Rob Kelly

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OTB Football · WOTS | Ep.45 | 'The Pressure of Penalties' | Sports Psychologists v Ex-Pro | OTB · 2 Apr 2026 podcast

Hi, how are you?

Thanks for having me on the show.

yeah so while i have a master's in exercise and sports psychology my methodology definitely differs from other kind of sports psychology practitioners so i'd have more of a consciousness based based approach so basically i'm kind of looking at more about how the mind works and then the importance of where we direct our awareness

And the easiest way to kind of explain that is I kind of use this cinema analogy.

So if you imagine that you went into the cinema and say you went with your friend and maybe there was a stranger on the other side, and you imagine when the lights go down and you direct all your awareness into that screen, and if it was a horror movie, what starts to happen in your body as a result of directing all your awareness into that screen?

Yeah, so like what I'm actually asking you, so like if you were in the cinema and there was a horror movie on and you had all your awareness directed into that movie, what starts to happen in your body as a result of having all your awareness directed into that movie?

You know, because most of us wouldn't really go to see the horror movie.

But naturally, when we direct all our awareness into that, all of a sudden you start to notice that your heart starts racing.

Maybe you start to feel kind of tension and you're kind of going, oh my God, I don't want to watch this or the goosebumps, like you said, Eve.

But like your subconscious doesn't know the difference between what's real and what's imaginary.

So it completely relies on wherever you direct all your awareness.

Now, the movie ends and the lights come on, and rationally, you know that was just a movie.

Yes, how did your body still react the way it did as if it was reality?

So when we talk about, you know, what happens to a footballer when he's going to take a penalty, it's all about where is he directing his attention?

Where is he directing his awareness?

Like the mental movies that can come into your mind when you're getting ready to go and take that penalty.

Like if he's thinking all of a sudden about, you know, the gravity of what does this mean for me now if I was to miss this penalty?

Imagine that's playing out on the cinema screen and you're the character in that movie.

All of a sudden, your body starts tensing up and your heart starts racing.

So it's all about where am I directing my attention and my awareness?

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