Anxiety and attentional control in football penalty kicks : a mechanistic account of performance failure under pressure

Football penalty kicks are having increasing influence in today’s professional game. Despite this, little scientific evidence currently exists to ascertain the mechanisms behind performance failure in this task and/or the efficacy of training designed to improve penalty shooting. In a football penal...

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Main Author: Wood, Greg
Other Authors: Wilson, Mark
Published: University of Exeter 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538069