One year ago, Kyt Selaidopoulos came to Yellowknife from his home in Montreal and gave everyone he came in contact with a true futsal education, one which some said was needed for a territory still learning the soccer variant.

Fast-forward to now and he likes what's happened since then.

Selaidopoulos, the head coach of Canada's men's national futsal team, was in town from Oct. 19 to 21 for a full weekend that included a coaching workshop, an identification camp for the city's men's players and helping with NWT Soccer's regional futsal development camp at St. Pat's Gymnasium.

He said the sport seems to be growing in the city.

SA国际影视传媒淧eople behind the scenes are putting in a lot of work to make futsal work,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淟yric Sandhals (NWT Soccer executive director) has done a fantastic job in getting things off the ground with the resources she has and it's always exciting to come up here and nice to see everyone engaged in trying to make the sport better.SA国际影视传媒�

One of the things Selaidopoulos did last year was put coaches through their paces as part of a workshop to get them better acquainted with the sport and he pulled no punches, running the workshop like one of his practices.

This year, he got a good look at what the city has to offer in terms of potential national team talent and he said it was a good group to work with.

SA国际影视传媒淲e had 18 players come out,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淭he first day, we went through the systems and how we play and do things at the national level. We did an intrasquad game the next day, which started slow but finished a lot better than I was expecting. I'm happy with that.SA国际影视传媒�

There were some players who stood out, he added, and those players are on the verge of being at the national team level in the future.

SA国际影视传媒淲ith all the territories playing the game now, it's going to get better,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淲e'll have more players fighting to get on the national team. We had our team camp last month and we had two players from the territories SA国际影视传媒� one from Nunavut and one from Yukon SA国际影视传媒� and from what I saw here, there are players who belong on a long roster of future invited players to our national team camp.SA国际影视传媒�

He keeps in contact with those players who he thinks could be part of a future camp and he also uses the Futsal Canada Nationals as a way to scout players for camps, he said.

SA国际影视传媒淵ou never know where you're going to find the next good player,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Because this isn't an Arctic Winter Games year, the regional development camp was simply for young players to learn more about futsal and work on their skills and Selaidopoulos got to work with those players as well.

He said working with younger players is different than what he does with the senior side.

SA国际影视传媒淲e give more instruction and we demonstrate more,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淏ut at the end of the day, we have to be hard and push them to their limit. Sometimes, we say they're just kids and we won't push them but we have to see how far they can take it all in a positive way.SA国际影视传媒�

This was the second year in a row Selaidopoulos has visited the capital and it's a visit he would like to see become an annual one as it's well-organized.

SA国际影视传媒淚 think it's important to keep visiting the territories, especially here where the weather makes it the perfect sport,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淵ou do play soccer but I think it's important to come and visit and continue to build a relationship and see how far we can bring it. If everyone in the NWT works together, we'll become better as a country and that's how we can succeed in futsal in Canada.SA国际影视传媒�