I would be interested to see stats on how many penalties were scored with three on the line Vs one.
I have a feeling there’s been no improvement in conversion. The opposite if anything. Having the full goal to aim at makes it more tempting to place it in the corner rather than blast it down the middle. This gives keeper a better chance to save it and increases the chances of hitting the post or sending it wide.
In the olden days the best place to hit a penalty was as hard as you could to just beyond the shoulder of the keeper at the opposite side to his hurley. I believe this is still the optimal way to hit it.
I should cavaet that in the olden days you could be 3 or 4 feet inside the 21, or if you were DJ Carey or Anthony Nash inside the 13 when striking the ball.
That extra few feet has to make a big difference in terms of savability
I agree. It’s still too much of an advantage for the Goalkeeper.
Conversion success has definitely improved, but I dunno what the GAA want in terms of a balance of scoring etc.
For example, an Penalty expectation in Soccer is 76% (taken from thousands of penalty kicks within the rules they currently have)… Not sure what GAA are wanting the conversion rate to be.
I reckon they should say the the back foot has to be on or behind the line, so the players can stop worrying about where the ball is exactly when they hit it.