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It was a mistake to put this in the Did You Know? section because the section about sports is almost entirely based on one academic article that deals with the issue of soccer penalty kicks psychologically, along with a superficial probabilistic notion that kick direction follows a bell curve.
In fact, as pretty much any TV commentator will remark when a crucial penalty kick is about to occur, a goalkeeper cannot respond fast enough after a kick has begun, particularly if the kick goes to the corner. Therefore, the optimal strategy is to choose either left or right and then start to move in the hope that one has chosen correctly. Staying still means almost zero prevention of a goal, while moving either left or right means close to 50% prevention. Martindo ( talk) 03:01, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
"action bias" is just the noun-speak version of "bias for action", which is from a bestselling business self-help book from 1982: "In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies" by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman Jr.. According to ngram-search the term originates there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.123.8.175 ( talk) 15:06, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi - the researchers do not understand soccer (football) goalkeeping. Just because their words are in print, doesn't mean they deserve to be in Wikipedia. I'm going to fix the area. Please don't revert. Thanks Billyshiverstick ( talk) 21:12, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
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A fact from Action bias appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
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check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 19:16, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Created by NicoleIsWriting ( talk). Nominated by FacetsOfNonStickPans ( talk) at 09:47, 14 June 2022 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
It was a mistake to put this in the Did You Know? section because the section about sports is almost entirely based on one academic article that deals with the issue of soccer penalty kicks psychologically, along with a superficial probabilistic notion that kick direction follows a bell curve.
In fact, as pretty much any TV commentator will remark when a crucial penalty kick is about to occur, a goalkeeper cannot respond fast enough after a kick has begun, particularly if the kick goes to the corner. Therefore, the optimal strategy is to choose either left or right and then start to move in the hope that one has chosen correctly. Staying still means almost zero prevention of a goal, while moving either left or right means close to 50% prevention. Martindo ( talk) 03:01, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
"action bias" is just the noun-speak version of "bias for action", which is from a bestselling business self-help book from 1982: "In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies" by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman Jr.. According to ngram-search the term originates there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.123.8.175 ( talk) 15:06, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi - the researchers do not understand soccer (football) goalkeeping. Just because their words are in print, doesn't mean they deserve to be in Wikipedia. I'm going to fix the area. Please don't revert. Thanks Billyshiverstick ( talk) 21:12, 22 June 2022 (UTC)