Unraveling the Reasons Fat People Are Always Asked To Be Futsal Goalkeepers
Futsal is a popular sport. A sport that is quite capable of uniting young people. Very often there are friendships born from the futsal field. Those who didn't know became acquaintances, those who were enemies became friends, all because of futsal.
Futsal has also succeeded in providing the opportunity for big people to play. Opportunities that are rare in other sports. It's just funny, fat people who play futsal are often told to be goalkeepers.
A fat body is considered stronger to withstand a fast futsal ball.
The idea that fat people are suitable as goalkeepers may arise because of the fear of thin people with the ball. As we know, the futsal ball is harder and the speed of the ball is faster. Thin people usually refuse when asked to be a goalkeeper. They are afraid of hurting his hands because of holding the ball. You know the distance of futsal kicks is close.
The stigma of fat people being slow when playing football is carried over to the futsal game. Goalkeepers don't need agile movements like other positions
Futsal games rely on transitions, the movement of players must be fast for the strategy to work. The concept of the game does not match the social stigma of fat people who are always considered slow. That's why they are always directed to be goalkeepers because this position does not require people who can run. As long as you have good reflexes and be brave, that's enough.
Fat people clearly have an advantage when it comes to covering the goal compared to thin people. Be proud
Every sport has specific criteria from a physical point of view. Like the tall posture that supports people playing basketball. Fat people and the position of goalkeeper are like a match. Great posture becomes the advantage of fat people to cover the goal. Opposing players will find it difficult to find gaps to score goals blocked by their bodies.
Opponents will also be more afraid to see a fat goalkeeper than a skinny one. This is a mental strategy
Fat people being goalkeepers, may be part of that strategy. Opponents tend to be more nervous mentally if the goalkeeper is big. Moreover, if the goalkeeper is an aggressive person, with just one mental touch the opponent can fall. This advantage is not possessed by thin people, willing to act however, when the body posture is the same, the enemy's mentality will not be that easy to fall.
Positioning fat people to be goalkeepers is a funny culture that exists in our amateur futsal ecosystem. Anyway, if there is a discussion of futsal, those who are fat will be ordered by the goalkeeper. If they don't want to be goalkeepers, they will rarely get a chance to play. Even if you play, you will often be laughed at because it's funny. Unless they have the ability to play the ball that is qualified. It was just that his friend's mouth was silent.