I’ve been playing for 5 years now, even started a thread on GOT years ago. It didn’t get going, nobody else was playing , just the usual jokes about our midfield would be good at it etc.
When I started I hadn’t played for about 35 years, what was nice was the way the touch came quickly back. Depending on where we are playing ( outdoors or indoors) and the numbers per side the game can change from week to week. I get more touches of the ball per session than when I played 11 side, and am able to do things I used to see only on Tv , like slide the ball through a goalkeepers legs - I used to vaguely wonder if forwards just got lucky with their shot. The key thing you learn quickly is to play the ball to feet , or just in front of a player, those wonderful through balls into space for someone to “ run” onto just don’t work.
People laugh at the “walking “ aspect - until they try it themselves. Continuous sessions of an hour, hour and a half even with breaks are quite taxing and a 30 sec burst of walking, tracking forward then getting back really raise the heart rate. Ok there is an age element here, we’re all mainly over 65, but it’s not just a leisurely walk.
The banter and camaraderie are also a big part .
