Progressão

Progressão is now in English. A new chapter begins. As our book Progressão – How We Have Misunderstood Football is being translated, the podcast moves fully into English.

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What if coaching isn’t about giving instructions, but about shaping environments where skill can grow? In this episode we explore enskilment, mistakes, exploration, and how players become skilful.

This episode lays the foundation for the next ones in the series, where we will explore more deeply the role of environment, culture, and practice in the lifelong process of becoming skilful. open.spotify.com/episode/2Cux0k…

In this Progressão episode we begin a series on becoming skilful in football and in life. Through the concept of enskilment, skill grows through participation in a living world. In football, skill is attunement to teammates, opponents, space, time, rhythm, and culture.

We explore ecological dynamics, complex systems thinking, James Gibson’s work, and what it all means for skill learning and coaching in football. open.spotify.com/episode/396CxV…

Excited to revisit one of our most meaningful and widely listened DISCUSSÃO MUNDO episodes — featuring Prof. @Duarterbparaujo a leading scientist from @spertlab & @ciper_fmh .

Football is a living, dynamic phenomenon.
Behaviour emerges through coordination across interconnected levels, from sub-groups to teams to players. 🎙️New episode on sub-groups & local coordination open.spotify.com/episode/3kmqDu…

🔓Further reading mentioned in the episode researchgate.net/publication/27…

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In this episode, we focusing on the internal logic of the game and how this logic shapes team-level dynamics. ⚽️ Rather than fixed phases, we discuss the game as a continuous interaction between two teams, where flow and disruption emerge from play.

In this episode, we take a different view. We look at football as a complex adaptive system, where many elements continuously correspond with one another, and where behaviour emerges across different, interconnected levels. Tune in here open.spotify.com/episode/05EGYK…

Football is often analysed by breaking it into parts: phases of play, technical actions, tactical structures, or physical demands. While these perspectives can be useful, they can also fragment our understanding of the game.

@sakshamkakkar24 We’re working on the English version, but there’s no release date yet. 🙂

@Progressaofi Hi, is this book available in English?

Skill is often seen as an individual trait, but this episode explores it from a wider perspective – as something that also emerges at the team and group level.

In this episode we learn his unique insights and experiences from the pitch. 🎧Still relevant. Still worth the listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3UkAUT…

Here, we speak with Niklas Moisander, former captain of the Finnish national team and a player whose career spans Europe’s top leagues and teams such as @AFCAjax . At the time of this conversation, Niklas was playing for @Malmo_FF , working under head coach Henrik Rydström.

As Progressão now continues fully in English, we also want to revisit and republish some of our earlier Discussão Mundo episodes.

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In this episode, we introduce generic forcing – the tendency to impose rehearsed technical solutions on the game instead of adapting to what the situation actually offers. What happens when players become highly technical, but less effective in the game?

A figure from our book, that we mention in this episode, illustrates skill as something that lives in the overlap between player and group.

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