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UK FOOTBALL TERMS: A concise list of terminologies in football. You will find 100s of football terms and definitions used by players and officials, all listed from A to Z. Football teams and match referees can use this football glossary and the top slang terminologies.
Halfback: A running back. Hitch: A part of a pass route that causes a defender to stumble. Holding: When an offensive player uses his hands, arms, or other parts of his body to prevent a defensive player from tackling the ball carrier – 10 yard penalty.
Test yourself and learn new football vocabulary. Here is our comprehensive list of all the English football terms that you should know.
Games often forgo many requirements of a formal game of football, such as a large field, field markings, goal apparatus and corner flags, eleven players per team, or match officials (referee and assistant referees).
- Advantages
- Angle of Run
- Angle, Altering The Angle and Passing in One Movement
- Angle, Narrowing
- Angle, Widening
- Attacker
- Bicycle Kick Or Scissors Kick
- Break
- Breakaway
- Center Circle
Situations where a team has possession of the ball and outnumbers the opposition near the opposing goal.
The angle at which a player runs, sometimes applied in relation to the ball and sometimes in relation to the goal.
Applied to a player controlling the ball and moving it two or three yards to the side and then passingon the second touch.
Applied to defenders, especially the goalkeeper, moving nearer to the ball in order to reduce passing or shootingangles.
Usually applied to supporting players moving into a position where the point of attack can be changed, thereby creating a better angle for a forwardpass.
Any player on the team that has possessionof the ball. 2. All players on the team are attackers / attacker.
When a player kicks the ball in mid-air backwards and over his/her own head, usually making contact above waist level; an acrobaticshot.
When a team quickly advances the ball down the field in an attempt to get its players near the opponent's goal before the defendershave a chance to retreat.
When an attacker with the ball approaches the goal undefended; this exciting play pits a sole attacker against the goalkeeper in aone-on-one.
A circular marking with a 10-yard radius in the center of the field from which kickoffs are taken to start or restartthe game.
Learn the lingo of the football World Cup and of the Champions League with this extensive glossary of common football vocabulary (soccer) designed to help you understand the language associated with the beautiful game.
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Deflection - the ricochet of a ball after it hits a player. Direct Free Kick - a free kick that is awarded for fouls that involve physical contact such as tripping, holding, or pushing or for a hand ball by field players or for a hand ball by the goalkeeper when he is outside of the penalty area.
