Why some footballers ‘choke’ during penalty shootouts revealed

Why some footballers ‘choke’ during penalty shootouts: Brain scans reveal those who miss are overthinking the consequences of missing the shot A penalty is one of the most pressurised individual events in all of sport   There have been many high-profile misses such as Southgate at Euro ’96 Researchers found some people activate the pre-frontal cortex … Read more

Why some footballers ‘choke’ during penalty shootouts revealed

Why some footballers ‘choke’ during penalty shootouts: Brain scans reveal those who miss are overthinking the consequences of missing the shot A penalty is one of the most pressurised individual events in all of sport   There have been many high-profile misses such as Southgate at Euro ’96 Researchers found some people activate the pre-frontal cortex … Read more

England footballers are the best penalty takers in the world – but bottle it during shootouts

England footballers are the world’s best penalty takers and score 90 per cent of those awarded in matches — but bottle it during shootouts, a German study found. The researchers revealed that the English team’s success rate drops by a third when the ‘Three Lions’ face off against sudden death. However, help may be at hand … Read more