As well as focusing on touch we also work on speed, with and without the ball, general movement when looking to receive a pass and communication.
Quite often for coach's the real challenge isn't getting your players to communicate, they usually do plenty of that already at training. No, the real challenge is getting them to communicate whilst they're on the field!
To encourage positive communication the drills in this session have been designed to work better if your players communicate - the theory being if your players are able to communicate in practice then hopefully they'll also be able to bring that team-work to the pitch on match day!
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