Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part C (2025)

Players ability to perform accurate movements to perfection necessitate the employment of pre-shot psychological rituals, physical and technical characteristics. In this pre-test post-test experiment, 30 registered players of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Youngsters Football Club kicked from the penalty spot after imagery, concentration and a combination of imagery and concentration interventions. Goals scored by each player was summed up and analysed using a One-Way ANOVA repeated measures. Findings revealed statistically significant difference in penalty kick performance success in measurement over time [F (3, 6) = 6.460, p = .026]. Bonferroni post-hoc test indicated mean scores difference for the pre-test (M = 2.833, SD = 4.01) and post-test three (M = 3.939, SD = 4.82), and mean scores difference for post-test one (M = 3.265, SD = 3.77) and post-test three (M = 3.939, SD = 4.82). No statistically significant difference was found in penalty kick performance success for the players based on the psychological variable working group [F (6, 12) = 2.396, p = .093]. Players of UCC Youngsters Football Club differ in penalty kick performance success outcomes but not on their psychological variable working group.