This is an interesting question, and brings to mind memories of a final match when I was a kid, where I cried for an afternoon after I finally conceded a penalty.

In fact, the purpose of the penalty itself is to punish the defending team for a foul in the penalty area, and if it's put too far away, then it loses the meaning of the penalty, so it's better to just cancel the penalty. Since it's a punishment, it needs to favor the side that was fouled, and a penalty kick is a reward or punishment, but this one really isn't very tasty.

First, let's talk about what penalty kicks ultimately play, which is actually psychological. As a goalkeeper, there's nothing wrong at all with not pouncing on the other team's penalty kicks. Penalty kick point to the goal line is almost 11 meters away, the goal is more than 7 meters wide, these two distances together, then the penalty kick is really easy to punish. And there is a very interesting data, through the statistics of big data, the center of the goal is the highest scoring rate of the place, the two sides are instead the most likely to be punched out, but why do players still insist on punishing the two sides?

To put it bluntly, the psychology here is overconfidence in one's own footwork. I myself penalty time is so, every time in the struggle to get a spoon, but after consideration in order to be safe or decided to push a lower corner, the ball speed and angle are almost the same case, the probability of scoring a goal is very high. But often the punt out is also such a penalty.

Truly to the big game, the penalty kicker at this time the pressure is so great that people word, and even have the idea of wanting to escape, because really afraid of penalties do not go in. It doesn't have much to do with how much you practice on a regular basis, because it's still a mental change. Like, you can train as much as you want, and practice exams are just simulations in the end, and the real college entrance exams are two different things. But the goalkeeper is different, that easy, but also can make some tricks out, such as moving to the outside of the goal line, if the goal is good, if not into the goalkeeper is a foul.

All in all, this game you seem to be favoring the fouled player, but the pressure is really not small, otherwise if it is really so simple, the players will celebrate after the penalty kicks, too simple will not be so excited. So, now this distance is just right, too close to lose suspense, and then far away, there is no meaning of punishment.

In fact, we have seen a lot of matches, when there are players in the penalty area in the case of fouls, there will be a penalty kick, many players will also be in the penalty area fake wrestling to cheat the penalty kicks, that the penalty kicks are very easy to punish, but the results are unexpected, a lot of penalties are pounced out.

So the question is, why not adjust the distance a little farther, which will be a little easier for the goalkeeper, but let's think about it, that is not a little unfair to the penalty taker.

In fact, many games opposing players in the penalty area foul, the referee awarded a penalty kick, for professional athletes, as long as the penalty area, in the case of no foul, there is the hope of scoring a goal, and shooting within the penalty area is easier than a penalty kick, because the keeper can not be too late to prepare for the incoming ball to be caught off guard.

And if you take a penalty kick, the keeper will be well prepared, and if it's an away game, the penalty taker will face a lot of pressure, so that's why it's fair to say that the penalty kicks are set at a distance, I think.

That's not all, if anything, penalties are better scored in the same way as foul penalties for free kicks. If the attacker is fouled a meter from the goalkeeper and the penalty is right in front of the goal, then it's easier to score, so it's only fair that FIFA has reformed it over the years to set penalties 12 yards in front of the goal.

This is like a free throw in basketball, no one to interfere with you, all by virtue of personal ability, the test is a kind of psychological resistance, seems to send points, but I do not know how many players planted in this send points on the question.

This is a long story.

First of all, why do we have to take penalties?

Because the defense committed a foul that led to the attacking side missed the opportunity to shoot in the penalty area, but the chances of scoring a goal in the penalty area are also very high, the attacking side was destroyed a favorable attacking opportunity is certainly not happy, but the attacking opportunity is not a certain goal, so you can't directly give the attacking side of the goal, so weighed the compensatory measures, there is a penalty kicks.

But the distance of the ball is a big problem.

If it's too close, the goalie won't be able to react, and the penalty kicker will score, then the point of the penalty kick is lost.

If it's too far away, the goalie has enough time to pounce on the penalty kick, and that's unfair to the offense.

That said, the average top goalie takes 0.5 seconds to pounce on a blocked shot, while a ball from 12 yards away only takes roughly 0.35 seconds to fly into the goal.

That means that the penalty kicker has a head start in this game. Does that mean penalty kicks are a snap?

After countless experiments, FIFA's official figure is that the penalty kick is 79% of the time at 12 yards.

The distance of 12 yards allows the penalty kicker to have an 80% chance of scoring a penalty kick, but does not leave the goalkeeper with no hope of saving the penalty kick, and the ratio can be controlled at a stable 8:2.

What a perfect 8:2 ratio of goals to no goals, the law of two or eight!

12 yards, what a perfect distance!

Why the penalty kick, because the attacker has killed to the penalty area, and in this case eighty to ninety can shoot the goal, and in the penalty area more than 60% of the shots will be scored, to put it bluntly that is, will be scored, in this case the defenders but the foul, that is, sabotage the attack, with a hand to block the ball or in the case of knowing that can not snatch the ball, pulling the attacking player, this time to give the penalty kick is There is no problem and it is mandatory.

Penalty kicks in this kind of time is a kind of punishment, is to tell the other side must be civilized game, although penalty kicks as a kind of punishment, but who dares to bet that the penalty kicks must be able to point into, such a person does not have it, although this is a point shot, and the distance from the goal is only 12 yards, which converted to roughly 11 meters, and the goal's width is 7.32 meters high 2.4 meters, the player is in the penalty kicks The goalkeeper is to choose a direction to pounce on the player at the moment of the foot, so this time can only rely on luck, of course, there are times when some players will choose the dead center, there will be a hit the fly, there will also be hit the goal post.

Sometimes we as spectators often think, so close to the goal and in the case of 0 interference, the goal is so wide and so high, but can hit the fly, I think it is very incredible, but this is the field of play.

Everyone is nervous when it comes to penalties, especially after the 120th minute of the final. In the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid a few years ago, Atletico Madrid were so nervous that they failed to score from a couple of penalties in a row, and ended up being held down on the ground by Real Madrid once again! Penalties are basically the turning point in the middle of a match, and with the advent of VAR technology, it will become increasingly fair to award penalties!

Joining the increased difficulty of penalty kicks, it will increase the number of fouls in the penalty area, the defense will think: I still have the goalkeeper this last barrier it ...... increased fouls in the penalty area, penalty kicks increase the difficulty, leading to a reduction in the number of strikers scoring, which led to a reduction in the number of goals scored in the game

The long term accumulation of a substantial reduction of goals, as well as the number of fouls in the game The reduction, as well as the increase in the number of fouls in the game, will greatly reduce the game ornamental, fans no longer like to watch soccer, feel no passion, the inflow of money into the sport of soccer is less, the sport is finished ......

Conjecture is complete.

The most exciting thing about soccer is the uncertainty of its outcome, which is undoubtedly exacerbated by the presence of penalty kicks.

Penalty kicks in regular time:

Almost all of the changes to the rules governing the game of soccer have been designed to enhance the spectacle of the game; in other words, a great many of the rule changes have been designed to encourage the presence of offense. One of these is the foul in the penalty area, where a penalty kick is awarded is almost typical.

The awarding of penalties protects the freedom of the attacking players in the penalty area and makes the defending players wary of making defensive moves. Especially now, with the intervention of systems such as VAR, it makes defensive players even more wary in their minds. In reverse, all of these rules allow offensive players to fully express their offensive talents in the penalty area.

The most immediate effect of moving penalties farther away would be to lower the penalty-kick strike rate, in other words the number of goals scored in a soccer match. Instead, it would re-encourage defenders to make ferocious defensive plays in the penalty area, which is almost a step backwards for the development of modern soccer.

Penalty Shootout:

The penalty shootout is as much a green gamble for players and fans as anything else. The psychological game is far more exciting, exciting, very exciting, very exciting. The golden ball system that FIFA tried before is certainly exciting, but the duration of this excitement is too little compared to the penalty shootout. That's why FIFA still prefers penalty shootouts in the current World Series.

If the distance is made longer, the penalty shootout could become non-long and lengthy, and much less exciting.

Penalty kicks exist to enhance the spectacle of a soccer match, and if the distance is lengthened, it is a regressive approach that is necessarily undesirable.

Just look at the success rate, it's far enough. Need to shoot each other ten rounds I have not seen.

Should we take the penalty spot off the pitch? It's funny how everything can tarnish soccer now.

Because of the penalty kicks awarded for fouls in the penalty area was to take care of the attacking side of the team, the people have been killed in the penalty area, the opportunity to score is in front of us, and the defending side of the players to prevent the attacking side of the foul to score, then the penalty kicks awarded to the attacking side of the team, of course, we must be conducive to the attacking side of the team, so the distance from the current penalty kicks from the goal line of the goal is reasonable, and if the penalty points are far away from the goal, then the penalty kicks will be awarded to the attacking side of the team. If the penalty spot is far away from the goal, then the penalty nature of the penalty kick will be greatly reduced. Penalty kicks players normal play in the case of penalty kicks into the chances are indeed great, especially in daily training, but the official game, due to a variety of factors, the player's psychology will also appear a variety of subtle changes, penalty kicks facing the pressure of the player is actually greater than the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper can not be forgiven to pounce on the penalty kicks, but for penalty kicks players, penalty kicks do not go in is their own The whole responsibility. And in the kind of mutual shooting penalty kicks to determine the winner, penalty kicks players psychological pressure is even greater, so often see some players kick the ball flying kick off. The charm of soccer lies in all kinds of uncertainty, but also to test the psychological quality of the players.