Temporal links to performing under pressure in international soccer penalty shootouts
Peer reviewed, Journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/170599Utgivelsesdato
2009-11Metadata
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Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2009, 10(6), 621-627Sammendrag
Objectives: This study examined the temporal characteristics of performing under pressure in a high-stakes real-world sport situation. Design:
Behavior observation analyses were conducted of televised soccer games.
Methods: Videos were obtained from all penalty shootouts ever held in three major international soccer tournaments (World Cup, European Championships, and UEFA Champions League). In these events, 296 players performed 366 penalty kicks. The time periods that were analyzed in relation to shot outcomes were: walking, ball placement, back-up, signal waiting, signal response, and run-up. Results: Several time intervals were linked to performance. For example, longer times to respond to the referee's ready signal were related to more goals and shorter times were related to more misses. A similar weak trend was found for ball placement. Time to wait for the referee signal went in the other direction, with shorter times giving more goals.
Conclusions: Shorter self-imposed times were linked to worse performance than longer times. Plausible reasons for this result may be the extreme levels of pressure that are induced by major penalty shootouts, causing performers to attempt escaping the emotional distress by getting the situation “over with” as soon as possible. These results are consistent with a model of choking as a case of self-regulatory breakdown.
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