| The backbone to any soccer team is communication. It | | | | directing a player that is in high intense play to find |
| doesn't matter if your team has the best skills and the | | | | another player and deliver the ball to them.Here you will |
| strongest players. If you do not have clear | | | | find a complete list of vocabulary words that can be |
| communication amongst the players on the field, your | | | | used to train your team, that will give them direction |
| team will fall apart. Every team must have a | | | | confidence that they need to learn how to conduct a |
| pre-selected vocabulary that all the players understand. | | | | game. |
| Your team must train using this vocabulary at every | | | | Verbal energy is extremely important in a game. Most |
| training session in order to make its second nature. | | | | players will come off the field huffing and puffing |
| And finally with communication, players must learn to | | | | saying that they call for the ball and they never get it. |
| use more energy when communicating with a player. | | | | The main reason for this is the lack of energy and |
| Have you ever noticed, that most players do not | | | | confidence in their voice. What most players do not |
| communicate very well during the game. But when off | | | | realize is that you must use more energy and |
| the field can talk up a storm about anything and | | | | confidence when communicating to a player in the |
| everything. The reason behind this is that during the | | | | middle of chaos, in order to grab their attention. For |
| game, players are using all their emotions, physical | | | | example if a player is doing a light dribble into space |
| energy and focus on dribbling the ball to avoid | | | | your energy of communication can be much less. But if |
| opponents. At this point they're listening receptors are | | | | a teammate is in the middle of the field with five |
| at the bottom of the list and cannot process | | | | opponents surrounding them, cutting and swerving. The |
| information. So the goal with communication is to make | | | | receiving player must have higher energy in their voice |
| its second nature so when players do here a call they | | | | than the player in the middle of the opponents. |
| do not even think twice about it. Much like a sprinter | | | | So with the combination of the vocabulary lists, training |
| reacts to a gunshot, we want to teach your team to | | | | so it becomes second nature and learning to use |
| react to specific verbal cues from their teammates. | | | | higher energy and confidence. Your team will become |
| It is extremely important that you create a specific | | | | an outstanding in communication during the game. you |
| vocabulary that each player learns and understands. | | | | will find that your team will drastically improve and |
| Without the specific vocabulary every player will call | | | | connecting passes, making plays, and finishing the ball. |
| things differently and rely on calling their name out or | | | | Communication is the backbone to any good team. |
| calling for the ball. This is not a very effective way of | | | | Just as it is in any good relationship. |