{"id":1199,"date":"2019-05-22T18:35:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T18:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpms1.humber.smartmanagedservers.com\/sweatmag\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:35:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T18:35:21","slug":"soccer-indoor-vs-outdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/soccer-indoor-vs-outdoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer: Indoor vs Outdoor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Rafael Indyarta<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The OCAA is unique in that it offers two variations of the world\u2019s most popular sport, indoor soccer and outdoor soccer. Indoor soccer is quite prevalent in Canada, seeing as a typical soccer pitch is covered in snow for half the year. It is a good way to keep those soccer muscles active, when its -30 outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Differences in the two sports lie in more than just where they are\nplayed. The size of the pitch, the specific rules, and even the cleats differ\nbetween outdoor and indoor soccer. The sizing alone results in multiple rule\nchanges that make indoor soccer feel like a completely different sport. The\npace of the game is quicker, and the tactics vary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indoor and Outdoor soccer have vastly different tactics. The main tactical differences come from the rule differences. (OCAA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the 2018\/2019 season Humber won the OCAA indoor soccer\nchampionship, while Durham College won the outdoor championship, a real\ntestament to the difference between the two sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official size of an indoor field cannot exceed 65 metres in\nlength or be smaller than 45 metres in length, with a width between 30 and 23.5\nmetres, while the typical outdoor pitch is 120 metres by 90 metres. The smaller\npitch affects the number of players allowed on the field. The OCAA allows six\nplayers to be on the field at once, but different leagues will have different\nrules. Some leagues will allow up to eight, others may only allow five. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indoor soccer also plays with a different time frame. The OCAA\nplays with two periods of 20 minutes, and there is only a 2-minute break in\nbetween periods. Some leagues may play for longer periods, and some even play\nin quarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indoor soccer allows for unlimited substitutions, compared to\noutdoor soccer\u2019s allowance of 3 substitutions. This leads to fresher bodies on\nthe pitch, and more fast-paced action. \nThe net in indoor soccer is also smaller. Players must be a lot more\naccurate when striking the ball. The official net size for the OCAA is 3.5\nmetres wide and 2 metres high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also no offside, and no slide tackling. Defenders need to\nplay with extra care, while attackers are given more freedom to move. Throw-ins\nare also not used in indoor soccer. Typically, in outdoor soccer, a throw-in is\ngiven when the goes out of play on the sideline, but in indoor soccer, those\nare replaced with free kicks. This is because some indoor facilities play with\nboards (like hockey), so there may not be room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleats also differ between the two sports. Outdoor cleats have the\ntypical studs you associate with soccer. Indoor cleats are designed with\nsmaller studs to play on turf, so their studs are a lot smaller. You may even\nsee cleats with flat bottom, typically used for hard floor surfaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main tactical differences come from the rule variance. \u201cThe\ndifference between the two is that you can play high-tempo, high pressure for\nan entire 40 minutes in indoor, whereas in [outdoor soccer] it\u2019s impossible to\ndo that,\u201d Julian Carr, Centennial Indoor and Outdoor Men\u2019s soccer coach said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can run it like a hockey team\u2026 you can literally have guys\nout there for 45 seconds to a minute-and-a-half and just run them high tempo\u2026\nyou can run teams right off the park.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seneca Women\u2019s Indoor Coach, Luca Sirianni, said that his\npreparations involve more speed training, compared to practice for outdoor\nsoccer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur training is more anaerobic in nature with more high intensity\ninterval training requiring more sprinting over shorter distances,\u201d Sirianni\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the end of the day it is still soccer with the same objective\nalthough the formats differ.\u201d Sirianni said. \nCoach Carr, on the other hand, finds that the indoor season prepares\nplayers for tight space play, but hinders players in other ways. \u201cThe big issue\nwe have in Canada is that we spend so much of the time with our kids playing in\nsmall spaces, that when they go in a large space in an 11 v. 11, everything\ngets played short,\u201d He said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach Carr said that outdoor remains the more\nunpredictable of the two, because of the weather. \u201cAs soon as you add in the\nelements\u2026 it becomes about how tactically smart you are,\u201d he said. \u201cIn indoor,\nit\u2019s always dead wind, and the superior athletes and players will always win\nnine times out of ten.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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