Gabriela Moodaly-Salgado

Nowadays you see some players have penalty protectors, so actually you may not walk to the line alone, or you have the goalkeeper or someone else that you trust pass the ball to you.

All of those things can ease the anxiety.

Research shows that when teams celebrate successful penalties, it not only boosts their own players, but can also increase pressure on the opposition.

So it's so important for the team to draw upon each other's emotional states and take notice of these emotional cues.