The best of the best require perfect hand and foot skill execution under pressure. This requires practise, repetition, dynamic balance, awareness and team work all under the constant pressure of high level competition.

The sports photographer sets out to capture the highs and lows of a game, the individual, man on man battles, and skill execution in one split second photograph. Sometimes a players' idiosyncrasies are exposed, like this one – the tongue always helps performance for some.