Malaysia’s Boleh-Futsal, Definition and Rules of Play
According to the Wiki, Futsal is an indoor version of football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Boleh-Futsal in the other hand is a totally diferent ball game altogether.
Boleh-Futsal as seen in the picture is played in an enclosed compound but it is still an open area. In fact it is played in what should effectively be called a Tennis Court, minus the nets of course.
Instead of two teams of five players, Boleh-Futsal has two opposing teams of seven a side, with one side (left-side in the picture) without the goalkeeper. The number of players each side are often determined by who is present that day, up to 20 players a side is not uncommon. There is no half time or full time, it ends normally at dinner time or when the ball owner wants it to end.
To add to the spirit of “Apa Pun Boleh”, players can wear anything and any colour they like, as long as it is not batik. Shorts or jeans, long sleeves or sleeveless, boots or barefooted, anything goes. Team players recognise each other by way of shouting and swearing at each other.
Normally there will be no referee or lines-man, the side who shouts the loudest and argues with the most vulgarities has the advantage.
A goal is scored when the ball crosses the line marked by a pair of slippers. The distance between the slippers varies from team to team. Handicap is given to the weaker team by means of a smaller distance between the slippers making it harder for the stronger team to score.
Still, it is uncivilised to play Futsal in a Tennis Court. I cannot imagine a group of people playing Boleh-Tennis in a football field.
Miserable and Irritatable
May 26th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
wow, quite a sarcastic post. i’m not a football fanatic or in this case a futsal fanatic, but the picture in the post of yours is a picture of a bunch of guys (malaysian perhaps) enjoying their game that they called futsal. should the word “uncivillised” be used to described their action? if that the case, then how the civilised person play the “real futsal”? do you think that ronaldinho is a product of football academy? as far as i’m concern, he practiced football similarly to the picture shown in your post. dude, this is malaysian, try to live as malaysian, how in the world that you learn futsal just from the wikipedia? the website that comes from the land that call a football a soccer?? i doubt u ever kick a football before..
May 27th, 2007 at 12:43 am
comment,
Just to clear your doubt, nope, I have never kicked a football before.
What I condemned in the post is not the action of playing football but rather the place it is played in. Everybody has their own right to indulge in their hobbies, to deprieve others of the right is wrong. To a tennis player, yes, those guys are uncivilised. Read the last sentence again.
I believe Ronaldinho did not practise his football in a tennis court or a squash court for that matter. Whether wiki is from US or Brazil does not matter in this case.
Thank you for your comment.
June 9th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
We are old soccer madness in Hachioji city ,TOKYO ,JAPAN.
Almost every sunday ,we play soccer and enjoy our life.
If you feel an interest in our team ,please contact us.
We hope we can play eachother some day (international game and/or domestic game !)?!
Lately futsal has became popular in Japan,and I play futsal sometimes with young people.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:19 am
hi,
My name is Eric and i want to join you for having fun and enjoy my life too.
Can u tell me where and when u will play again.
i am living near horinochi station.
Have a nice day and hope to play with u soon.
Thanks.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am
any updates coming ?
November 20th, 2009 at 4:28 am
This post is hilarious! Pick-up games are the best but I do think that if you get more than a dozen people you should start a second game. The sarcasm had me going for a minute
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