AFCAS - A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BUIDLING BETTER COMMUNICATION - IN PLAYERS & TEAMS
This course provides a step-by-step guide to improving a player’s individual verbal communication and their ability to use body language to convey messages and instructions to team-mates. By developing these skills at an individual level, the overall communication and effectiveness of the entire team can also be significantly improved.
Focusing primarily on offensive communication when the team is in possession of the ball, this course explains how effective on-field communication can contribute to improved team performance and greater attacking success. Players will learn how clear, timely, and purposeful communication can help create passing options, support combination play, and improve decision-making during attacking situations.
Through a combination of practical theory, match and training ground video examples demonstrating effective communication, and structured training sessions specifically designed to develop communication skills, this course provides coaches and players with the tools needed to improve on-field interaction.
We have provided 45 coaching practices and games for you to use and adapt with your players, which you can download and keep.
Players will not only learn how to communicate, but also when to communicate and what information to provide. The course places strong emphasis on helping players read the game and recognise match situations correctly so that they can deliver the right information at the right moment, an essential component of successful communication in football.
By developing strong communication habits, players will also build greater self-confidence on the pitch. When players are able to express themselves clearly, provide information to team-mates, and understand the game situations around them, they become more assured in their decision-making and more comfortable taking responsibility within the team.
This course is designed not only to improve your players’ communication, but also to support you, the coach, in your own development. By understanding how to teach, encourage, and structure communication within your team, you will be better equipped to create a more connected, organised, and confident playing group.
COURSE DURATION - 3+ HOURS
This course breaks down the different forms of communication a player can use to interact, inform, and indicate their actions both out of possession and in possession of the ball.
Example Video
Using training ground and real match footage, you will see examples of players applying different forms of communication in game situations.
Coaching sessions are provided for you to use with your players to help grow and develop their on-field communication skills. Easy-to-understand practices are included, clearly diagrammed, and supported by video examples of real communication training sessions for you to watch.
We have created downloadable sessions for you to keep and use to support you when delivering your training sessions.
Curriculum
- HAND SIGNALS - POINTING TO RECEIVE IN SPACE (3:23)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - 1 (0:26)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - 2 (1:27)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - 3 (0:31)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - POINT AND PASS IN PAIRS (0:21)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - POINT AND PASS IN PAIRS - SILENCE (0:21)
- RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - POINTING TO SPACE - TO SHOOT AT THE GOAL (1:10)
- HAND SIGNALS – SIGNALLING FOR THE BALL TO BE PASSED TO FEET
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - OPEN ARMS (1:46)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - OPEN ARMS - PRACTICE (1:20)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - OPEN PALM (3:14)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - OPEN PALM OF HAND - PRACTICE (1:05)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - POINTING DOWN TOWARDS FEET (1:35)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE TO FEET - POINTING DOWN TOWARDS FEET - PRACTICE (0:35)
- SIGNALLING - TO THE EXACT FOOT TO RECEIVE THE BALL WITH - POINTING DOWNWARDS (2:03)
- SIGNALLING - TO THE EXACT FOOT TO RECEIVE THE BALL WITH - TAPPING THIGH (0:36)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING THE BALL TO AN EXACT FOOT - PRACTICE (1:12)
- COMMUNICATION - WANTING THE BALL TO AN EXACT FOOT - TO TURN WITH THE BALL (1:41)
- HAND SIGNALS - WANTING TO RECEIVE THE BALL TO EXACT FOOT - TO PROTECT THE BALL (0:20)
- COMMUNICATION - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT - PASSIVE PRACTICE 1 (0:33)
- COMMUNICATION - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT - SEMI-PASSIVE PRACTICE 1 (1:28)
- COMMUNICATION - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT - SEMI-PASSIVE PRACTICE 2 (0:44)
- COMMUNICATION - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT - GAME (0:34)
- COMMUNICATION - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT - SHOOTING PRACTICE (1:31)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING THROUGH EYE & HEAD MOVEMENTS (0:26)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING THROUGH EYE MOVEMENTS - HEAD NOD - PRACTICE - 01 (1:08)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING THROUGH EYE MOVEMENTS - HEAD NOD - PRACTICE - 02 (0:32)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING THROUGH EYE MOVEMENTS - SIDE GLANCES (0:30)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING THROUGH EYE MOVEMENTS - SIDE GLANCE - PRACTICE - 01 (1:38)
- BODY LANGUAGE - COMMUNICATING - HEAD MOVEMENT & SIDE GLANCE - SHOOTING PRACTICE (1:44)
- COMMUNICATION - IDENTIFYING THE SITUATION AND PROVIDING THE CORRECT INFORMATION - PRACTICE 1 (1:12)
- COMMUNICATION - IDENTIFYING THE SITUATION AND PROVIDING THE CORRECT INFORMATION - PRACTICE 2 (0:33)
- COMMUNICATION - IDENTIFYING THE SITUATION AND PROVIDING THE CORRECT INFORMATION - GAME (0:51)
- COMMUNICATION - IDENTIFYING THE SITUATION AND PROVIDING THE CORRECT INFORMATION - 3v3 + SERVERS (0:45)
- COMMUNICATION - WHEN IN POSSESSION OF THE BALL - CREATING SPACE
- COMMUNICATION - DIRECTING TEAM-MATE TO RUN INTO AN AREA (1:34)
- COMMUNICATION - INSTRUCTING TEAM-MATE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE BALL (2:30)
- COMMUNICATION - INSTRUCTING TEAM-MATES MOVEMENTS - PRACTICE 1 (1:45)
- COMMUNICATION - INSTRUCTING TEAM-MATES MOVEMENTS - PRACTICE 2 (0:29)
- COMMUNICATION - INSTRUCTING TEAM-MATES - 5v2 KEEP AWAY (0:48)
COURSE WRITTEN BY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COACH & SCOUT - GED SEARSON
With 30 years of coaching experience as a football coach and over 17 years experience in professional football as first-team opposition & recruitment scout in the English Premier League with West Ham United, as a Chief Scout of multiple teams in the EFL (English Football League) and as the National team Chief Scout & Analyst of the successful Malawi National team AFCON 2022 in Cameroon.
