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Cageball

Cageball is a small-sided football variant played in an enclosed cage or walled pitch. The boards keep the ball in play, creating many touches, short routes and few normal sideline stoppages.

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Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Football Codes

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Football on a tight enclosed small-sided pitch with boards.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like football technique, fast decisions and many touches in tight space.

Cost Low to medium: court booking, ball and suitable indoor/turf shoes are usually enough. Regular court hire, shoes, possible shin guards and team/league fees. Cageball/indoor-soccer venue, soccer hall or recreational league. Rules are often venue-specific; clarify team size and wall/contact rules first.

First progress First game immediately; wall play and calm under pressure take several rounds.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

enclosed small pitch
football
small goals
turf/indoor shoes
possible shin guards

First steps

book cage
clarify team size
practise receiving off boards
play short passes
agree contact rules

Cageball venue, indoor soccer centre, 5-a-side hall or recreational league.

Play fairly in tight space, respect the boards, remove jewellery and wear non-slip shoes.

Weitere Angaben

Tags team, cageball, small-sided-football, indoor-football, enclosed-pitch, ball-sport, cage-football, football-codes

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more goals than the opposing side.

Teilnehmer

Small teams with or without goalkeeper depending on venue.

Teamgröße

Often three field players plus goalkeeper or 3v3/4v4/5v5 by cage.

Spielfeld

Enclosed small pitch with boards/walls, netting and small goals.

Dauer

By venue or league format.

Wertung

Goals count under house/league format.

Gewinnbedingung

More goals after time or target score.

Ausrüstung

football
small goals
enclosed pitch
turf/indoor shoes

Wichtige Regelpunkte

handball
foul play
unsafe board challenge
house-rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Cageball Topend Sports · sport-guide · medium
Cageball Mini Football Field Construction Globo Turf · facility-guide · medium
Guide to indoor and outdoor areas for small sided football The Football Association · facility-guide-pdf · medium