Should be a straightforward one that I think is absurd that it isn’t implemented. Current penalty shoot-out format gives a MASSIVE advantage to the team that kicks first. Historically, across many hundreds of shoot-outs the team that kicks first wins 60% of the time and the team that kicks second only wins 40% of the time. This is a huge discrepancy for deciding tournament champions based on a literal coin flip.

In a penalty shoot-out, instead of alternating each kick, after the first kick each team should take two in a row similar to serving a tiebreak in tennis.

So instead of: ABABABAB

You use: ABBAABBAAB

This would be a much fairer format. Both teams have the situation where you need to score to stay alive. These are higher pressure spots that lead to lower conversion rates, which currently team B solely has to face.

Should be a straightforward one that I think is absurd that it isn’t implemented. Current penalty shoot-out format gives a MASSIVE advantage to the team that kicks first. Historically, across many hundreds of shoot-outs the team that kicks first wins 60% of the time and the team that kicks second only wins 40% of the time. This is a huge discrepancy for deciding tournament champions based on a literal coin flip.

In a penalty shoot-out, instead of alternating each kick, after the first kick each team should take two in a row similar to serving a tiebreak in tennis.

So instead of: ABABABAB

You use: ABBAABBAAB

This would be a much fairer format. Both teams have the situation where you need to score to stay alive. These are higher pressure spots that lead to lower conversion rates, which currently team B solely has to face.