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Shot; Hard, fast &
without spin, like a fast ball mixed with a knuckle ball. Very hard for a
goalie to get a read on it. Causes them often to misjudge resulting in an
GOAL!
Back spin pass; 30 to 60
yards like a well placed golf shot with a soft landing and backspin. Over
the defenders head landing softly at the feet of their teammate. Opens up
the aerial game like a good quarterback in football.
••Bender; For the direct
free kick it means up and over the wall curving back in and down to the
upper V before the goalie can reach it resulting in a GOAL! One of Petar’s
students received a full scholarship to UMass primarily for her ability to
score over and around the wall. On the field it’s used as
a crossing pass around a
defender curving back into a teammate.