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Last Updated: Thursday, 29 June 2006, 10:23 GMT 11:23 UK

How to survive penalty shoot-outs
4. The power of breathing
We all know how important breathing is, but we rarely concentrate on how we can use it to change our state.

Try to breathe shallow and notice how you feel. Now breathe deeply and notice the difference.

In sport, and especially during a shoot-out, the state a player accesses is a key element to their performance. Performance = preparation + the state we access.

Players need to find out what state supports them best and then change their breathing in order to access that state.



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