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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]is it your experience that defenders and goalies have communication issues?

Frustration coming from DC that instructions are ignored ... for example, telling defender to play wide or carry ball and it is played back with opponent bearing down. Then when mistake is made, the defenders complain.

Suggestions on ways to improve? Is it true that defense should always be deferring to goalie on how she/he wants them to play? Like asking to mark player and then defender decides to give space, leading to unmarked players in box.[/quote]

Based on my observation, I see this with full time goalies that didn't get enough field experience.  I'm hoping the coach chimes in but i really have a hard time seeing a specialized goalie below U13, they just don't have the field experience needed to communicate effectively.  In fact, I've seen them give the completely wrong instruction.  [/quote]

This is for high school varsity goalie that plays club so experience and knowledge is not the issue. Simple commands like "away" instead result in pass back to goalie on wrong foot under pressure. They're easy mistakes that could be avoided if defenders listened. So that's why the question asked is if this is normal or should the goalie be the rightfully frustrated. [/quote]

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