We've started playing indoors again last week after a break during the summer and I absolutely love it. We meet up on Sunday's at 10 to play for two hours and it can often be quite hard to get up in the morning, as Sunday is one of the few days I could sleep a little longer, but in the end it is worth it.
So far, we've only been a few people (five both last week and today), but we just use half the pitch and use smaller goals. Last week we did 2 vs. 2 with one guy watching. Today, we did 3 vs. 2. I was playing in the 3 as I'm not really a runner (I'm pretty overweight
), but everyone on our team had to touch the ball at least once before we could score (with a touch by the opposition "resetting" everything). Went quite well for me and in my view I was able to do a lot more running than I was at the same point last year, so it's a good thing.
Me and my mate also pulled of some great moves early one with quick one touch passing or simply opening up the other two guys with a simple pass. I'm not really a good player, but the other guy on our team was even worse, misplacing passes all the time and doing very little running, because he mostly stayed back and "protected" our goal. It got a bit annoying in the end, but I didn't really care. My own contribution got worse anyway as I got tired. And I got hit by a ball in a place where it really hurts
. Tried to block a shot and my ankle deflected it onto my bollocks...
But at the end of the day, it's like the OP said. There is nothing better than playing some footy just for fun with a couple of mates...