Moves named after players.

[Piedro]

Carra Hoof

*Modo likes this*

 

[RedZeppelin III]

The Blanco hop:

wasn't it actually called the "blanco bounce" ? (why i don't know ) . Anyway it was great at the time , a time when a world cup could turn up and players you'd never heard of would dazzle . Now everybody knows players from the Kenyan and peruvian second division !.

 

[gkmacca]

The Babb Bollock Bruise.

 

[Hyena]

wasn't it actually called the "blanco bounce" ? (why i don't know ) . Anyway it was great at the time , a time when a world cup could turn up and players you'd never heard of would dazzle . Now everybody knows players from the Kenyan and peruvian second division !.

Every kid on the playground was trying that for weeks after.
I was so proud I finally had the technical skills to do one football "trick"...

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

The Bosman

 

[the_khl]

The Laudrup-look-away pass. The Zidane Roulette is also called "Laudrup finten" btw.

 

[gkmacca]

Quite a few tricks and turns named after players actually owed their existence to the physical quirks of such players, so as models for others to try to copy they often caused more harm than good. Cruyff, for example, brilliantly made the most of the fact that he was a pigeon-toed kid with unusually angled hip bones, which made him able to twist and turn his lower body incredibly quickly and tightly. Anyone copying his turn, therefore, was left to wonder why they could never do it as closely to an opponent, nor as quickly, as the man himself. The same was the case with Beckham, whose legs are like a warped ship chine, so he was scooping and bending the ball as a kid even when he was going for a 'normal' cross. It's still a skill, but it's a skill enabled by physical idiosyncracies, a fact that tends to get ignored.

 

[doctor_mac]

wasn't it actually called the "blanco bounce" ? (why i don't know ) . Anyway it was great at the time , a time when a world cup could turn up and players you'd never heard of would dazzle . Now everybody knows players from the Kenyan and peruvian second division !.

Maybe it was...I just remember it, and attempting it too.

 

[Fabio]

Shush macca!
We don't talk of such heresy

 

[the_khl]

Quite a few tricks and turns named after players actually owed their existence to the physical quirks of such players, so as models for others to try to copy they often caused more harm than good. Cruyff, for example, brilliantly made the most of the fact that he was a pigeon-toed kid with unusually angled hip bones, which made him able to twist and turn his lower body incredibly quickly and tightly. Anyone copying his turn, therefore, was left to wonder why they could never do it as closely to an opponent, nor as quickly, as the man himself. The same was the case with Beckham, whose legs are like a warped ship chine, so he was scooping and bending the ball as a kid even when he was going for a 'normal' cross. It's still a skill, but it's a skill enabled by physical idiosyncracies, a fact that tends to get ignored.

Good point.

The Laudrup's for instance had rather long upper bodies compared to the lengths of their legs, which gave them a low center of gravity which meant they could turn and change direction in no time.

 

[Modo]

*Modo likes this*

Haha....I was actually gonna do it....but I didn't want to piss anyone off.

 

[Bradley]

The Poborsky Lob



I really want to sign him after that, we ended up with Pat Burger and he was ok.

 

[Modo]

The Gerrard back pass

 

[Modo]

The Xabi lob.

 

[gkmacca]

The Carragher Nasal Evacuation.

 

[Judge Jules]

The Agger elbow.

 

[Judge Jules]

The Henchoz pat-a-cake.

 

[Mamma Mia]

Quite a few tricks and turns named after players actually owed their existence to the physical quirks of such players, so as models for others to try to copy they often caused more harm than good. Cruyff, for example, brilliantly made the most of the fact that he was a pigeon-toed kid with unusually angled hip bones, which made him able to twist and turn his lower body incredibly quickly and tightly. Anyone copying his turn, therefore, was left to wonder why they could never do it as closely to an opponent, nor as quickly, as the man himself. The same was the case with Beckham, whose legs are like a warped ship chine, so he was scooping and bending the ball as a kid even when he was going for a 'normal' cross. It's still a skill, but it's a skill enabled by physical idiosyncracies, a fact that tends to get ignored.

Messi is another fine example.

 

[Mystic]

The Lucas Foul

 

[Mystic]

The Johnson Absence

 

[Mystic]

The Enrique Cross

 

[FoxForceFive]

The sissoko kick.

 

[FoxForceFive]

The Biscan slide.

 

[nealmac]

The Enrique Giveaway

 

[FoxForceFive]

The Dirk Kuyt first touch.

 

[Athens]

The Grobbelaar wobbly legs

 

[irishred]

 

[TheFasterBlade]

Any giant-killing act should henceforth be known as a RONNIE RADFORD

 

[nealmac]

The Pirlo Dink.

 

[Holle]

The Gerrard U-Turn.