Goalkeeper Science

What's the best way to stop a penalty kick? Do nothing:just stand in the centre of the goal. That is the surprising conclusion of "Action Bias Among Elite Soccer Goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks," published by a team of Israeli scientists. The academics analised 286 penalty kicks and foud that 94 per centof the time the goalies dived to the right of left even thought the chances of stopping the ball were highest when the goalie stayed in the centre.