Yesterday was my first soccer game at the new indoor soccer facility at the Silver Creek Sportsplex near my house. Playing there instead of at Off The Wall Soccer cuts 12 minutes off of my drive time each way, which is always good. The facility itself is really nice and I thought my team would get crushed since we don't know all of the rules and are not used to the field, but we ended up winning 5-2. In this indoor league we play 7 on 7. The field itself is about 30 yards longer than the large one at Off The Wall, also the netting over the ceiling is significantly shorter which means I'll score very few goals as goalkeeper by taking shots from out on front of my own net. :-( I also like to do long passes to the forwards from the back, and having a shorter ceiling will make that more difficult. The goals themselves are smaller overall, a little less wide and a little shorter, which should make for lower scoring games. I particularly like the shorter part because it means that I don't have to jump to reach the top of the goal which is good for me because I've never had a great vertical leap. And the goals are not deep at all. There is a wooden wall about a foot behind the goal line which makes a noise when you hit it. That way it should be really easy to tell of someone scored a goal or not. So overall I'm happy with the new soccer complex.
Posted by troutm8 at February 5, 2008 10:10 AM