On the Spot 2
This weeks post is concentrating on the art of the penalty kick, fitting as the dreaded spot kick played its part in Girton’s game against Cherry Hinton, with both sides successfully dispatching from twelve yards and then later that evening we saw Frank Lampard’s tame effort for Chelski followed on Sunday by Jermain Defoe’s woeful strike against Tim ‘USA’ Howard in an enthralling contest at Goodison Park.
So what is it with penalties? Everyone who has taken one (myself included) will understand that increased feeling of pressure that builds up inside, even when being watched by the grand total of twelve fans on Saturday afternoon at the local recreation ground.
No matter where you are there is something about that penalty spot that makes the goal seem ten time smaller, the spot ten yards further away and the keeper ten feet tall and ten feet wide.
Deal with this pressure, shut it out of your mind, pick your spot and you are half way towards scoring. After all it takes a very good guess from a keeper to get close to a ball struck from just twelve yards, or as we so often see a very poor penalty.
This once again has seen me delve into the world of online video to find out a little bit more about penalties in the professional game.
So before you go out and waste £11.98 on Danny Dyers Football Foul Ups take a look at some of the best and worst penalty kicks you will ever see.
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Loving that final clip……..
Its class, definitely touched him!