ENGLISH FOR FOOTBALL
Football has become a global phenomenon and English is the common language.
We work to help players and staff feel more secure when communicating in English with team-mates and coaches, medical personnel and press on and off the field:
1. Greetings and Introductions
2. Player positions
3. The areas of the pitch
4. Different jobs in the team – coaching staff and ground staff
5. Defenders – different skills of defenders; set pieces
6. Midfielders – different skills of midfielders; formations
7. Strikers – different ways to score a goal; goal positions
8. Goalkeepers – goalkeeping skills
9. The Manager – motivation of players; describing players; tactics; talking to the press and answering questions
10. Common football idioms and clichés
