Samir Handanovic is well known for his penalty shot stopping abilities, enough to earn various titles and nicknames, and listed as a main asset in his scouting report. Whilst with Udinese he built up quite the reputation for himself with his ability to save his team in this way. Up to his old tricks, he saved a penalty today in action against Sampdoria! With his gigantic size creating a visual barrier as he fills up so much of the goal mouth visible to the shooter. Even if the spot kicker has the accuracy to pick a sure fire spot, they still have to look up to meet the ball, which in turn means they have to face looking up at him and being put off. But there is obviously more to stopping penalties than this, such as learning to react to the shot, intense concentration and 'silent eye' (watching the ball all the way through to focus).
When considering what it takes to be a complete goalkeeper, it is worth remembering to work on these errors too, as you never know when you might be called upon to step up to the goal line and stop whoever it is who is stepping up to the penalty spot against you!
You can work on your reactions, as well as studying penalty takers and learning ways to deal with them, as you face shooters regularly over a season.
You can see him in action below, with a couple of towards the end of the clip demonstrating his penalty killing abilities (!):
When considering what it takes to be a complete goalkeeper, it is worth remembering to work on these errors too, as you never know when you might be called upon to step up to the goal line and stop whoever it is who is stepping up to the penalty spot against you!
You can work on your reactions, as well as studying penalty takers and learning ways to deal with them, as you face shooters regularly over a season.
You can see him in action below, with a couple of towards the end of the clip demonstrating his penalty killing abilities (!):
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