"The fouled player should not take the penalty himself": An empirical investigation of an old German football myth

In this study, we investigate the old German football myth that the fouled player should not take the resulting penalty himself, as he is at an increased risk of missing. Previous analyses are improved on as we adjust for potential confounders that might influence self-taking as well as successful penalty conversion. Our findings reveal some important predictors for self-taking but, somewhat surprisingly, neither self-taking nor any of the potential confounders predicts scoring a penalty kick.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:sport games
Published in:Journal of Sports Sciences
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410600944568
Volume:25
Issue:9
Pages:963-967
Document types:article
Level:advanced