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Develop A Vocabulary
Develop and use
vocabulary buzz words or phrases to communicate quickly and efficiently.
This strategy saves time in practice and sends quick and meaningful
messages during games. One buzz word or phrase sends an entire message
filled with meaning to the team!
Many vocabulary commands
are well known throughout the soccer community (standard terms) and
ultimately allow the opponent to process your team’s messages as well.
One strategy you can use to keep the communication between your players
only, is to create your own Team Language (non-standard terms)!
Team language can be used in times when your team would like to
communicate without giving away their intended messages. For example: If a
teammate is in an off-sides position, rather that yelling out a message
including the term "off-sides," possibly influencing a referee
or alerting an opponent, use a team language term. The team language term
"Robert" could actually mean: "Hey, someone is in an
off-sides position, hold the ball, while players check their
position." There is not actually a player named Robert, it’s just a
fake name the team selected for the team language, allowing one word or
name to send a meaningful message to a variety of teammates without
alerting the referee or opponent of the intended message!
Below are a few examples
of how Team Language (Non-Standard Terms) are used as effective
communication between teammates (you can change the buzz word to suit your
own team):
Boo:
Reminds players to keep the ball in play, to shield the ball out of
play, to play the ball off the
opponent and out of play, to fake tackle the opponent forcing them to
touch ball out of play or give up posession.
Bait Them:
Tells teammates to trick opponent into passing into an area that
appears safe to pass to, and quickly move into the path of the ball to
either win possession or pressure the opponent into making a mistake.
Look At <Player's
Name>: Lets
a particular player know he needs to move into space to receive the
ball and lets the player with the ball know that that particular
player will be a good choice to pass the ball to.
One Behind The Other:
Reminds
nearby players to move behind the ball to support their teammate
either in possession of the ball or defending an opponent with the
ball. This is a safe and effective way to provide support, and to
create an open space allowing the teammate in possession of the ball
to look up field to shoot, pass, or dribble.
Frank:
Used as a counter against teams using an off-sides trap or just
playing with flat defenders. Signals forwards to move into the mid
field, while a couple mid fielders time runs through the oncoming
defenders as the ball is played into the space behind the opponents
defense. The forwards then play a supporting role for the attacking
mid fielders, until they are able to move back into their mid field
positions.
Susie: Play
the ball early, within one or two touches.
Soccer
Glossary of Standard Terms
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