(in soccer or rugby) a kick to the side of the ball causing it to follow a curved line in the air, typically in order to avoid interception by an opponent.
he bent a banana kick through the goals
Example sentencesExamples
- Only a cruel bounce robbed him of a try from Duffy's banana kick.
- Other highlights include the banana kick that old-timers swear they saw during a grand final in the late 1940s, a couple of decades before such a kick was said to be invented.
- He provided the banana kick for Tony's deciding try 18 minutes from the end.
- A beautiful banana kick early in the second half characterised some of his subtler touches, and his defence was good.
- He smacked a banana kick goalwards, but it curled narrowly wide.
- A brilliant left foot banana kick goal on the run from the boundary put an end to the challenge.
- He makes a burst through the defence after Jones's banana kick goes astray.
- The best of his goals was a banana kick from near the post in front of the building.
- He throws the ball on the right boot with a banana kick and it bends back for the goal!
- His banana kick over the defence fooled everyone.