Status and prospects of winter football in Russian regions

Playing football in winter has gained great popularity in Russia recently, so the scientific analysis has not yet been done. Moreover, as an independent sport winter football is not considered, although the issue has been debated. Therefore, characteristics, facilities especially of winter football training can only be based on the monitoring of the organizational, playing and teaching experience in Russia and abroad. Analysis of available information in the current state of winter football has allowed us to draw the following conclusions. First, there is a considerable variation in the terminology describing this concept: winter football, football in the snow, snow football, great football in the snow, mini-football in the snow, great football on synthetic surfaces, indoor soccer on a synthetic surface, beach soccer in the snow. We believe that there should not be terms "spring" and "autumn" for football in the professional lexicon. And if to tie it to the time of the year, its preferred term is "winter." The concept of winter football, in our opinion, is a major and broader concept than others, as winter football is football, which is played in the winter, that is, adapted to the cold conditions of winter. All the rest are its varieties, the most popular of which is football in the snow. An important criterion for the division of such species is the field surface. So, football in the snow is a game on the snow surface, it can be done according to the rules of large, indoor football, etc. Due to its availability, this game is typical for mass amateur league. Playing football in the winter can be on a synthetic surface, the installation of which is costly, and is therefore available for a narrow circle of teams. It is also regarded as a variant of the training of Russian professional football players in the off-season. Not all athletes like synthetic surfaces. Playing on them can result in an injury, it requires a different technique than on natural grass. Special attention should be paid to the analysis of development of winter football in universities, educational institutions. Based on the analysis, we can conclude that winter football is widespread in Russia and took shape as an independent branch of football. Of course, football in the snow is different. The need to implement the specialization of winter football in higher schools is due to the increasing popularity of the sport, the inability to train students learning classic football in the summer, easy organization and economic feasibility of studies compared to other types of football.

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