Lacrosse Tip

Presented by Steve Gartelman, Camp Director

The Goalie School Tip: Communication is Key!

Coach Pilat has put together one of the most innovative curriculums for goalies wishing to improve their skills.

An important factor to becoming the best goalie you can is to have the ability to properly communicate with your teammates. This will constantly ensure your teams defensive strategy is in place and ready for any offensive threat. A lack of communication can easily cause defensive breakdowns which can be avoided.

As the leader of the defense, it is important to BE LOUD, BE CLEAR, and BE CONCISE.

One important factor to properly provide effective information, is to be loud and clear. Unless your teammates can hear you, your communication will be ineffective.

A second factor which is vital to providing proper communication is to direct it towards specific players. Using either the players’ names or their numbers to dictate what you want them to do, makes it clear not only to them but to the rest of the defensive unit.

Lastly, providing proper communication includes understanding the defensive strategy and relaying the proper information to your defenders. Without understanding your teams defensive positioning and tactics, a goalies miscommunication can cause a defensive lapse.

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