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Erling Braut Haaland does not only have an enormous physique & great finishing, he has an extraordinary vision and ability to scan. So often when those around him all look at the...
In penalty shootouts, should teams shoot first or second? Consensus is: go first, because you have a 60% chance of winning. This is wrong. New research based on more complete...
Liverpool maintains their TEAM approach to penalty kicks from last season, where they insulate & protect their penalty taker from potential opponent mind games. Salah can then fr...
A penalty shootout is a psychological game. Andrew Redmayne gave a mind game master class as Australia beat Peru on penalties to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. What did he do and...
The 2021-2022 Champions League final could be decided from the penalty mark, either in the game or in a penalty shootout. How do the finalists Real Madrid and Liverpool measure u...
Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties in the FA Cup final. A penalty shootout is a psychological game starting with how the manager communicates with his players after the final whis...
Football teams’ ability to prepare a penalty shootout competently & professionally varies a lot. Real Betis beat Valencia on penalties in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday. Bo...
Jorginho’s penalty miss against West Ham today is another example that GKs have figured out ways to stop what used to be an almost unbeatable GK-dependent technique. GKs are now mo...
Kevin De Bruyne has an extraordinary awareness and ability to deliver decisive goals & assists. What can we learn about his vision from studying his scanning? We had a camera foc...
The Decoy penalty taker strategy, pioneered by Chelsea some weeks ago, was put to use again, now by the US men’s national team in the crucial World Cup qualification game v Panama....
Penalty kick mind games aim to provoke confusion & doubt in a penalty taker and force a missed shot. In 21-22, they have become increasingly sophisticated. Here are 11 mind game tr...
It never stops to amaze me how players at the highest level so frequently fail to SCAN their immediate environment (to detect opponents) while defending their box. Here: Turkey/Lei...