Comments on: Penalty Kicks in Spain? ¡Sin Problemas! http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: diana http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118221 diana Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:28:39 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118221 Jan, thank you. Now it helps me to confirm what I had been suspecting for a while. Especially given both Everton and Tottenham both went out of their respective UEFA Cup matches...on penalties. Jan, thank you. Now it helps me to confirm what I had been suspecting for a while. Especially given both Everton and Tottenham both went out of their respective UEFA Cup matches…on penalties.

]]> By: mele419 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118181 mele419 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:40:37 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118181 Oh, and of course I use the inside of my foot for greater accuracy. To be honest, I haven't taken a staggering number of penalties, but of the one's I have taken, I've got probably a 95% success rate, which I guess should be expected... Oh, and of course I use the inside of my foot for greater accuracy.

To be honest, I haven’t taken a staggering number of penalties, but of the one’s I have taken, I’ve got probably a 95% success rate, which I guess should be expected…

]]> By: mele419 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118179 mele419 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:38:18 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118179 Well, My method is this: if using the right foot, stand on the left side of the ball, angled directly at the right goal post (your right) run straight, kick straight, nail it into the right side. If using the left foot, do the exact opposite. Very, very simple. I think that's the key, really, everyone does all sorts of special complicated things to confuse keepers, and now they expect it. Throw simplicity in, and they have no idea what hit them. Well, My method is this:
if using the right foot, stand on the left side of the ball, angled directly at the right goal post (your right)
run straight, kick straight, nail it into the right side.
If using the left foot, do the exact opposite.
Very, very simple.
I think that’s the key, really, everyone does all sorts of special complicated things to confuse keepers, and now they expect it. Throw simplicity in, and they have no idea what hit them.

]]> By: Rob http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118112 Rob Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:57:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118112 I tend to hit it down the middle as hard as I can, Neeskens style. Most of the time the Keeper will move. I tend to hit it down the middle as hard as I can, Neeskens style. Most of the time the Keeper will move.

]]> By: Jan http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118104 Jan Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:09:31 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118104 I've got numbers for the pk success rate after the first half of the season: 1. Bundesliga 90,6% 2. La Liga 76,6% 3. Serie A 76% 4. Ligue 1 75% 5. Premier League 73,7% I’ve got numbers for the pk success rate after the first half of the season:
1. Bundesliga 90,6%
2. La Liga 76,6%
3. Serie A 76%
4. Ligue 1 75%
5. Premier League 73,7%

]]> By: Mike http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118094 Mike Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:23:26 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118094 usually I try to place it in a lower 90. sometimes i will just smash the shit out of it though, and if im feeling really good, smash the shit out of it with the outside of my foot. bend it a little XD usually I try to place it in a lower 90. sometimes i will just smash the shit out of it though, and if im feeling really good, smash the shit out of it with the outside of my foot. bend it a little

XD

]]> By: Shazback http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118093 Shazback Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:18:05 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118093 Something that works for me when I *have* to take a penalty (I'm never in the 5 first picks, so it's excruciatingly rare) is to just not take a run-up. One step, insole and... Something that works for me when I *have* to take a penalty (I’m never in the 5 first picks, so it’s excruciatingly rare) is to just not take a run-up. One step, insole and…

]]> By: Corey http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118091 Corey Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:13:35 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/penalty-kicks-in-spain-%c2%a1sin-problemas.html#comment-118091 Look at you on the front page, I likey. I usually throw a Figo-esque stutter step in there, and I have also tried the chip-cum shot where you go straight at the ball and when you swing your leg you point your foot at an angle of a chip but put alot of power in it to power the ball into the roof of the net, right down the middle, because keepers love to dive in a direction. Seems to work for me. But the good ole side foot to the corner is always the best way. Look at you on the front page, I likey. I usually throw a Figo-esque stutter step in there, and I have also tried the chip-cum shot where you go straight at the ball and when you swing your leg you point your foot at an angle of a chip but put alot of power in it to power the ball into the roof of the net, right down the middle, because keepers love to dive in a direction. Seems to work for me. But the good ole side foot to the corner is always the best way.

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