the court first.
• The opposing team must start at mid court on goal clearances, but once the ball is released from the keeper, then it is live.
• Corner kicks are direct and a goal may be scored from a corner.
• A corner is awarded when the defending team last touches the ball before it goes over their own goal line.
• If a keeper makes a save, they can throw it over the mid court line.

Fouls

• Slide tackles and heavy shoulder charges are not allowed.
• Direct Free Kicks (Physical Fouls: Kicking, tripping, pushing, jumping at, deliberate handling the ball)
• Indirect Free Kicks (Less severe infringements : obstruction, gk handles ball for longer than 4 seconds)
• Penalty Kicks (Direct Free Kick when a defender commits a direct free kick offense inside the penalty area.

***All kicks and goal clearances must be restarted within four seconds.***