Drop
kick:
When a goalie drops the ball from his hands and kicks it before it
hits the ground.
Dummy:
Stepping over the ball and letting it roll past you to a teammate,
or applied in dribbling
to feinting
to move in one direction, to unbalancing an opponent, before moving away
in a different direction.
Far post:
The goalpost
more distant from the ball position.
Feints:
Body movements designed to unbalance an opponent, or a deceptive movement
which can be applied with or without the ball, e.g. feinting to kick the
ball, or feinting to move in one direction.
Field:
The rectangular area where football/soccer
matches
are played.
FIFA:
Federation Internationale de Football
Association - the official governing body of international football since
1904 which established the World
Cup tournament; helps set and revise laws of the game.
Flank (wing), attacking
third;
Cross the ball early from the flank
(wing) in to the prime
target area.
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