The obligation to succeed when it matters the most–The influence of skill and pressure on the success in football penalty kicks. (March 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The obligation to succeed when it matters the most–The influence of skill and pressure on the success in football penalty kicks. (March 2023)
- Main Title:
- The obligation to succeed when it matters the most–The influence of skill and pressure on the success in football penalty kicks
- Authors:
- Brinkschulte, Michel
Wunderlich, Fabian
Furley, Philip
Memmert, Daniel - Abstract:
- Abstract: In order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the influence of skill and pressure on the success in football penalty kicks, we analyzed 1711 penalties taken over a 15-year period in major international tournaments. We conducted a multiple correspondence analysis in order to reduce six variables that are associated with skill and pressure to two dimensions that reflect our target concepts. Then, we used these two factors as independent variables in a logistic regression and fit different models using three binary dependent variables. The results show that high situational pressure significantly increases the probability of missing the goal entirely by about 6%, independent of the player's skill level. The probability that the goalkeeper saves a penalty significantly decreases by roughly 4% when a highly skilled player takes the shot. In general, high situational pressure decreases the probability of scoring a penalty kick. Furthermore, the probability to score a penalty increases if a highly skilled player takes the kick which indicates that a high skill level can act as a kind of buffer against debilitating effects caused by performance pressure. Highlights: Use of MCA to statistically reduce multi-dimensional data to fewer factors. High pressure increases the chance that the penalty kick will miss the goal entirely. Goalkeeper success decreases when the penalty is taken by a highly skilled player.
- Is Part Of:
- Psychology of sport and exercise. Volume 65(2023)
- Journal:
- Psychology of sport and exercise
- Issue:
- Volume 65(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 65, Issue 2023 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 2023
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0065-2023-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2023-03
- Subjects:
- Football -- Skill -- Team quality -- Market value -- Pressure -- Penalty kick
Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Psychology -- Periodicals
Sports -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Periodicals
Societies, Medical -- Periodicals
Psychology
Sports
Exercise
Societies, Medical
Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
Exercice -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
613.71019 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14690292 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102369 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1469-0292
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