Communication is the key to any team's success. More so if the team is a new entity and many of the players have never played with each other in a team. However, communication can be quite a difficult task when the players and the coach are in different countries.


Dabang Mumbai's chief coach Valentin Altenburg (centre) and team mentor Viren Rasquinha (right) watch one of the Mumbai players practice at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK 

But Dabang Mumbai's chief coach Valentin Altenburg has not let issues like geographical distances affect the team and has put the available modes of communication like WhatsApp and e-mails to best use to stay in touch with his wards.