GENERAL MANAGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Friedl Ed Jones, Chair Chuck Huffer, Vice Chair George Lange, Director Susan L. Holt, Director Joe Gibson, Director
GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS Tex Ward
Notice of Neighborhood Meeting for Los Cerritos Middle School – Conversion of Three Tennis Courts to Futsal Courts
Dear Resident, This is to notify you of a neighborhood meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 15, at 6:00 p.m. at the tennis courts at Los Cerritos Middle School. The Conejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD) is partnering with the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) in converting three of the existing tennis courts into futsal courts. The courts would be used by CVUSD during school hours and by CRPD during non-school hours, including night time, weekend, and summer use. To find out more about the sport of futsal, please see the reverse and visit www.futsal.org. The meeting will last approximately 45 minutes. Project staff and others will be available for questions. If you have any prior questions, feel free to contact me at (805) 495-6471 or [email protected]. Sincerely,
Tom Hare Administrator, Parks and Planning
403 West Hillcrest Drive | Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 (805) 495-6471 FAX: (805) 497-3199 Email: [email protected]
The origin of Futsal can be traced back to Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1930, when Juan Carlos Ceriani devised a five-a-side version of soccer for youth competition in YMCAs. The game is played on basketball-sized courts, both indoors and outdoors without the use of sidewalls.
The game is frequently referred to as Five-A-Side or Mini-Soccer. Once Ceriani got the ball rolling, Futsal gained rapid popularity throughout South America, particularly in Brazil. The skill developed in this game is visible in the world-famous style the Brazilians display outdoors on the full-sized field. Pele, Zico, Socrates, Bebeto and other Brazilian superstars developed their skills playing Futsal. While Brazil continues to be the Futsal hub of the world, the game is now played, under the auspices of FIFA, all over the world, from Europe to North and Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania. Futsal is gaining popularity in the United States; U.S. Futsal was founded in 1981.
Futsal develops soccer skills rapidly, mainly because it allows players to more frequently touch the ball; presents many opportunities to score goals and score goals often, and encourages regaining possession of the ball as a productive, fun and rewarding part of the game (defending) while maximizing active participation and minimizing inactivity and boredom.