Uncertainty Reduction Theory dalam Pola Komunikasi Pemain dan Pelatih Sepakbola Usia Dini di PFA (Pasoepati Football Academy)

Abstract

Communication at the beginning of the meeting is a key communication that will be a benchmark for the relationship between future interpersonal communication that will be undertaken by those who communicate. A sense of uncertainty and anxiety will arise when we do not know the information about our interlocutors who encourage us to do things that will reduce the sense of uncertainty. Inhibiting factors from inside and outside of people who communicate are very influential in the emergence of uncertainty and anxiety. Moreover, this study examines early childhood who are still in the developing stages in their environment. This study aims to determine the type of uncertainty experienced by early football players and coaches Pasoepati Football academy and how their strategies in reducing uncertainty through Charles Berger's theory of uncertainty reduction. The researcher used a qualitative descriptive method by conducting in-depth interviews with players and Paseopathic Football Academy coaches. This study shows that the uncertainty experienced by players and coaches is cognitive uncertainty, and for uncertainty reduction strategies using active, passive, and interactive strategies.