Kick Direction - Should You Aim High or Low?

Brazil, Spain, Japan, or the Netherlands went out on penalties. If you support one of these countries this is all a bit triggering. Let's focus on what the data can tell us to help players score their penalties. There was a study done on kick direction and dive direction. 32% of penalties went to the left. 39% went to the right. And 29% went central. But when we compare that to the goalkeepers' dive direction, it's a different story. 49% of the time the goalkeepers’ dive left,. 45% of thetime they dive right, and 6% of the times they stayed central. So if I was taking a penalty, which