How to take a penalty in Soccer

Reviewer This is the real deal — data-backed advice plus a genuinely clever mental trick for picking your spot.

Moderator Entirely dedicated to penalty-taking — practice methodology, mental routine, shot selection, all penalty-specific.

Reviewer Refreshingly honest about the risk/reward of each penalty style.

Moderator A thorough catalogue of ten penalty techniques with honest pros and cons for each. Squarely and comprehensively on topic.

Reviewer Covers technique AND the mental routine - rare combo, well done.

Moderator Everything here is the penalty-taking process end to end - ball placement, stance, ignoring the keeper, committing to your corner, strike technique, practice frequency, and how to diagnose a slump.

Reviewer The most complete, technically sound penalty tutorial in this batch.

Moderator The most complete penalty-technique breakdown in this batch: mindset, run-up, plant foot, strike point, follow-through, practice. Nothing else in the queue.

Reviewer Practical, well-organized coaching -- covers placement, disguise, and the mental side.

Moderator A full, structured walkthrough of taking a penalty -- run-up styles, picking your corner and height, disguising your approach, target zones to avoid vs. aim for, even the stutter-step feint with real examples (Hazard, Balotelli). Entirely about executing the kick.

Reviewer Research-backed and actually actionable — good watch.

Moderator This is entirely about penalty-taking strategy and technique: going first, not turning your back, waiting out the whistle, run-up length, strike power. Dead center of the sub-skill.

Reviewer The deepest one in the batch — teaches you to read and manipulate the keeper's guess, not just pick a corner.

Moderator Entirely about penalty-taking, and goes a level deeper than the others in this batch — body positioning as deception, referencing how Hazard, Müller, and Balotelli actually disguise their intent. Squarely the sub-skill, more advanced angle on it.

Reviewer Genuinely useful, concrete penalty tips you can use this weekend.

Moderator Dead center on penalty kicks start to finish: ball placement, mental prep, not reading the keeper, run-up styles, foot contact area for accuracy vs power, and rehearsal. Every section is specifically about taking a penalty.

Reviewer Solid, balanced breakdown of five ways to take a penalty.

Moderator Five penalty-scoring approaches explained with clear reasoning for each, largely overlapping with the '10 best' video but still squarely on topic.

Reviewer Smart, specific analysis of how the best in the world actually do it.

Moderator Squarely about penalty execution and shot selection -- data on which placements are hardest to save, then a breakdown of how Lewandowski, Kramaric, and Kruse actually execute theirs.

Reviewer Specific, credible, and has that one detail (the penalty-spot divot) you won't find in the generic versions of this video.

Moderator A real (semi-pro/USL) player walking through five concrete steps — marker-based aiming, ball placement specifics including avoiding spot divots, run-up angle and plant-foot balance, mentality. On-topic and detailed.

Reviewer Actual visualization technique, not just 'believe in yourself.'

Moderator Squarely about penalty-taking - specifically the mental/psychological side (visualization, routine-building, working with a sports psychologist), which is a real and often-missing half of the skill.

Reviewer Substantive, evidence-based look at the mental game -- more useful than it sounds.

Moderator About the pressure and psychology of taking a penalty specifically -- adrenaline, fight-or-flight, why the mind wanders off the target under stress, plus a real player's account of his own pre-kick routine. Squarely part of the taking skill, just the mental half rather than the technical one.

Reviewer Really good breakdown of pro-level penalty decision-making -- worth studying.

Moderator This is squarely a penalty-technique breakdown -- Lewandowski's run-up evolution, when he watches the keeper vs the ball, the 0.4-second decision window. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Simple, clear, and actually actionable.

Moderator Entirely focused on taking penalty kicks - mental approach, run-up, foot placement, aiming for corners - a textbook match to the skill.

Reviewer Rare to get real study data behind penalty advice - worth it.

Moderator Squarely about penalty-taking strategy - where the data says to aim, why low-and-strong-side beats the corners, why keepers dive when they shouldn't. It's the decision-making layer of taking a penalty, not the technique layer, but that's still core to the skill.

Reviewer Short, but it packs in real technique — stance, aim, and how to read the keeper.

Moderator Concise, structured, entirely about penalty technique from setup to strike.

Reviewer Solid, practical penalty-taking advice -- mental side is strong, technique depth is just okay.

Moderator Squarely about taking a penalty -- warm-up specific to spot kicks, don't turn your back on the keeper, avoid eye contact that telegraphs direction, pick your spot and commit, decide high or low based on keeper tendencies, use a feint carefully. Exactly the sub-skill in question, taught from the taker's perspective.

Reviewer Clear, usable breakdown of the stutter-step penalty.

Moderator A concise, real step-by-step tutorial on the stutter-step penalty technique -- run-up rhythm, penultimate step, reading the keeper, finish. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Solid rundown of trick techniques with honest pros and cons.

Moderator Entirely about penalty technique variations - the Panenka and the slow run-up - textbook on-topic.

Reviewer Good process-first advice — the mental routine matters as much as technique, and this gets that right.

Moderator Entirely about taking penalties — consistent routine, deciding your placement in advance, the goalkeeper mind games, not telegraphing with your hips, precision over power. Every point ties back to the spot kick specifically.

Reviewer Good, honest coaching — explains not just the technique but why the alternative (blast-and-hope) fails so often.

Moderator All penalty-taking, all the way through — confidence/mentality, then a specific technical method (committing to a placement vs. reading the keeper's dive before deciding).

Reviewer Practical, well explained, good goalkeeper insight too.

Moderator Squarely a penalty kick tutorial - covers run-up, foot placement, where to strike the ball, and the panenka, exactly the sub-skill in question.

Reviewer Smart, specific tip on where to put it and why - worth knowing.

Moderator 100% about penalty shot selection - where to place the kick and why. On-topic throughout.

Reviewer Three tight, accurate tips you can use at the next session - just short on detail.

Moderator Squarely on taking a penalty: three tips covering placement (point your standing foot at the target), power (strike through the laces with a decent run-up), and beating the keeper's timing with a stutter or pause.

Reviewer Clear, honest options for beginners, but nothing on plant foot or contact.

Moderator Squarely on penalties: two beginner-friendly plans - drive it hard into a bottom corner, or sell the run-up one way and put it the other. Each comes with its main risk.

Reviewer Same good lesson as its twin video, just with more self-promotion wrapped around it.

Moderator Same on-topic penalty content as another video in this batch (near word-for-word the same script) — confidence, then the keeper-reading placement method.

Reviewer Clear one-idea tip on reading the keeper - solid if brief.

Moderator About a specific penalty-taking technique - slowing the run-up to read the goalkeeper's movement. On-topic.

Reviewer One good trick, clearly explained, but that's the whole video.

Moderator Squarely about penalty-taking technique: a run-up hesitation to read the keeper, then aiming for the top corner.

Reviewer Solid, correct fundamentals for a first-timer — nothing fancy, but it's all sound advice.

Moderator In Hindi, but a clean, focused 4-step breakdown of taking a penalty: ball placement, run-up angle, mental prep, then aiming for the corners the keeper can't reach. Entirely on-topic.

Reviewer Good fundamentals, but pretty bare-bones beyond the basic setup.

Moderator Directly walks through two penalty variants: placed side-foot shot with a 3-4 step run-up, and a full-instep power shot with a 4-5 step run-up. Squarely on-topic.

Reviewer Solid quick tips, but light on how to actually train it.

Moderator Two named techniques (watch the keeper, the slowdown) both squarely about how to take a penalty.

Reviewer Good mindset, but thin on real how-to specifics.

Moderator Entirely about taking a penalty kick - deciding placement early, run-up consistency, confidence, contact. No drift into other topics.

Reviewer Great for understanding the mind games of penalties, less for practicing them yourself.

Moderator Analyzes Jorginho's specific delayed-decision penalty technique and how keepers have countered it. Relevant and does explain the mechanism, though it's more analysis than a direct 'go do this' tutorial.

Reviewer Correct basics, just brief — cuts to the channel promo before it really digs in.

Moderator Covers a cone drill for corner placement, run-up distance for power, and instep vs. laces contact — all squarely penalty-taking content, just brief.

Moderator Breaks down Harry Kane's penalty routine: ball set facing the goal, seven steps back measured from the corner of the six-yard box, one look at the ball and one at the keeper. Squarely on penalty-taking.

Reviewer Easy-to-copy Kane routine, but it stops before the actual strike.

Reviewer Solid fundamentals, but pretty surface-level — mostly 'be confident and commit.'

Moderator Whole video is penalty-taking front to back: confidence, picking your spot, personal routine, committing with pace. Nothing else competing for airtime.

Reviewer True and worth hearing, but it's one tip - nothing on contact, placement or run-up.

Moderator Penalty advice in one line: how you strike it matters less than having a routine. Set the ball, take a fixed number of steps, and stand where you feel comfortable. On topic, but it's a mindset tip rather than a walkthrough of the kick.

Moderator Penalty advice in one line: how you strike it matters less than having a routine. Set the ball, take a fixed number of steps, and stand where you feel comfortable. On topic, but it's a mindset tip rather than a walkthrough of the kick.

Reviewer True and worth hearing, but it's one tip - nothing on contact, placement or run-up.

Reviewer Specific, correct-sounding cue rather than generic hype - decent signal.

Moderator Caption actually describes technique - plant foot placement beside the ball, body alignment over the shot. That's real penalty-taking mechanics, on topic.

Reviewer A few genuinely good tips buried under a lot of messing about.

Moderator A lot of it is challenge-video banter and trash talk, but the actual footage is real penalty-taking with visible feints (opening the hips, disguising direction) and it closes with an explicit numbered tips list. Stays on-topic even in the joking parts.