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In this episode of the Progressão podcast, we continue our discussion on enskilment. This time we focus on the role of environment and culture in becoming skilful.

What kind of environments do players grow in?
And how do those environments shape the way they perceive and act?

We explore skill as something that develops within a human–environment system, where surroundings, people, history, and culture are all deeply intertwined. From different football cultures around the world to everyday training environments, we look at how variation in context creates variation in skill.

We also reflect on atmosphere, shared ways of playing, and how culture lives in the details — in how we move, what we value, and what we recognise as “good football”.

At the centre of the episode is a simple but important idea:

If we want better players, we need better environments.

This episode continues our series on becoming skilful, where skill is understood as a relational, ecological, and cultural phenomenon.

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