Incentives and penalties

Of course Tim Howard doesn't need any help with his pens, but England's players do. Of course the master is Matt Le Tissier, once of the greatest footballers of the modern era. I was interested to see the secret of his success:

Le Tissier said he practised by offering financial incentives to youth-team goalkeepers in training if they could save any of his kicks. "I knew [the goalkeeper] was trying for every one of them and it meant I had to focus because I didn't want to give away money because I was tight," he said.

via www.guardian.co.uk