[pdm55]

Team sports require coordination between players. I never really appreciated how important it was to develop this.

The sport I want to mention briefly is Rugby. This is a catch, run and pass game. We would practise these three skills: catching, running and passing. The skill we didn't practise much was "communicating". One of our players had been coached by a national representative: this teammate told us that if you wanted to tell the person immediately beside you about your intentions you said "okay", if you were going to run to his left to get the ball, and "right-oh", if you were going to run to his right. Okay = left; right-oh = right. The beauty of this is that you intentions are instantly clear.

However, we never regularly practised this dynamic communication skill. Most of our practise time was spent practising set patterns. But in the heat of the battle, it is more effective to have a constantly adaptable attack.