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  Super Subs How can a sub make an impact? - by Daniel Ferguson How many times have you been watching a game of sport and you've discussed who you believe should come on as a sub, who you think can change the game? A lot of the time, when we watch sports, these will be the times we believe the coach should look to the bench to make an impact on the game at hand. However, during the action of the game, as spectators, we don't often think inside the mind of a substitute. New Zealand u20s bench - Ultimate Rugby Some players can find themselves on the bench during every game. In 2022,  news bwin  reported some facts about footballers on the bench. Former Inter Milan captain Andrea Ranocchia spent a total time of six days, three hours and 35 minutes on the sidelines following the beginning of the 2019-20 season. Anyone can say that's a lot of time on the bench. Now Ranocchia spent this time on the bench towards the tail end of his career. But what goes on inside the mind of a ...

Pressure Penalties  Taking penalties under pressure - by Daniel Ferguson Would you step up? In football, penalties can be a very crucial part of the game: they can decide a match, add a lot goals to a player or team's tally, win tournaments and a step even further, destroy or boost the morale of a single country within seconds. A particularly famous football tournament known as the Euros has recently been displayed across TVs globally, in this tournament, 36 penalties were taken: 11 in open play and 24 across three penalty shootouts. Now in a tournament like this one, these penalties can amount to a lot of pressure and they can determine whether a team remains in the competition. How can players handle this pressure?                Georgian player Georges Mikautadze taking his penalty against Portugal in the group stages               ( Getty images ) Many players have issues when it comes to penalty ta...

Just Start The beginning of my journey - by Daniel Ferguson How it all begun? In Summer 22, me and my family were on our way up to a place known as Dunfermline in Scotland for our traditional yearly trip to visit some friends. Now at this point in my life I was 17 years old, just finished my first year of college and knew soon I had to make a decision about university. Originally from Chilwell in Nottingham, I was studying Maths, Biology and Psychology at Chilwell Sixth Form. Within my first year, I had also completed what's known as an Extended Project Qualification: an EPQ. It took some time do decide what I wanted to do this project on; I had ideas of building a wooden robot (this was never going to happen), possible thoughts of a debate between the two greats Messi and Ronaldo and something football based. Eventually I settled for sports psychology. My head of sixth form (Mrs Fyles) was of great help: I've always had a passion for sport, playing football from the age of 5, ...