Exhortations (noun): language intended to incite and encourage.

“I stood for a few minutes here as well, took in the looping motion of the bowler, the joshing exhortations of the players, tamped down and softened by the rain.”

“Walk with Me” – David L Ulin

This word was intriguing as it meant something very different than I thought. Exhort means to incite by argument, which is the complete opposite of this words meaning. This threw me off a bit but I was then able to properly understand the statement.