Citation

Kuss O, Kluttig A, Stoll O. J. Sports Sci. 2007; 25(9): 963-967.

Affiliation

Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. oliver.kuss@medizin.uni-halle.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/02640410600944568

PMID

17497396

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Soccer

Language: en