Goalies dive for penalty kicks because standing still feels lazy, even when standing still works better.

Doing something is easier to defend than doing nothing, even when nothing is the better play. Dive and miss and you look committed, hold your ground and miss and you look asleep, which pushes people toward visible action regardless of results. Half the busywork in the world is fear of appearing idle.

When a situation calls for waiting, decide it deliberately and tell someone that is your plan. Naming a choice protects it from looking like neglect. Then ask where else you have been moving mainly so that others can see you moving.