Beach Soccer - rules of the game

Not everyone likes to sunbathe and swim during summer holidays, but such a pastime has a wonderful alternative - beach football. This game is great if you went to the sea or a river with the whole company, and grown-up children, too, need to do something. During a friendly match, you can easily develop dexterity, ingenuity, team qualities. You just need to know the rules of the game of beach football.

The basic nuances of this team game

It is not difficult to master beach football. If you decide to brighten up your leisure, you should study the most important nuances of the game:

1. The match takes place on a rectangular field 37 m long and 28 m wide. Usually, the area for the game is limited by a red ribbon 10 cm wide. In its corners, as well as on two sides in the middle of the large sides of the rectangle, red flags are placed. They mark the boundaries of the field and the "virtual" central line.
2. Before briefly explaining the rules of the game of beach football, connoisseurs will emphasize that the team consists only of the goalkeeper and 4 field players. You have to play barefoot, only fixing bandages on the ankle and knees are allowed. The number of substitutions is not fixed, they can be done both during the game and during the break.
3. Footballers are allowed to enter the ball on the field with both hands and feet, but it is only possible to play the corner kick with your feet. According to the rules of beach football for the goalkeeper, he can only act with his hands if the ball accidentally flies out of the field. Enter the ball into the game in 4 seconds. If this does not happen, the referee assigns a free kick, which the player commits from the center of the field.
4. It is important to know that in accordance with the rules of the game of beach football, the match time is 36 minutes, which are divided into three periods of 12 minutes each. The break between halves is 3 minutes. Draw in the game is impossible: in this case, appointed a series of post-match penalties, 3 for each team.
5. For the opponent's punch or his blockage, the step, the intended touch of the ball by hand (except the goalkeeper) is awarded a free kick.

Also you can learn the subtleties and rules of the game of beach volleyball.