TY - CHAP
T1 - The Influence of Anthropometrics on Goalkeepers’ Penalty-Saving Performance in Elite European Football
AU - Musa, Rabiu Muazu
AU - Majeed, Anwar P.P.Abdul
AU - Ab Rasid, Aina Munirah
AU - Abdullah, Mohamad Razali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - In this chapter, we examined the important anthropometric parameters associated with goalkeepers’ penalty-saving performance in European championship tournaments. It was demonstrated from the findings of the study that certain anthropometric variables including weight, height, BMI, and age are discriminating factors for a successful penalty-saving performance. The high penalty savers are essentially taller, older, and heavier in comparison with the low penalty savers. In addition, it was demonstrated that the use of feet could play a role in penalty-saving performance. The high penalty savers commonly used their right legs as a dominant foot, while larger proportions of the low penalty-saving GKs are left-footed and a few used both feet.
AB - In this chapter, we examined the important anthropometric parameters associated with goalkeepers’ penalty-saving performance in European championship tournaments. It was demonstrated from the findings of the study that certain anthropometric variables including weight, height, BMI, and age are discriminating factors for a successful penalty-saving performance. The high penalty savers are essentially taller, older, and heavier in comparison with the low penalty savers. In addition, it was demonstrated that the use of feet could play a role in penalty-saving performance. The high penalty savers commonly used their right legs as a dominant foot, while larger proportions of the low penalty-saving GKs are left-footed and a few used both feet.
KW - Anthropometric parameters
KW - European football championships
KW - Goalkeepers’ performance
KW - Penalty shootouts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85185947920&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-99-7762-8_2
DO - 10.1007/978-981-99-7762-8_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85185947920
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
SP - 13
EP - 19
BT - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -