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Developing Futsal into your Football Programme

Developing Futsal into your Football Programme

with John Tapia-Owens, Lead Youth Development Phase Coach, England Futsal & Head Coach, England Partially-Sighted Team

Webinar Beginners

Course Description

This session is aimed at school football coaches who want to learn and understand the benefits of integrating Futsal into their programme. Suitable for coaches of both boys and girls, this course equips coaches with the essential tools to design a Futsal programme to create positive and effective player growth. The session will be extensively illustrated through video analysis and discussion will highlight the reasons why and how Futsal is implemented throughout the world to enhance player development.

  • Establishing Futsal in a school?
  • Player development, engagement, and long-term football success.
  • What makes futsal different: ball, space, tempo, decision-making
  • Skill transfer to 11-a-side football: First touch, decision making, creativity
  • Evidence and examples
  • Common misconceptions

Course leaders

John Tapia-Owens

Meet your course leader, John Tapia-Owens

Lead Youth Development Phase Coach, England Futsal & Head Coach, England Partially-Sighted Team

John is a UEFA A–licensed football coach and a leading figure within England Futsal. He currently leads youth development and runs CPD sessions teaching coaches how to transfer futsal’s technical and tactical principles into mainstream football.

Since April 2025, John has also served as head coach of England’s partially-sighted national futsal team—the Para Lions. He works closely with players to refine communication structures and tactical clarity in a highly adaptive environment, drawing on his futsal background to transform playing style and performance.

John’s dual roles underline his mission: leveraging futsal’s precision and creativity to elevate both youth football coaching and the development of high-performance para athletes

Booking options

Developing Futsal into your Football Programme

From £76.50

  • Tuesday 13th October 2026

    Webinar 2026

    with John Tapia-Owens

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How it works

Up to 5 members of staff from your school can join the webinar together, each logging in from their own device, one flat rate covers everyone, rather than booking individually. Your Zoom link will be sent to each participant's email address ahead of the session, so make sure you provide a name and email for everyone who's attending. As with our individual bookings, a recording is available for 48 hours afterwards for anyone who can't make the live session.

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