Indiana Futsal For All Program
About The Indiana Futsal For All Program
What Is Futsal For All
Futsal for All is a program created by Indiana Soccer and Indiana Futsal to provide access to the game of futsal for all school aged youth in schools across Indiana.
About Futsal
Futsal is an easy to learn, fast-paced version of soccer played on a hard surface, usually a basketball court, with a low-bounce ball and can be played indoors or outdoors.
The Mission
The goal is to implement futsal in the Physical Education class to keep kids active as well as provide the opportunity of extra-curricular and after-school play.
Bring Futsal for All to Your School!
To implement the program, PE teachers, volunteers, coaches, or any other staff member interested would participate in a 90-minute US Futsal Grassroots License course, curated by Indiana Soccer Director of Education Steve Franklin. The course will provide 3 Professional Growth Points for all attendees.
Upon completion of the course each teacher will receive a pair of Bownet futsal goals and a bag of 6 Baden futsal balls (size 4 and/or 5 depending upon grade levels taught at their school) at no cost.
For more information contact Indiana Soccer Director of Futsal Justin Becht at justin@soccerindiana.org or 317-975-2012 (office).
Why Futsal for All Works
Futsal for All’s primary aim is to activate kids’ minds and focus in the classroom by activating their bodies in PE class through an engaging activity that everyone can play. Futsal also provides an additional opportunity for social connectivity for children in either structured (PE class and league play) or unstructured (before/after school and recess) play settings, all while often being easier to facilitate than soccer for most schools.
The ultimate goal is to put a ball in front of every one of Indiana’s approximately 1.1 million students in grades K-12. Through the program’s first five years, we are proud to have reached more than 300,000 students in nearly 500 schools – but the job is not done yet!
Throughout 2025, Indiana Soccer has also worked with the state’s TOPSoccer program to ensure every student can participate – including the hundreds of thousands of students statewide with physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities. Beginning in 2026, Indiana Soccer’s training will incorporate best practices to adapt and modify play for the disabled student population and include a stipend for adaptive play equipment that will be a part of our equipment donation package.
In Summer 2025, U.S. Soccer’s Soccer Forward Foundation spotlighted the Futsal for All program and highlighted just some of the ways in which this innovative program is able to succeed in cities and towns of all sizes and areas.
Bownet Goal Set-up Tutorial Videos
Indiana Soccer Thanks Our Futsal for All Program Partners:
- U.S. Soccer Federation – Innovate to Grow grant recipient
- Baden Sports (futsal ball provider)
- Bownet (goal provider)
- INSHAPE (the Indiana Society for Health and Physical Educators)