tazzabear
Well-Known Member
Just watching a piece showing the area of the goal where most penalties are scored.
It seems to be shoot outs only but I’m not sure a wider sample would show anything different.
It’s appear that anything shot over five, maybe six foot, ends up a goal.
Either side of the keeper.
These results don’t surprise me.
It’s something I was taught nearly fifty years back.
Keepers don’t dive up the way!
Expanding this a bit, it never ceases to amaze me how many players insist on keeping the ball low when shooting close in, inside the penalty box, just to make a distinction.
Defenders diving in getting a block, again they aren’t diving or falling up the way, keepers and defenders getting a block with their legs or feet.
Lifting the ball a bit takes the lucky legs out of the equation leaving only the ball being at a “good height” for the keeper to negotiate.
Why do players keep doing it?
I put it down to a couple of things.
One, the “you must hit the target/make the keeper work” idea.
Okay, if it’s not on target you don’t score but if the ball is too near the keeper, what’s the point.
What is the target anyway?
I’d say a foot inside the post, hit the inside of the side netting.
The second reason is that they’re sh1t scared of putting the ball over the bar and being accused of ballooning it.
So, they just err to much and make the keeper look good.
But, it was on target!
Well, that’s my rant for tonight.
It seems to be shoot outs only but I’m not sure a wider sample would show anything different.
It’s appear that anything shot over five, maybe six foot, ends up a goal.
Either side of the keeper.
These results don’t surprise me.
It’s something I was taught nearly fifty years back.
Keepers don’t dive up the way!
Expanding this a bit, it never ceases to amaze me how many players insist on keeping the ball low when shooting close in, inside the penalty box, just to make a distinction.
Defenders diving in getting a block, again they aren’t diving or falling up the way, keepers and defenders getting a block with their legs or feet.
Lifting the ball a bit takes the lucky legs out of the equation leaving only the ball being at a “good height” for the keeper to negotiate.
Why do players keep doing it?
I put it down to a couple of things.
One, the “you must hit the target/make the keeper work” idea.
Okay, if it’s not on target you don’t score but if the ball is too near the keeper, what’s the point.
What is the target anyway?
I’d say a foot inside the post, hit the inside of the side netting.
The second reason is that they’re sh1t scared of putting the ball over the bar and being accused of ballooning it.
So, they just err to much and make the keeper look good.
But, it was on target!
Well, that’s my rant for tonight.