[header] How to read a soccer penalty shot if you're a goalie [title] Watch the shooter's eyes. [step] Before a shooter makes his penalty kick, he'll likely size up the situation and decided on a direction in which to take his shot. Watching the shooter's eyes can cue you in to where he plans to kick the soccer ball. 
[substeps] If a shooter continually looks at a certain area of the goal, this could be where he intends to kick the ball. A shooter's eye may also give smaller clues.