The book 'The Talent Code' by Daniel Coyle discusses how Brazilian soccer players develop superior skills, and a key mechanism is that they play on smaller, compressed fields (30 feet instead of full field size), which increases the number of ball touches and passes each player experiences per match.
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“they shrink it down so it's like 30 feet which means that the learning Cycles are much faster they have to take more shots they have to pass more often”
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Position Yourself for Success | Adam Robinson | Knowledge Project Podcast 168— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:23:09 PM
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