Soccer Penalty Kick - How to Score From It?

During a penalty kick it is just you against the goalie. You are not marked by an opponent and no defender is allowed to put a hard tackle on you. All your attention should be on getting that ball past the goalkeeper.

To believe in your self is absolutely essential. You can only acquire it by practicing and taking penalty kicks during your regular soccer games. On this way you will gain enough experience and you will be able to keep yourself calm and focused.

Now I will tell you something that you may didn’t know about taking a penalty kick. You are the one that has all advantages even if you have heard something else.

For example many people say that goalkeeper is the one that has all advantages because he or she has nothing to lose and everything to win. Well, this may be true, however, the goalkeeper has still to save the shoot and odds for scoring are much higher than comparing to saving.

There is only 11 meters between the ball and goal. You can either shoot low, high, with force and so on. You have plenty of time to go through the kick and decide where you will place the ball. This will not only increase your chances of scoring, you will also be able to study the goalkeeper and search for weakness.

All these advantages put your opponent’s goalkeeper in a victim position with scarcely any form of defense. However, you still need to keep full concentration and focus on the ball. If you lose the focus then you can be pretty sure that either will the goalkeeper save your shoot or you will miss the goal.

Even if you miss the penalty you need to be aware of that many great soccer players have done the same thing. One example is the Italian passing and dribbling King R. Baggio. He missed the last penalty in the World Cup Final of 94.

What I am trying to say is that the world will not fall apart just because you missed a penalty. I can admit that missing a penalty is one of the toughest situations a soccer player must go through. However, if you want to become professional, or try to make a living on your soccer being able to handle this kind of situations is a must.