DICTIONARY CORNER!

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1-2 - Essentially, a give-and-go (And-again) - To pass the ball to a teammate, run past a defender, and the teammate returns the ball.

 

Attack It - means to get up for a challenge in the air, and don't let the ball hit the ground. Or, to challenge in the air for a cross.

 

A Becksie - a player that doesn't stop flicking his hair. And useless to the OTHER TEAMMATES!

 

Ambitious ball - An overly aggressive pass that had little chance of success.

 

Back door - The furthest goalpost from the ball.

 

Banana Kick - A kick that makes the ball bend or swerve in the air instead of going straight.

 

Bunny-ball - Playing a ball to another player in a terrible position for that player to make them look worse

 

Challenge - To "challenge" the player with the ball.

 

Chip - A pass made by a stabbing motion of the kicking foot to the lower half of the ball to loft it over the heads of opponents

 

Clear - Clear a throw or a kick by the goalkeeper, or a kick by a defender, in an attempt to get the ball away from the goal area.

 

Clear or clearance - Usually used in defensive 1/3 of field. To play the ball out of the area taking away the opponents chances of offence.

 

Cross - Pass or kick the ball across the mouth of the opponent's goal.

 

Diddy – Useless player.

 

Dispossess - To take the ball away from an opponent who had control of the ball.

 

Diver – A player who falls or throws himself down in the opponents’ penalty area, in an attempt to deceive the referee into awarding him a penalty kick.

 

Drop back and mark - The defending team needs to move to their goal, picking up and marking opponents

 

Dummy - To let the ball go past or through your legs to a teammate.

 

Far post - The goal post furthest from the ball.

 

Finish - When a player shoots the ball into the goal.

 

First time - shoot or pass the ball with the first touch.

 

First Time - An effective kick for those who can't kick far which is when the ball is coming towards you and you use the energy as it's coming towards you to kick it... very powerful... but aim!!!  ALWAYS!!!

 

Football - The thing you play soccer with.

 

"Give him an Oscar" - When players fake injury.

 

Give it the eyebrows - flicking the ball on using your head

 

Give-and-go - To pass the ball to a teammate, run past the defender, and the teammate returns the ball.

 

GIVES 100% - GOT NO OR LITTLE SKILL BUT RUNS ABOUT ALOT

 

“Go yourself” – Ignore everyone else and try and score.

 

Goals  - The things holding the net. Goalposts, bar and stanchions.

 

Goal-side - The defender positioned between the goal and the offensive player.

 

Golas' - Foreign term for Goal!

 

Halfback - Also called a midfielder. The halfback plays the middle of field between the forwards and the fullbacks.

 

Hard tackle - A fair, but rough tackle.

 

“He took the man not the ball.” - When a player deliberately takes out the man and makes no attempt to get the ball

 

Hold up - Usually means keep the ball while a player moves into a supporting position for a pass or to allow a player to return from an offside position.

 

Hospital pass - a pass that might result in injury to a teammate striving to reach it first.

 

Howler – a mistake.  Absolute howler - A big mistake.

 

Jostle and Harry - Put an opponent under pressure but not actually tackle him.

 

“Keeper” - Stay the hell away from the ball, the goalkeeper is coming for it!

 

Late tackle - A tackle made after the ball was played by the offensive player. Should result in a foul.

 

Line - Requesting a pass up the field line.

 

Line up - how to line up

 

“Man on” - An opponent is approaching the player with the ball from behind

 

Man to man marking - FOLLOW HIM EVERYWHERE!

 

Mark up - telling your teammates to leave no one unmarked

 

Near post - The goal post nearest the ball.

 

Nutmeg - To put the ball between an opponent's legs.

 

Off the line - Referring to the goalkeeper moving from the goal line.

 

Offside – When an attacking player has only one opponent between his position and the Goal line.

 

Overlapping - Getting a head of your forwards to be ready to accept a pass.

 

Pace - Referring to speed of the ball from a pass.

 

Poser - a player who looks good but contributes little.

 

Professional foul - a deliberate foul calculated to obtain an advantage such as intimidation of the opposition, or prevention of a subsequent opportunity

 

Put it into "ROW Z" - Launch the ball into "row z (seats) of the stadium" -time wasting or playing safe. Or a very bad shot!!!!

"Play around them" - to switch the ball from one side of the field to another with a succession of passes.

 

Sclaff – A Miss Hit Shot or pass.

 

Shirker – A player who is timid in tackling.

 

Show - move from a position with an intervening defender to a position with a clear line to the ball

 

Skip - Let it run to another player

 

Sold him like a kipper - SENT HIM THE WRONG WAY WITH A TURN.

 

Split - To pass the ball between two defenders.

 

Spot kick - A penalty kick.

 

Spun like a top - a defender who gets turned by a skilled dribbler.

 

"Square" pass - To serve the ball to an overlapping teammate at a 90-degree angle. Pass should be within 10 yards, otherwise unwise.

 

Square up. To adopt an aggressive and THREATENING MANNER with an opponent.

Step or Step Out. - Instruction for defensive line to pull out for offside

 

Sweeper - The player positioned behind the fullbacks and in front of the goalie that has the authority to play either the right, middle or left side of the field (hence sweeps) to block the opposing team's shot or player.

 

Switch - Means to switch the point of attack (i.e. switch the ball from the right side of the field to the left).

 

"Through" pass, ball - To serve the ball through a flat defensive alignment into a forward space. Thus, creating opportunity on the goal.

 

Time - Having enough time to look up and move the ball, (no close opponent.)

 

Touch line - Sideline. When the ball is in "touch" it is out of bounds and can be picked up with the hands.

Triangle – three players interchanging passes.

 

Turn - Telling your teammate he has time to control the ball and turn up field.

 

Turn and Face - Turn around and get ready for the kick

 

Unlucky - A nice short way of saying, "That wasn't your fault, just bad luck" most players will understand, can be applied in almost any situation where someone commits a foul, kicks the ball out of bounds on accident, etc.

 

Wall pass - To pass the ball to a teammate, run past the defender, and the teammate returns the ball.

 

Well marshalled - Tightly marked. To defend and stay with a very good player with one or two designated players

 

Wellie– To kick the ball away as hard as you can. Give it some wellie. Wellie it.