Go Signal
Overview
A go signal is a preplanned verbal or visual cue that triggers coordinated movement, pushes, or timing-based plays among teammates during a match.
Key Points
- Initiates coordinated team movement or aggressive pushes.
- Can be verbal callouts, hand signals, timing cues, or coded words.
- Used to synchronize multi-player bumps or cross moves.
- Critical for breaking stalemates and overwhelming isolated opponents.
- Must be practiced to ensure timing precision and reliability.
- Used in both tournament and scenario mission coordination.
Details
A go signal is the designated cue that tells teammates when to execute a coordinated action such as a synchronized bunker bump, timing push, cross move, or full-side collapse. Effective teams determine these signals ahead of time and rehearse them during layout walks and scrimmages.
Go signals can be simple like shouting a specific callout or more subtle, such as tapping the bunker, dropping paint volume, or using predetermined code words. In noisy environments, visual cues like marker movement or shoulder gestures are used.
Timing is crucial. A go signal must be given when the engagement window is favorable when an opponent is tucked in, a lane is collapsed, or pressure alignment shifts in your team’s favor.
Well-executed go signals break stalemates, create mismatches, and enable rapid progression up the field. Poorly timed signals can result in players moving into hot lanes or unsupported pushes.
Scenario teams also use go signals to initiate missions, flanks, breaches, or timed objective captures.
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