what are the movements involved in saving a penalty kick?
816562
The only way to stop a penalty kick is if the kicker doesn't hit it right. If he does, the keeper doesn't have a chance. Just stay in place, because many players kick close to the keeper and if you dive, won't have a chance to those easy saves.
1114139
A penalty kick is awarded against a team that commits one of the ten offences for which a direct free kick is awarded, inside its own penalty area and while the ball is in play.\n\nA direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:\n    * kicks or attempts to kick an opponent\n    * trips or attempts to trip an opponent\n    * jumps at an opponent\n    * charges an opponent\n    * strikes or attempts to strike an opponent\n    * pushes an opponent\n\nA direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player\ncommits any of the following four offences:\n    * tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball\n    * holds an opponent\n    * spits at an opponent\n    * handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).\n\n\n*********NOTE: I put in all this detail because there are offences which do not result in a direct free kick, they result in an INDIRECT free kick meaning the ball much touch or be touched by two people (from either team) before entering the goal to be counted as a goal. So, the comments saying "A foul in the box" results in a penalty kick are incorrect. For instance, call against a defender for dangerous play would never result in a penalty kick.
391260
Trap the ball against the heel of one foot with the other.  Roll the ball up the first foot with the second then lean forward and kick the ball back and upward over your shoulder.  \n\n\nMore detailed description here: http://www.ehow.com/how_8849_rainbow-kick-soccer.html\n\nLinks to a video of it below.
1131266
Football is a continuous flowing game i.e. the ball is always being kicked and moved around. However, there are situations when the ball is stopped and one player has time to kick it by himself (usually when there is a foul, offside or the ball crosses the line). Example: Free-kick, Corner-kick, Goal-kick, Throw-in etc. are types of set-pieces.
1024359
It's a prepared play i.e when the ball is kicked(corner,freekick) each player has a planned run they should make,\nsuch as Mikey Owen running near post, gerrard running far post, lampard hanging on edge of box and crouch hit the penalty spot\nand Beckham hitting crouch, Like a planned battle attack with and all players knowing there job.
342581
Pass backwards, kick ahead, hit low and ruck over!!!
1056515
you need to momentarily stop the ball by laying your foot on top of the ball.. i.e make it stationary so that the ball resembles like one before a free kick.. thats how they do it..
1113011
The kick-off counts as a free kick at which opposition have to be 10 yards away from the ball. The centre circle is of 10 yds radius and the opposition are not allowed to encroach within it at a kick off.\nThe "D"  is an arc of a circle of radius 10 yds with the centre at the penalty spot. It is there to ensure that all players are 10yds from the spot when penalty shot is taken. I believe that Major Buckley, the then manager of W.B.A., realised that  there was a small part of the pitch outside  "the area" that was within 10 yds of the penalty spot and so the "D" was added to the pitch markings to ensure that no player was within 10 yds at the time the penalty was taken.
992065
The rectangle immediately in front of the goal. When taking a goal kick the goalkeeper must take it from within this box.
424589
Any free kick you have to be 10 yards away. The "half-circle", which is not really a half-circle is 10 yards from where penalties are taken. But players can't be anywhere in the penalty area, which is the area where 1) the keeper can use his/her hands 2) an infraction leading to a free-kick results in a penalty. You'll see all players congegrate exactly where that part of the circle intersect the penalty area when a penalty is taken as they can run in after the kick incase the keeper stops the ball (during a game, as the game immediately continues; during a shoot-out this is not relevant)
1122920
it's just to make sure every player was 10 yards away from the penalty spot when a penalty is being taken..have u seen a penalty kick before?no player would stand in it instead they stood around the semicircle..it's similar to the circle at the center of the field..when a kick off is about to be made..the opposition side must not stand inside the circle..i'm sure u noticed that right..?so a simple answer to ur question is the semicircle is just for making sure that players are 10 yards away from the spot..that's all..goalie cannot handle the ball there and penalty wont be awarded if a foul occured there..
481485
Different skills. The other way around, you could get some good kickers from soccer players.\n\nEven kicking a field goal involves different movement and force than kicking a penalty kick. And Am. Football kickers can't do much besides kicking high and strong.
417854
No, if he uses his hands it's a penalty and a kick is awarded, more then likely a direct kick.  He can only use his hands if it touches an opposing player or is played back from his teammates head.
1151141
OK, here goes. The little box near the net (the six yard area) is where the goalkeeper has to put the ball when he takes a goal kick(this happens when the opposing team kicks the ball wide of the net.) The bigger box near the net (the 18 yard box or the penalty box or the area) Is the only place where the goalkeeper can handle the ball. If he handles it outside the box then it's a free kick and he could be send off. \nIf a player is fouled in the opposing teams area then it's a penalty, but if he's fouled in his own area then it's just a free kick. \nThe little quarter circles near the corner flags are where the player has to put the ball when he's taking a corner(this happens when a player kicks the ball wide of his own goal.) When the game first kicks off there are only two players from the same team allowed in the centre circle until the first kick of the ball(which must be forward)is taken, so that's what that's there for. At this time every player must be in his own half and he can't be offside in his own half, so that's why there's a line down the centre of the pitch.\nI think the semi-circle at the end of the area is to help the goalkeeper judge where the net is when he's got his back to goal. but has no relevance in the game and isn't even on all football pitches.\nI think that's covered everything, I bet you're sorry you asked now.\nHope you're going to give me 10 points after all that. ;~)
1101553
Each team gets 5 penalty kicks, but if a team misses the first 2, and the other makes their first 3, there's no sense in kicking hte remaining ones.  If they remain tied after the first 5 kicks, they keep going until one team misses theirs and the other scores.
270440
It's a punt. Sometimes also called a kick-up.\n\nhttp://pweb.netcom.com/~lachenm/puntFAQ.html
1148503
# In a Free Kick (direct or indirect) the players can locate themself  at least 9.15 meters (10 yards) from the ball (permit by the laws of the game) and the ball is place where the offence occurred.  \n• So the defenses players try to make it more dificult to the offense team to score, so they form a barrier between the ball and goal. \n• A offense player can get inside the barrier, because the law of the game permits him to be at the same distance, so they try to create holes in the barrier, to make it easier to score.\n\n# Penalty kick: the players can locate themself  at least 9.15 meters (10 yards) from the penalty mark, but they have to be outside the penalty area, that's why you see them  infront of the goalie, but behind the penalty kicker. \nAfter the ball is in play (after it is kicked and moves forward) and if it is repel by the goalkeeper or the goalposts, we have that:\n• any offense's player have the opportunity to try to score (except the player who kick the penalty, he can play the ball only after it has been touche by another player)  \n• any defense player will try to avoid a score.\n\nThe Fouls and misconduct are penalised as follows:\n\nAWARD A PENALTY KICK \nA penalty kick is awarded if any offences award with a direct free kick is committed by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided it is in play.\n\nAWARD A DIRECT FREE KICK\n#A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following six  offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:\n• kicks or attempts to kick an opponent\n• trips or attempts to trip an opponent\n• jumps at an opponent\n• charges an opponent\n• strikes or attempts to strike an opponent\n• pushes an opponent\n#A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following four offences:\n• tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball\n• holds an opponent\n• spits at an opponent\n• handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)\n\nAWARD A INDIRECT FREE KICK\n#An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,inside his own penalty area,  commits any of the following four offences:\n• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession\n• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player\n• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate\n• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate\n#An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player, in the opinion of the referee:\n• plays in a dangerous manner\n• impedes the progress of an opponent\n• prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands\n• commits any other offence, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped to  caution or dismiss a player