The Velocity of Skill Development: How Brazil Develops Football Players : July 14th 1930, An "ODE" To FIFA

The Velocity of Skill Development: How Brazil Develops Football Players

This article is my TRIBUTE and an HONOUR that I pay to FIFA for having completed 90 years of staging FOOTBALL in the history of the game as TODAY was the "FIRST " ever WORLD CUP FOOTBALL PROPER match was played for the 1930 World Cup football

It is often and quite some times that it is discussed by many about – HOW IS THAT BRAZIL KEEEPS ON PRODUCING ONE GOOD PLAYER AFTER ANOTHER AND ONE OUTSTANDING FOOTBALLER AFTER ANOTHER.

Definitely there ought to be certain plans for the same and if in a common parlance one thinks about the same then one might be wondered in a thought saying that there must be some organized structure that makes Brazil do so.

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The above link click is of U Tube where the REAL action of the above diagram is depicted

Pic - :: The U-Tube where the real action of the diagram depicted on top is depicted

However Brazil is one of the poorer country and the population is such that the ratio of rich to the poor would stand at 1:9 which means that for one rich man there would be as equal to nine poor. Poverty is so high that it is not possible to Brazil to have that kind of a structure which moulds and produces the players.Why and how is then that Brazil keep on producing the most artistic and the most natural plaers that mesmerize the lvers all over the world on and about football.

Before I move deep into my writing I would like to add these few lines which would also make some interesting reading . That distinctive yellow and green jersey carries some serious weight in the football world. Home to one of the greatest footballers of all time, Pelé, and his 1970 World Cup-winning team, Brazil seems to practically be a conveyor belt of football talent. They consistently turn out some of the greatest athletes who have helped to build the sport’s overall reputation and make football into the international phenomenon that it is today. Let’s unpack some of the factors contributing to this hugely successful national enterprise.

https://youtu.be/sYokNMEgRvw ( Maradona 1986, Pele Did That in 1950 )

Pic Above :: U Tube :: Maradona Did That In 1986, " PELE " did that in 1958

It is not that the players who start playing football for Brazil are straight away drawn from the academy. NO. The boys’ play at the street, at the beaches, at the paddy field and at places where it is practically very hard to play football. They while playing know that if they do not start controlling the ball, they would be at loss. The sense of ball control start from there. It is that they marshall the art of ball controlling from a very young and a raw age.

They grow up playing football in the street : Everything Is A “ Craze ”,A “EASY” Sport ::

As soon as football was introduced in Brazil its popularity and football betting community began blossoming like crazy everything being a CRAZE . Football for the Brazilian is the natural way to live the life and the most easiest one. It is a simple game that has no complexity involved in it are the thinking of every Brazilian kids.The Mother would always speak to their child encouraging them to play football saying that, if you are NOT good in studies , play football seriously as that would give you and make your career brilliant. It will take you out of the “ impoverishment ”. Football is an easy sport to pick up, doesn’t require complicated equipment or uniforms, and can be played pretty much anywhere where there’s a flat surface. It is said that even Pelé himself played barefoot on the streets with a stuffed sock when he was growing up. Playing under these conditions gives you a thicker skin and a more creative approach to the game, so it’s no surprise that many of those who started out playing street football end up excelling on the pitch.

Skill Development : It start right from the age when they hardly marshal the way to run

Pic : Pic Of Brazilian Skill Of Football – The “ RAINBOW ” Flick Of Neymar

The Brazilian do not copy anybody and the infants also never copy anybody.They right from the word go try to follow an instinct of becoming a star of their own to be like say either a Pele or a Garrincha or a Didi, A Vava but by being different so that they are remembered as a player very DIFFERENT as a Brazilian but a class of his own.

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Pic :: The Rainbow Flick Of Neymar ascribed on the U- Tube

Their coaches and their system when they come forward to representing the clubs that they are selected for, they fllow each of them very minutely to see whether they have a different sort of a skill and if they have then start the VELOCITY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT for them beside the systematic training for a speedy development of the game and the sports. The skill development is fast and very accurate that the player is moulded into, and the intricacies of the game also is so fast applied to them that they become very fast to make themselves always to be on the run. The HIGH-RAPID- LEARNERS are then focused upon the take them to the next higher reank of HIGH-GRADE Football. A simple and an ordinary player of Brazil also is a very high saleable product in the market of football. It is because of the kind of training he has had in the formative years of training.

Brazil figured out how to rapidly increase the velocity of skill development in its football players and it’s not what you think.Not all skills are developed in the same way — developing soft-skills is different than developing hard skills.It’s impossible to directly teach someone to improvise their way to a brilliant goal in hockey or soccer. “ The world does not work that way ”.

When developing a soft skill you want three things: 1) variety; 2) reps; and 3) feedback.

Pic : The Infamous " DIDI'S DRY-LEAVES-FALL-INDIPPING-SOCCER-FREEKICK

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Pic :: Didi's Dry Leaves Fall Kicks And Flicks

Futebol de salão is designed to encourage skill development.

In the U-Tube that I have placed one would witness a semi-finals match between France and Brazil and one could easily see how in a FLICK on the run or how in a free kick, Didi would make those kich for the ball to do the talking. The alacrity by which he would do it is nothinbg but a >" MAGIC ".

Ginga is about bending the ball around the defender or playing the ball with your heel to a cutting teammate. Ginga is about making a pass with your thigh or your back”

What’s their secret?

Futsal

Futsal is huge in Brazil. Smaller pitches, five-a-side teams and heavier balls place the emphasis on close control, skill and use of space. “Futsal makes you think fast and play fast," Pele said. “It makes everything easier when you later switch to football.”

Street football

Brazil’s combination of heat and torrential rain isn’t conducive to grass pitches so the only place you’ll find them is in major stadiums. Pele himself played barefoot on the streets with a sock stuffed with paper. It’s a different breed of football that’s played on the uneven concrete streets in Brazil.

Pics- : Garrincha's Movement During " DRIBBLING "

Anyone who listens to Eamon Dunphy knows that a street footballer has the power of 10 normal footballers. The cult of the mythic street footballer may be exaggerated but there’s no denying the hunger and talent of Brazilian street footballers.

Competitive rivalries

Giving out gold stars for participation is all very well but Brazilian footballers are forged in the white hot heat of competition. This starts out with competition in the streets. For many, football represents a way out of poverty or the favelas.

Talented players have to fight each other to get the attention of clubs – no mean feat in a country teeming with talented young players. This competitive drive continues into Brazil’s fierce club rivalries and combative derbies like the Fla-Flu, the Paulista, the Grenal or the Derby of Millions. Big money moves to foreign clubs rely on a player standing out from the talented crowd.

Brazil’s international team always has to contend with traditional rivals, Argentina and Uruguay, and go into games knowing that everyone wants to claim their scalp. The Samba Boys may be synonymous with skills and beautiful football but it’s easy to forget the competitive culture that they come from. Whether they’re plying their trade in Europe, China or South America, you can bet that they had to work their “ ass ” off to get there.

Street football

It’s a culture of football that’s a world away from lumping the ball up to the big man. It rewards dribbling, flair and explosive movement and embraces the creative footballing spirit that the Brazilians call ginga, or “ sway .”

When you think of the beautiful game, it’s hard not to picture that distinctive yellow and green jersey. And we don’t mean the Donegal GAA jersey the Senegal jersey or the Algerian jersey which one felt when Brazil played the 1990 World Cup Football under Coach Lazario..

Brazilian teams were traditionally a benchmark for how football should be played. They gave us the greatest footballer of all time in Pele. And his 1970 World Cup winning team is arguably the best World Cup team of all time because it won the Cup. However Brazil produced the BEST of the team that any body in the WORLD could produce in 1982 but they DID NOT WIN THE TROPHY. If they had won in 1982 THAT TEAM COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH THE SOBRIQUET OF BEING THE BEST EVER TEAM PRODUCED IN FOOTBALL ON THE EARTH.

Sublime footballers like Socrates, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Garrincha, Didi, Vava, Djalma Santos, Carlos Alberto, Gerson, Jairzinho, Tosta, Leonidas to name a few, , Rivaldo and Neymar are a testament to Brazil’s famous conveyor belt of talent. They’ve won the World Cup more times than any other nation and they’re the only team to have played in every World Cup tournament.

So why are Brazilians so good at football? We looked at some of the popular theories that are out there.

They have a large pool of talent to draw from : They Are The Largest Exporter Of Football

They develop that fancy footwork playing futsal

This is a game which is as same as football but the it is played in a slight different way which uses the head more and the part of the body as well to play it in an attractive manner and to exhibit the use of the different part of the body to attach some different art to the game. It is here that the Brazilian develop the SCIENCE of the ART which are so very different from the others playing football. Footbal this is played on the street most.It is here the Brazilian learn to keep the ball well within the street so that the ball does not goes and distract the others who are not on the street.

Small-sided games.

With five-a-side teams and heavier balls, the emphasis is on close control, skill and use of space. The whole nature of the game, therefore, translates into an emphasis on technical flair and the ability to stay in control during situations of high pressure. For these reasons, it is an excellent breeding ground for football competencies that can then be translated into the more widely played format of the game

They’ve got a strong legacy backing them up :: The Club NETS these BUDS

There are scouts who roam over all around the country to watch a footballer especially if he is kid. If they see a particular small kid with full of potential and playing the game on the street with such a fluency that is loaded with talent, they soon pick them up for ther clubs and then starts the training and moulding them to the next grade of superior class.
This figure would reveal about how Romario had different alternatives with him playing against different clubs to "FOX" his rivals in the striking circles with different kind of runs, swerve and body fient and how the opponents video graphed his penerating and curly runs to showcase it to the world and earn money out of the same.
This picture really shows the class of Romario and NOT only his runs that made the money for his club the PSG Eindhowen but also the other clubs made money out of his videos.

Pic-: A Diagram Of Romario's movement in the striking circle against diffent Europen club team

Pic Of Romario-:

Pic - : Another example of how Romario would "FOX" in the striking circle

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Pic :: Romario's all the FIFTY-FIVE International Goals for Brazil in his career

Pic - : The Brazilian World Cup Winning Team Of 1994

You can’t discount the importance of having been born and bred in a society that breathes football. Brazilians grow up watching their football superstars wear the jersey and they have high expectations for their success. The entire nation is invested in this culture of winning and helping their players be the best that they can be.

Part of the problem is time-based. The Common situation are implanted from a young age.

There is a saying and it holds true. It’s hard to get the quantity of repetitions you need for feedback with the variety of situations you need to develop improvisation.

Traditionally coaches practice the most common situations. You can’t practice every possible scenario that you might face in a game because time is limited. So it makes sense that coaches focus on the most common situations that a player will face. Players get feedback from coaches on these situations and generally get better. The pace of these practices means that players will only get feedback on their decisions in a limited number of situations.

Competition and rivalries are a matter of national identity :

The rivalry runs from the start and from the age that they start playing this game from and on.

It is a matter of a fact that every Brazilian who is a kid playing football inherits right from a very small age and that is the competition is the hardest to remain in the fray in football if you are not competitive enough to outbeat the other through your game possessed with some different extraordinary skill to move up in the higher and highest echelon of football within Brazil. If you beat your adversities and competitor at Brazil you are always ONE-STEP – AHEAD of the other if compared to the world of football.

The rivalry to be a few step ahead of the other right from the start of the age, when they start playing football and to keep on improving on their game in every aspect that engulfs the game makes them a class apart and a different module of emerging football player. Every Brazilian is separate from the other while playing this game and every one is a material belonging to the different quality. His is well envisaged and observed when Brazil plays the game and the players wearing that YELLOW SHIRT play it to perform on the pitch.

Whether you’re playing street football with the kids from the next block or defending your country’s pride on the national team, rivalries run deep in Brazil. Starting with small local rivalries, hopeful footballers are quickly indoctrinated into the importance of competition and winning. In Brazil, football is taken seriously at all levels and thus has a thriving community in almost every city in the country. Talented players have to fight each other to get the attention of clubs, so they learn from day one that they’re going to have to work extra hard to make themselves stand out.

There is another way.

You can tinker with the environment to force people to make faster decisions, increase the number of repetitions, and force a velocity that increases the variety or situations a player can practice.This is what Brazil does differently.Soft skills are built by playing and exploring inside challenging, ever-changing environments.Brazil is the home of many of the world’s most skilled soccer players. So you might wonder how it develops its players? They use a game called futebol de salão:

This insanely fast, tightly compressed five-on-five version of the game— played on a field the size of a basketball court— creates 600 percent more touches, demands instant pattern recognition and, in the words of Emilio Miranda, a Professor of soccer at the University of São Paulo, serves as Brazil’s “ laboratory of improvisation.”

The Brazilians with these kind of improvisation when on the field exactly know how they have to be in relation to how the other are on the field and where they have to be in relation watching the others at where would he be next if I have to synchronise with him for the moment now, and for the next. The Brazilian completely study thei opponent very quickly and do that are needed for them to do for the team . They plan very quickly to adept and adopt themselves as to what to do the next by being at the place very apporopriately next. This puts them miles ahead of their opponent while they operate on the pitch.

Lionel Messi, an Argentine football star, can’t plan where everyone on the field will be and how they will all react — he has to improvise by recognising patterns and responding. This is why Brazil inspite of facing Messi and Argentina hardly bother about Messi.They bother about the result and for 8/10 times the result of Brazil against Argentina is loaded in favour of Brazil as Brazil beats Argentina for most of their time.

It’s a big place with a lot of people

It’s possible that it’s just a numbers game. Brazil has one of the biggest populations in the world. Only China, India, USA and Indonesia have larger populations but they hardly are anywhere near to Brazil, and football is a religion in Brazil.

So you’ve got a perfect breeding ground for footballers among a large passionate population. Maybe the odds of unearthing a genius are greatly reduced when you’ve so many players trying to emulate a pantheon of footballing idols..

Competitive rivalries

Brazil’s international team always has to contend with traditional rivals, Argentina and Uruguay, and go into games knowing that everyone wants to claim their scalp. The Samba Boys may be synonymous with skills and beautiful football but it’s easy to forget the competitive culture that they come from. Whether they’re plying their trade in Europe, China or South America, you can bet that they had to work their ass off to get there.

The winning habit

You can’t underestimate the importance of coming from a tradition of winning. Success inevitably breeds success. Brazilians grow up watching superstars wear the jersey and expectations are always high.

The fans expect their team to win and to look good doing it. Parking the bus in Brazil is the closest thing you can get to footballing treason. The entire nation is invested in this culture of winning but also in being the best that they can be. Perhaps that's what sets them apart.

It’s hard to definitively say what makes Brazil so good at football. It’s probably a combination of all the above factors and a dash of the secret Samba sauce that keeps producing successive generations of great footballers. Perhaps the only way to know for sure is to ask Pele himself, which you could do if you win Snickers’ competition to meet and train with the legend.
The Government also supports Football - ::

It should also be noted that the government has been involved in the development of Brazilian football from the start and has offered a lot of support over the years. As the sport became hugely popular, games of the national team would attract a large number of fans and the government saw it as an opportunity to spread their propaganda. Regardless of their intentions though, it can’t be denied that they played a significant role in boosting the sport at home and on the international stage

As a special privilege's I'm putting here the HATTRICK that Brazil's TWO most PROFILIC and EMINENT Footballer Romario and Ronaldo performed in a SINGLE match against Australia. This is the ONLY occassion that TWO STRIKERS scored a HATTRICK in a single match in an INTERNATIONAL Fottball match for their country.

https://youtu.be/_YuO7YmtF-M

Pics :: U Tube Of Romario and Ronaldo scoring a HATTRICK in a single match

That merely sums up about the manner that Brazil shapes it’s footballers and keeps on improvising at every stage and at every moment all about it’s football ..

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Shyamal Bhattacharjee

Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing

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It’s important to keep in mind that the numbers are on their side. Brazil has one of the biggest populations in the world and football is practically a religion. Brazilians are also known as a passionate bunch and throw themselves full-heartedly into their pursuits. Not to mention, playing football is considered a virtuous endeavor in this part of the world, so there are plenty of motivating factors that go into producing many of the world’s top players . Brazil infact exports the largest and the highest number of footballers to the clubs scattered all around the world and in this matter it has NO equal in that fiThey develop that fancy footwork playing futsThis is a game which is as same as football but the it is played in a slight different way which uses the head more and the part of the body as well to play it in an attractive manner and to exhibit the use of the different part of the body to attach some different art to the game. It is here that the Brazilian develop the SCIENCE of the ART which are so very different from the others playing football. Footbal this is played on the street most.It is here the Brazilian learn to keep the ball well within the street so that the ball does not goes and distract the others who are not on the street.

In addition to street football, the tradition of futsal gives Brazilian players a competitive edge. An exciting, fast-paced, small-sided soccer game, futsal started being played in South America in the 1930s. It was particularly popular in Brazil where the large populations in the crowded cities translated into a shortage of playing pitches and forced a football crazy populace to plaSmall-sided gameWith five-a-side teams and heavier balls, the emphasis is on close control, skill and use of space. The whole nature of the game, therefore, translates into an emphasis on technical flair and the ability to stay in control during situations of high pressure. For these reasons, it is an excellent breeding ground for football competencies that can then be translated into the more widely played format of the game

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