There’s a lot of talk of the best strategy for penalty shootouts, and I’m wondering what top teams in international football now employ.
The reason I ask is that after the England-Swiss game, there was talk about how now you put the best penalty takers up first and FOURTH, as apparently fourth is the most important one, but I never knew this.
And also there is an ‘optimum’ pause between when the whistle goes and when you take the penalty, but what is it?!
Any information would be appreciated.
Ty
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>And also there is an ‘optimum’ pause between when the whistle goes and when you take the penalty, but what is it?!
If you’re nervous, you make mistakes. It’s easier to not be nervous if you’re in a familiar situation. So many football players practice taking penalties and develop a ritual. For instance, putting the ball in a specific place, taking X steps back, inhaling/exhaling few times. This ritual takes a certain amount of time. Ideally, when the ritual is over, you shoot, because that’s when you’re used to shoot.
But if the opposing keeper is stalling, your ritual might be over before you’re allowed to shoot. So not only do you get nervous again, but you also get antsy because the moment to shoot that feels most natural is passing. That increases the chances of you taking a bad penalty kick.
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