Talk:Penalty kick

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Hello again,

Thank you to whoever contributed to this page - there was soem great information!

I have made major changes to the text, to:

  • Give more technically information regarding the kick (rather than the often incorrect popular understanding of it);
  • Remove information specific to certain types of game (eg games as 90mins; whilst this is correct for most adult matches it is not so for all games);
  • Remove incorrect info regarding the kicker "stuttering" etc (whilst this may constitute unsporting behaviour in a caution (yellow card) sense, there is no mention of it being prohibited in the Laws.
  • Clarify the difference between kicks from the penalty mark (ie shootout) and penalty kicks.

Cheers! --DaveB 00:55, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I think it would be a good idea to rename this page Penalty Kick (Football), as it would thereby be consistent with other related pages (eg Referee (Football), Offside law (football)). --DaveB 00:07, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

I do not think the proposed merge with Kicks from the penalty mark should be performed, as the two articles cover similar but subtly different aspects of the game - one the act performed in normal play, the other as a tiebreaker. As the procedure for each is different, with different rules governing them, a single merged article would only be confusing, IMHO. I have edited each article, moving the clarification about the difference to the top of the page, to make the distinction more clear. Qwghlm 19:44, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

  • I agree they should not be merged: see my comments on the disputed-merge page. --Daveb 18:00, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Since no-one has leapt to the defence of the proposed merge, I have removed the merge notices. Qwghlm 00:00, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Strategy

Added a portion on strategy. I thought it was useful to note the difficulties involved for the goalie and to emphasize that most PKs result in goals. Some additional information from the shooter's side would be useful here. Pimlottc 00:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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