Futbolinho is the North Fork United 5v5 Academy player development program offered and hosted by Mattituck Soccer Club. This program is run by professional staff and is designed to develop the core futbol skills while adding an exciting and explosive element to the players attacking attitude. These sessions focus on basic and advanced soccer fundamentals and principals while mastering essential 1v1 skills. Our sessions generally have a specific theme where players concentrate on a specific technique through repetition within a controlled environment and then advance that technique into a small sided game with conditions. This promotes a sound understanding of the why and how following the basic principals of the game.

The 2nd half of the session is free play or conditioned small sided games ranging from 3v3 to 5v5 with goalies. Many times our training and games are conducted at a high tempo to samba music promoting the player to become less mechanical and more fluid in their movements.

Futbolinho is an intense session designed for the advanced level soccer athlete. Our sessions are offered throughout the year with a winter, spring, summer and fall sessions. Players must be currently registered in a USSF approved organization in order to participate.

This is a soccer experience/education like no other!

Program Overview:
The Futbolinho program has been modeled after the highly successful RDS Futbolinho program which is a tryout based training program for advanced level players.

Futbolinho Program Structure

• The program operates for several weeks, one night per week, each session is 2 hours in length.
• The program is for players aged U12-U18.

• Futbolinho is a fast-paced, small-sided, indoor training tool.
• We also play this outdoor in a controlled environment.
• The program sometimes uses a size 2 low rebound soccer balls which ensures that each player spends maximum contact time on the ball, therefore improving their confidence and composure while in possession.
• Emphasis is placed on individual ball skills to develop confident and dynamic attacking soccer players.
• The hard wood floor, enclosed walls, and continuous playing time all lead to a fast-paced game that improves a player’s reactions, stamina and speed of play. The unrivaled ball contact time, and ultra small-sided games also mean that players are always involved in the play.
• When played outdoor, emphasis is placed on the Tiki Taka style of play with fast ball movement, constant interchange of positions and very dynamic, explosive attacking scenarios.
• Rapid transitional play.
• Small sided games range from 3v3 up to 5v5 with keepers.
• Focus on attacking out of a diamond formation framing the goal and quick accurate combination play in the attacking 3rd.

3V3, 4V4, 5 A SIDE, FUTSAL, STREET SOCCER, SAND SOCCER

YOU NAME IT... WE DO IT!