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The Creative Excitement of Indoor Soccer As a spectator and parent, one can only order a buttered popcorn, watch 15 goals by Jeff Doyle rattle the back of the net and still crave more scoring. The game intensifies as the ndoor soccer provides coaches, players, and customize it with #9 or #10, available clock ticks down and the Sin Bin becomes I and parents a fast-paced, non-stop more witty numbers like 1/2 and 3.14. or crowded. environment. I, like the rest of the course don't forget #69. And of The score continues to soar with Slap your numbers like 10 to 10 and 8 to 5. Facilities United States, enjoy the non-stop nickname on the back, like "The Enforcer," excitement hour after hour. action rock with and shift-on-the-fly excitement. "Sunshine," "Taz" or "The Man," and When re As a you the final whistle blows, creativity player, coach, parent, spectator, ready for your 6 AM match against grows larger than life. and Players consistently facility operator, I have been asked time champions, Raging Butterflies. the goals they scored during the returning replay and time again the same question: What Inside the arena, it s game time. game on the way home with their dad, really makes indoor soccer so exciting? enjoy the soft feel of the plush turf their team s penalty minutes in Players calculating What is most exciting and unique and the true characteristics that the box and boasting up and down, "My combine about the indoor soccer game is the creativity with challenge, as players go headed for the upper ninety ... if shot was overall creativity surrounding an one-on-one, knocking one-touch passes indoor it wasn't for that keeper!" match. Creativity begins with the around their opponents. The arena dasher Soccer is created and recreated Indoor formation of the team, runs through the always create a 2 v. 1 or 3 v. 1 day by millions of athletes relationships that may not have been boards every and game to the final whistle, and extends into situation. the ride home from each match. coaches across the country. The game can elsewhere. created Isn't that, after Creating coach, the indoor match presents As a be played many different ways for what sports are supposed to achieve? I just as a name, like Mike s Hippies, The a challenge of adapting to the many reasons. It provides coaches, believe there s nothing more exciting. Orangutans, or Buck Naked F.C., and environment and creating a game strategy parents, officials and spectators players, developing a logo for your shirt is always with the team s long-term consistent opportunities and enjoyment that will Jeff is Director of Operations of a fun and imaginative experience. objectives, which is not always a foster goodwill, encourage good Be sure simple to pick out the brightest shade of orange task. Plymouth Sports Dome, Plymouth, MA (www.plymouthsportsdome.com) sportsmanship and build lasting Wheelchair Soccer National Championship A wheelchairs play against players with dult Soccer teams from across the The event was hosted by the Houston Parks and minimal disabilities. This is unlike any other country competed in the 21st Indoor Recreation Department cooperation with sport. , in the Wheelchair Soccer (IWS) National Greater Houston Athletic Association for the Championship games, played on January 18, Championship Finals January 16-18 at the on Physically Disabled . Fonde Community Center in Houston, TX . were followed by an All-Star game, sponsored b Indoor Wheelchair Soccer, a fast-paced high theNational Disability Sports , featuring Alliance Elite players with physical disabilities from game, is open to all individuals with scoring New the best players from the entire tournament. York, San Diego, Hartford, and Springfield physical disabilities that range from severe to included Medical Supply the sponsors ASAP and showcased their spirit, courage and determination. minimal. Players in power Photos: Ron Pacchiana for NDSA Goal Indoor employees of Metro . • March 2 003 • 13