doha during spains 70 demolition of costa rica in their world cup opener it was explicitly clear luis enriques players know where on the pitch they should be and what they need to do at all timesthe coach is set on positional play and retaining possession and has been innovative in his use of technology and outsidethebox thinking to get his players to operate within his set structurewhen spain train both at home in las rozas on the outskirts of madrid and at the university of qatar in doha luis enrique sometimes stands on a scaffold tower which he asked to be constructedits a tactic he has been using since coaching celta vigo in 2013from above he has a better view of the players positions and using microphones on the back of their training vests he can instruct them via walkietalkietoday for example i decided that the strikers will wear them and we have had much calmer communication luis enrique explained on his twitch channel last week with livestreaming another example of his technology use at the tournamenti dont talk to them when the play is in motion because they dont need to think that im running after them but when the move is over if theres something to correct ill correct itit saves the coach having to shout and facilitates easy communication without players having to leave their positions before running an exercise againwhere we see technology being applied most in training is in the national team said spain defender eric garcia in septembertechnology is advancing and is being implemented in football bit by bitthese things are effective with walkietalkies the coach is correcting us from a distanceback in madrid there is a giant screen at spains training ground for luis enrique to run through moves on another technique to give instant and clear feedback to playerswe train more on video than on the pitch luis enrique said on twitchthere are players who do things with their clubs that are very different to what we ask but we have seen when they come with us they do brilliantlybarcelonas midfield trio of sergio busquets pedri and gavi have impressed for their club this season but raised their game to another level against costa ricaspain players use electric scooters to move between their accommodation and the training pitch meaning the amount of time they have to spend cooped up in the team bus is shorter than ever at the world cupluis enriques nearnightly twitch streams have also helped him connect to the spanish public with upwards of 150000 people tuning in allowing him to be the focus of attention instead of his squadi like computers at 21 when i arrived at real madrid the first thing i did was buy one he told his viewersmy teammates told me but you dont even know how to turn it on i said well dont worry some day i will learnive always liked technology i remember being one of the first players to