Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

9-18-2008

SSRN Discipline

Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Microeconomic Theory eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Econometrics eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Public Law & Legal Theory; ERN Subject Matter eJournals; Organizations & Markets eJournals

Abstract

Soccer coaches give contradictory advice about where to aim the soccer ball when shooting on goal This article proposes an answer to the question of where to aim by asking not how to score but rather how to miss The answer is then put to the test by examining the performance of top goal scorers in Europe and nearly every player in Major League Soccer Missing well turns out to be a pretty good predictor of scoring on a high percentage of shots A postscript considers why David Beckham seems to follow a much different shooting strategy with a high degree of success

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