Are English Penalty Taking Footballers Less Successful than Top Elite Players from Around the World?

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Brown, Thomas
Date
2015Type
Dissertation
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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In recent history, penalty shoot-outs have become a difficult hurdle to overcome for
the England football team and has become a widely talked about problem that
English football cannot seem to escape. The aim of the study was to assess whether
players from the England International squad penalty performances are less
successful than performances by top elite players from around the World. The study
investigated ten players (five from England and five from the Rest of the World).
Footage of penalties from the start of the 2010/2011 season to the end of the 2014
World Cup in Brazil were analysed and input into a hand notation system with
eighteen penalty related indicators. No significant association between type of team
and success was found (χ²= 0.59, P = 0.472). Results show that the England players
are equally as successful as top elite players from around the World, therefore
previous penalty shoot-out failure can be attributed to other external factors such as
the Environment or player Psychology.
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