Taking a penalty is the easiest task. The best penalty taker in history was an amateur footballer playing for the team "Robinhood" in Suriname (a small dutch country on the northeast coast of Brazil) called Arnold Miller (now deceased), nickname "Sebeda". His penalty conversion ratio was I think 100%, I have never seen him miss a penalty ever! He would walk toward the ball VERY calmly (he never ran) and then simply locked in his eyes with the keeper (never taking his eyes away from the keeper), and then "gently and softly" place the ball in the opposite direction of where the keeper was going. Keeper going left, he stuck it to the right, keeper going right, he put it to the left. He scored EVERY single penalty as far as I know. He was called "the penalty specialist", Messi should watch his videos and learn from him.
Great article, as all of you work, thanks! Just wondering if you have studied Neymar technique and his incredible high rate these last years: one missed penalty since he signed in Paris! https://www.transfermarkt.com/neymar/elfmetertore/spieler/68290
Taking a penalty is the easiest task. The best penalty taker in history was an amateur footballer playing for the team "Robinhood" in Suriname (a small dutch country on the northeast coast of Brazil) called Arnold Miller (now deceased), nickname "Sebeda". His penalty conversion ratio was I think 100%, I have never seen him miss a penalty ever! He would walk toward the ball VERY calmly (he never ran) and then simply locked in his eyes with the keeper (never taking his eyes away from the keeper), and then "gently and softly" place the ball in the opposite direction of where the keeper was going. Keeper going left, he stuck it to the right, keeper going right, he put it to the left. He scored EVERY single penalty as far as I know. He was called "the penalty specialist", Messi should watch his videos and learn from him.