563 The psychology behind World Cup penalty shootouts YouTube
Geir Jordet, professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and author of ‘Pressure,’ a book on penalty psychology, discusses the mental aspect of penalty shootouts that have been a crucial feature of the #FIFAWorldCup.
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massive negative emotional trauma that we're inflicting on this player. If you're going to
the final it's more likely that you will go to a penalty shootout on your way than not.
So facial expressions will indicate anxiety, it will indicate activation. You can tell how
comfortable players are in this situation from the face. The ones who react to the whistle
very quickly, that to me is not a particularly good sign because it could indicate that their
focus is basically on their emotions and not on the task at hand. Goalkeepers are more prepared.
So far in this World Cup we're seeing how goalkeepers have kind of gained a little bit
by just being smarter than the penalty takers and use analytics and data better than what we
have seen in the past. Ultimately there will be a young player whose legacy will be defined
by the failure of that player in a penalty shootout, which is a massive negative emotional
trauma that we're inflicting on this player as a coaching staff, as an FA and even as a
football industry.