allows players to score from anywhere. This leads to high scoring games, with an average of sixty attempts at goal in a single game, with an average scoring rate of one goal every 3-4 minutes — eleven goals in total per Game. Each team consists of 8-12 player. The match is played 6 x 6 (minimum 2 females at all times) including the goalkeeper and an unlimited amount of substitutions. Substitutions are allowed at any time but the active player must come off the field before the sub can come in. Shoes are not allowed, however high socks and surf booties are recommended. A game lasts forty minutes and is split up into four ten minute periods. Every beach soccer match is won by one team, with the game going into a penalty shootout if the score is still on level terms after normal time.