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#404 – The Dark Arts of Soccer: Why Gamesmanship Wins Games (And Why America Calls It Cheating)
In Episode 404 we went full savage on the dark arts of soccer.
We explained why diving, time-wasting, shirt-pulling, ref manipulation, and mass confrontation aren’t cheating they’re the actual game. We broke down how South American street culture creates winners while American soccer culture produces soft, naive players terrified of “unsportsmanlike” behavior.
We showed why VAR is killing the soul of football, why Messi sometimes stays on his feet while everyone else must go down, and why parents and coaches who virtue-signal about “integrity” are the ones truly disrespecting the sport. We crowned the all-time dark arts moments (Maradona’s Hand of God and Suárez vs Ghana) and asked the question every serious person must face: if you’re not willing to do whatever it takes (within the laws) to win why are you even competing?
00:00 Intro
05:40 Examples of The Dark Arts
06:21 Sub: Influencing Throw-ins, Corners, etc …
07:17 Sub: Influencing the Ref
08:56 How Coaches Use The Dark Arts
11:42 Sub: Youth Soccer Coaches are Forced to Win – So You Must Use the Dark Arts
13:07 Sub: More Coaching Dark Arts
13:59 Sub: Training Your Team/Players The Dark Arts
15:09 Sub: Should You Teach Your Kids The Dark Arts?
18:04 Is Using The Dark Arts “Cheating”?
19:53 Why VAR is Ruining the Game
21:14 Sub: Why Skillful Players MUST “Dive”
22:50 How The American Media and MLS Demonized The Dark Arts and Exacerbated the Notion that “Soccer is for Pussies”
25:04 Sub: MLS Reporter/Journo Ignorance
25:55 Sub: Rule-Followers Never Accomplish Anything of Remark
27:11 Why Messi Doesn’t Need to Dive
29:58 Other Countries Culture Make Them Better at The Dark Arts
34:03 Sub: Relative to the US, Do Other Countries/Cultures Have to Teach the Dark Arts?
34:59 Sub: Most Americans are SOFT
36:46 Dark Arts Aren’t Demonized in Other Sports
39:09 Sub: Explaining the Other American Sports not Having Pro/Rel, Yet They’re Still “The Best”
42:25 Regarding American “Best Athletes” Play the Other Sports
44:11 Sub: What Do World Class Players Look Like?
50:58 Can Parents Positively Influence the Dark Arts?
54:04 What About “Good Sportsmantship and Integrity”?
56:57 What’s the Best Example of the “Dark Arts”?
59:57 Can The Dark Arts Go “Too Far”, and What About Shit Talking?
01:01:10 Sub: A Player Can’t Become Elite Without the “Dark Arts”
01:02:36 Does Having Pochettino for the USMNT Help, and is it Enough?
01:03:26 Sub: Klinsmann Said We Need to be Nastier
01:04:04 Sub: Media Reactions of When Weah and Dest Got Red Cards
01:05:28 What Countries are the Best at Dark Arts?
01:09:43 Coaches Inciting Dark Arts During a Match
01:10:34 Sub: Coaches Yelling on the Sideline
01:12:12 Sub: Yelling Being Unique to Competitive Sports and Not Translating to Other Domains
01:15:19 College Students and Modern Education
01:18:54 The Value is in the Insight You Can’t Get From Practitioners/Employees
01:21:50 A Particular Cultural Demographic in the States is Elevated in Place of the More Talented
01:22:46 What is “Mano Negra”?
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The products that show you how this was done, is what sponsors this episode.
Get aboard a proven path, a legitimately proven path, not something copied or synthesized from elsewhere, or worse. No, but rather a first hand account and curriculum directly from the source, from the practitioners themselves, whose work is unprecedented in the American soccer environment.
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Learn the methodology at 343coaching.com.
If you’re coaching 7v7, we’ve got you covered at 7v7coaching.com.
For Parents
You don’t have to be lost and confused.
Learn to properly guide and develop your kid through the maze and pitfalls that is American soccer (from the folks who have actually done it).
Gain access at 343masterclass.com.
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In Episode 404 we went full savage on the dark arts of soccer.
We explained why diving, time-wasting, shirt-pulling, ref manipulation, and mass confrontation aren’t cheating they’re the actual game. We broke down how South American street culture creates winners while American soccer culture produces soft, naive players terrified of “unsportsmanlike” behavior.
We showed why VAR is killing the soul of football, why Messi sometimes stays on his feet while everyone else must go down, and why parents and coaches who virtue-signal about “integrity” are the ones truly disrespecting the sport. We crowned the all-time dark arts moments (Maradona’s Hand of God and Suárez vs Ghana) and asked the question every serious person must face: if you’re not willing to do whatever it takes (within the laws) to win why are you even competing?
00:00 Intro
05:40 Examples of The Dark Arts
06:21 Sub: Influencing Throw-ins, Corners, etc …
07:17 Sub: Influencing the Ref
08:56 How Coaches Use The Dark Arts
11:42 Sub: Youth Soccer Coaches are Forced to Win – So You Must Use the Dark Arts
13:07 Sub: More Coaching Dark Arts
13:59 Sub: Training Your Team/Players The Dark Arts
15:09 Sub: Should You Teach Your Kids The Dark Arts?
18:04 Is Using The Dark Arts “Cheating”?
19:53 Why VAR is Ruining the Game
21:14 Sub: Why Skillful Players MUST “Dive”
22:50 How The American Media and MLS Demonized The Dark Arts and Exacerbated the Notion that “Soccer is for Pussies”
25:04 Sub: MLS Reporter/Journo Ignorance
25:55 Sub: Rule-Followers Never Accomplish Anything of Remark
27:11 Why Messi Doesn’t Need to Dive
29:58 Other Countries Culture Make Them Better at The Dark Arts
34:03 Sub: Relative to the US, Do Other Countries/Cultures Have to Teach the Dark Arts?
34:59 Sub: Most Americans are SOFT
36:46 Dark Arts Aren’t Demonized in Other Sports
39:09 Sub: Explaining the Other American Sports not Having Pro/Rel, Yet They’re Still “The Best”
42:25 Regarding American “Best Athletes” Play the Other Sports
44:11 Sub: What Do World Class Players Look Like?
50:58 Can Parents Positively Influence the Dark Arts?
54:04 What About “Good Sportsmantship and Integrity”?
56:57 What’s the Best Example of the “Dark Arts”?
59:57 Can The Dark Arts Go “Too Far”, and What About Shit Talking?
01:01:10 Sub: A Player Can’t Become Elite Without the “Dark Arts”
01:02:36 Does Having Pochettino for the USMNT Help, and is it Enough?
01:03:26 Sub: Klinsmann Said We Need to be Nastier
01:04:04 Sub: Media Reactions of When Weah and Dest Got Red Cards
01:05:28 What Countries are the Best at Dark Arts?
01:09:43 Coaches Inciting Dark Arts During a Match
01:10:34 Sub: Coaches Yelling on the Sideline
01:12:12 Sub: Yelling Being Unique to Competitive Sports and Not Translating to Other Domains
01:15:19 College Students and Modern Education
01:18:54 The Value is in the Insight You Can’t Get From Practitioners/Employees
01:21:50 A Particular Cultural Demographic in the States is Elevated in Place of the More Talented
01:22:46 What is “Mano Negra”?
Premium Education for either Coaches or Parents
If you are a coach or a parent of a player, we’ve also codified and made available the remarkable work of a coach who trained and shepherded many, many players from the age of 9 all the way to graduating them to being professionals.
The products that show you how this was done, is what sponsors this episode.
Get aboard a proven path, a legitimately proven path, not something copied or synthesized from elsewhere, or worse. No, but rather a first hand account and curriculum directly from the source, from the practitioners themselves, whose work is unprecedented in the American soccer environment.
For Coaches
Learn the methodology at 343coaching.com.
If you’re coaching 7v7, we’ve got you covered at 7v7coaching.com.
For Parents
You don’t have to be lost and confused.
Learn to properly guide and develop your kid through the maze and pitfalls that is American soccer (from the folks who have actually done it).
Gain access at 343masterclass.com.
Never miss new episodes:
Coaching Education Program
This is brought to you by the 3four3 coaching education program.
Learn more and join over 1000 coaches using our proven possession-based methodology.
Parent Education Program
The post #404 – The Dark Arts of Soccer: Why Gamesmanship Wins Games (And Why America Calls It Cheating) appeared first on 3four3.
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