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Curl (association football)

May 02, 2024

Curl or bend in association football is a definition for a spin on the ball which makes the ball move in a curved direction. When kicking the ball, the inside of the foot is often used to curl the ball, but this can also be done by using the outside of the foot. Similar to curl, the ball can also swerve in the air, without the spin on the ball which makes the ball curl.[1]

David Beckham (centre) scoring with a bending free kick in 2007. The ball is struck with the inside of his right foot, with his body leaning to the left to generate extra curl on the ball.

Curling or bending the ball is especially used in free kicks, shots from outside the penalty area and crosses. Differences between balls can affect the amount of swerve and curl: traditional leather footballs were too heavy to curl without great effort, whereas lighter modern footballs curl more easily.

Nomenclature edit

The deviation of a ball from the straight path in the air is known as the curl, or swerve; however, the spin on the ball that causes this is also known as the curl. Shots that curl, bend, or swerve are known as curlers, or in extreme cases, banana shots.[2][3] The technique of putting curl on a ball with the outside of the foot is sometimes known as a trivela, a Portuguese term, with Ricardo Quaresma a notable user of this skill.[4] The topspin technique of putting straight curl (instead of side curl) on a ball is known as a dip or dipping shot.[5] Putting no spin on the ball is often used for longer distance kicks, and can cause the ball to dip, or wobble in the air unpredictably.[6] The 1950s Brazilian star Didi is thought to have invented this technique, and used it frequently when taking free kicks, which were known as folha seca ("dry" or "dead leaf," in Portuguese) free kicks.[7][8][9] Today it is commonly known as the knuckleball technique;[6][10] this technique has also been described in the media as the "tomahawk",[11] or even the "maledetta" ("accursed," in Italian).[12]

Usage edit

Free kicks edit

 
Roberto Carlos' bending free kick for Brazil (yellow) against France (blue) in 1997 was struck with the outside of his left foot.[3]

Free kick takers often curl and put spin on the ball, to curl it over or around the wall of defending players, out of the reach of the goalkeeper. Goalkeepers usually organize walls to cover one side of the goal, and then stand themselves on the other side. Thus, the free kick taker has several choices, from curling the ball around the wall with finesse, to bending the ball around the wall using power, or even going over the wall‍—‍although this last lessens the likelihood of scoring from close range.

The 1950s Brazilian star Didi is widely believed to have invented the folha seca technique;[7][8][9] however, Italian forward Giuseppe Meazza before him is also credited with using the technique.[13][14][15][16][17] Today, the knuckleball technique is notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho (whose technique has often been emulated),[18][19] and Cristiano Ronaldo, who would strike the ball with either no or a low amount of spin, causing it to swerve unexpectedly at a point near the goal.[20][7][21] Gareth Bale[22][23][24][11] and Andrea Pirlo are also notable proponents of this technique when taking free-kicks.[12][25]

Corners edit

 
Representation of how the Magnus effect affects the ball's movement during corner kick goals

Curling can be an effective technique when taking corners. The ball gradually moves in the air towards the goal. This is referred to as an in-swinging corner. Occasionally, a corner-taker will bend the ball towards the edge of the penalty area, for an attacker to volley, or take a touch and then shoot. Rarely, a goal can be scored directly, this is called an "Olympic goal" and it requires amazing technique and a distraction of the opposing goalkeeper.

Passing edit

Curling can be used in passing. Effective passes from midfield to an attacking player are often the result of a curled pass around the defender, or long cross-field passes are sometimes aided by the addition of curl or backspin. This can be done with either the inside of the foot or outside of the foot. The outside of the foot may be used when a player is facing sideways and wants to use the dominant foot to make a pass; this technique is known as the trivela.

Causes edit

The fact that spin on a football makes it curl is explained by the Magnus effect. In brief, a rotating ball creates a whirlpool of air with itself at its center. Thus, the air on one side of the ball moves in the same direction the ball is traveling in, and the air on the other side moves in the opposite direction. This creates a difference in air pressure around the ball, and it is this sustained difference in pressure which causes the course of the ball to deviate.[26]

The Magnus effect is named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus, who described the effect in 1852.[26] In 1672, Isaac Newton had described it and correctly inferred the cause after observing tennis players in his Cambridge college.[27][28]

Notable players edit

Many football players are renowned for their ability to curl or bend the ball when passing or shooting at goal, either from open play or a free kick. These include: Pelé, Didi, Rivellino, Zico, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola, Michael Gregoritsch, Siniša Mihajlović, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, David Beckham, Roberto Carlos, Juninho, Ronald Koeman, Andrea Pirlo, Ricardo Quaresma, Gareth Bale, Philippe Coutinho, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Neymar, Kaká, Miralem Pjanić, Rogério Ceni, Shunsuke Nakamura, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Hristo Stoichkov, Thomas Murg, Luis Chávez, Carlos Vela , Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modrić, Giuseppe Meazza, Ángel Di María, Kevin De Bruyne and Lionel Messi, among others.[nb 1]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ See[7][14][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

References edit

  1. ^ "How to Curve a Soccer Ball". The Instep. 2019-12-27. from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  2. ^ . 90min.com. 11 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Bend it like a Brazilian". the Guardian. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ Ronay, Barney (29 June 2018). "Quaresma chooses liberation over conformity with outside of his boot". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ^ "How To Score a Dipping Shot | The Ultimate Guide To Shooting With Dip". YouTube. from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  6. ^ a b . FIFA.com. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d "Kings of the free-kick" 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2014
  8. ^ a b Brian Glanville (15 May 2001). "Didi". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Didi". The Telegraph. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Top 10 Knuckleball Goals". YouTube. from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  11. ^ a b San Martín, Pedro P. (14 September 2013). . as.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b Gerna, Jacopo (11 November 2013). "Juventus: Pirlo, ma che punizione hai tirato? La maledetta che sfida la fisica". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  13. ^ . FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  14. ^ a b Tidey, Will (23 March 2013). "Pele to Zico to Beckham to Ronaldo: Evolution of the Free-Kick Masters". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Giuseppe Meazza" (in Italian). Magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Technical gifts". www.giuseppemeazza.it. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  17. ^ Hackett, Robin (13 September 2012). "Giuseppe Meazza: Champion of the world". ESPN FC. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  18. ^ Anka, Carl (16 December 2018). "Noughty Boys: No one hit a free-kick quite like Juninho Pernambucano". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Ranking the 16 Greatest Free-Kick Takers of All Time". Bleacher Report. from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  20. ^ "The best free-kick taker EVER: Juninho Pernambucano on how he got so good". Four Four Two. from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  21. ^ "The Top 15 Best Shooters in World Football". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  22. ^ Wilson, Jeremy (2016-06-19). "Gareth Bale's free-kick secrets - and how he is on the brink of history at Euro 2016". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  23. ^ Patterson, Mark (21 December 2013). "Real Madrid's Gareth Bale Gives a Free Kick Masterclass". Bleacher Report. from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Gareth Bale explains why he has altered his free-kicks in Euro 2016". Sky Sports. 20 June 2016. from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  25. ^ Stycer, Mauricio (11 June 2014). "Mestre de Pirlo, Juninho Pernambucano ensinou italiano a bater falta" (in Portuguese). UOL.
  26. ^ a b G. Magnus (1852) "Über die Abweichung der Geschosse," Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pages 1-23.
  27. ^ Isaac Newton, "A letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, of the University of Cambridge, containing his new theory about light and color," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, pages 3075-3087 (1671-1672). (Note: In this letter, Newton tried to explain the refraction of light by arguing that rotating particles of light curve as they moved through a medium just as a rotating tennis ball curves as it moves through the air.)
  28. ^ Gleick, James. 2004. Isaac Newton. London: Harper Fourth Estate.
  29. ^ "The Joy of Six: classiest hat-tricks" 2017-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2014
  30. ^ "From Messi to Ronaldo – the world's best free kick takers" 2013-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2012
  31. ^ "Watch Real Madrid's Gareth Bale curl in a mesmerizing free kick from 35 yards" 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. USA Today. Retrieves 20 December 2014
  32. ^ "Free-kick master Pirlo". Football Italia. 19 March 2014. from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  33. ^ Martin Mazur (1 November 2007). "Gianfranco Zola: One-on-One". Four Four Two. from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  34. ^ Dermot Corrigan (25 September 2015). "Neymar ready to take over from Lionel Messi on Barcelona free kicks". ESPN FC. from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  35. ^ Roger Gonzalez (13 September 2016). "WATCH: This free kick goal from Neymar in the Champions League is a thing of beauty". www.cbssports.com. from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  36. ^ Mark Rodden (26 October 2015). "Juninho says Miralem Pjanic is world's best free-kick taker". ESPN FC. from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  37. ^ Muhammad Butt (12 September 2018). "10 players that have somehow scored more free-kicks than Lionel Messi… so far". www.squawka.com. from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  38. ^ Liew, Jonathan (4 July 2016). "Ricardo Quaresma emerges from Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow to help duo to brink of career-defining glory". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  39. ^ Theivam, Kieran (5 May 2018). "Fran Kirby stars as Chelsea Ladies win second Women's FA Cup over Arsenal". The Independent. from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  40. ^ Ewan, Murray (22 June 2021). "Scotland's Euro 2020 dreams dashed as Croatia and Modric turn on the style". The Guardian. from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  41. ^ Ronan Murphy (15 January 2018). "Bend it Like Beckham: The football comedy that launched Keira Knightley's career". Goal.com. from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  42. ^ “Season 10 - Bend It Like Brackenreid - Murdoch Mysteries“ 2018-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. CBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018

External links edit

  • BBC Sport Academy guide on how to curl the ball

May 02, 2024
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Curl or bend in association football is a definition for a spin on the ball which makes the ball move in a curved direction When kicking the ball the inside of the foot is often used to curl the ball but this can also be done by using the outside of the foot Similar to curl the ball can also swerve in the air without the spin on the ball which makes the ball curl 1 David Beckham centre scoring with a bending free kick in 2007 The ball is struck with the inside of his right foot with his body leaning to the left to generate extra curl on the ball Curling or bending the ball is especially used in free kicks shots from outside the penalty area and crosses Differences between balls can affect the amount of swerve and curl traditional leather footballs were too heavy to curl without great effort whereas lighter modern footballs curl more easily Contents 1 Nomenclature 2 Usage 2 1 Free kicks 2 2 Corners 2 3 Passing 3 Causes 4 Notable players 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksNomenclature editThe deviation of a ball from the straight path in the air is known as the curl or swerve however the spin on the ball that causes this is also known as the curl Shots that curl bend or swerve are known as curlers or in extreme cases banana shots 2 3 The technique of putting curl on a ball with the outside of the foot is sometimes known as a trivela a Portuguese term with Ricardo Quaresma a notable user of this skill 4 The topspin technique of putting straight curl instead of side curl on a ball is known as a dip or dipping shot 5 Putting no spin on the ball is often used for longer distance kicks and can cause the ball to dip or wobble in the air unpredictably 6 The 1950s Brazilian star Didi is thought to have invented this technique and used it frequently when taking free kicks which were known as folha seca dry or dead leaf in Portuguese free kicks 7 8 9 Today it is commonly known as the knuckleball technique 6 10 this technique has also been described in the media as the tomahawk 11 or even the maledetta accursed in Italian 12 Usage editFree kicks edit nbsp Roberto Carlos bending free kick for Brazil yellow against France blue in 1997 was struck with the outside of his left foot 3 Free kick takers often curl and put spin on the ball to curl it over or around the wall of defending players out of the reach of the goalkeeper Goalkeepers usually organize walls to cover one side of the goal and then stand themselves on the other side Thus the free kick taker has several choices from curling the ball around the wall with finesse to bending the ball around the wall using power or even going over the wall although this last lessens the likelihood of scoring from close range The 1950s Brazilian star Didi is widely believed to have invented the folha seca technique 7 8 9 however Italian forward Giuseppe Meazza before him is also credited with using the technique 13 14 15 16 17 Today the knuckleball technique is notably used by modern day players such as Juninho whose technique has often been emulated 18 19 and Cristiano Ronaldo who would strike the ball with either no or a low amount of spin causing it to swerve unexpectedly at a point near the goal 20 7 21 Gareth Bale 22 23 24 11 and Andrea Pirlo are also notable proponents of this technique when taking free kicks 12 25 Corners edit nbsp Representation of how the Magnus effect affects the ball s movement during corner kick goals Curling can be an effective technique when taking corners The ball gradually moves in the air towards the goal This is referred to as an in swinging corner Occasionally a corner taker will bend the ball towards the edge of the penalty area for an attacker to volley or take a touch and then shoot Rarely a goal can be scored directly this is called an Olympic goal and it requires amazing technique and a distraction of the opposing goalkeeper Passing edit Curling can be used in passing Effective passes from midfield to an attacking player are often the result of a curled pass around the defender or long cross field passes are sometimes aided by the addition of curl or backspin This can be done with either the inside of the foot or outside of the foot The outside of the foot may be used when a player is facing sideways and wants to use the dominant foot to make a pass this technique is known as the trivela Causes editThe fact that spin on a football makes it curl is explained by the Magnus effect In brief a rotating ball creates a whirlpool of air with itself at its center Thus the air on one side of the ball moves in the same direction the ball is traveling in and the air on the other side moves in the opposite direction This creates a difference in air pressure around the ball and it is this sustained difference in pressure which causes the course of the ball to deviate 26 The Magnus effect is named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus who described the effect in 1852 26 In 1672 Isaac Newton had described it and correctly inferred the cause after observing tennis players in his Cambridge college 27 28 Notable players editMany football players are renowned for their ability to curl or bend the ball when passing or shooting at goal either from open play or a free kick These include Pele Didi Rivellino Zico Diego Maradona Michel Platini Roberto Baggio Alessandro Del Piero Gianfranco Zola Michael Gregoritsch Sinisa Mihajlovic Zinedine Zidane Rivaldo David Beckham Roberto Carlos Juninho Ronald Koeman Andrea Pirlo Ricardo Quaresma Gareth Bale Philippe Coutinho Ronaldinho Thierry Henry Neymar Kaka Miralem Pjanic Rogerio Ceni Shunsuke Nakamura Pierre van Hooijdonk Hristo Stoichkov Thomas Murg Luis Chavez Carlos Vela Cristiano Ronaldo Luka Modric Giuseppe Meazza Angel Di Maria Kevin De Bruyne and Lionel Messi among others nb 1 See also edit nbsp Association football portal Shooting Free kick Corner kick Bend It Like Beckham 2002 41 It also plays a part in the Murdoch Mysteries episode Bend It Like Brackenreid 42 Notes edit See 7 14 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 References edit How to Curve a Soccer Ball The Instep 2019 12 27 Archived from the original on 2020 10 12 Retrieved 2020 10 05 Twitter Reacts as Roberto Carlos Almost Recreates Famous Banana Free Kick 90min com 11 August 2019 Archived from the original on 29 July 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2022 a b Bend it like a Brazilian the Guardian 19 May 2002 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Ronay Barney 29 June 2018 Quaresma chooses liberation over conformity with outside of his boot The Guardian Retrieved 13 April 2022 How To Score a Dipping Shot The Ultimate Guide To Shooting With Dip YouTube Archived from the original on 2020 05 01 Retrieved 2018 12 30 a b Who is the free kick master FIFA com 30 October 2007 Archived from the original on 18 April 2008 Retrieved 27 April 2010 a b c d Kings of the free kick Archived 2015 05 12 at the Wayback Machine FIFA com Retrieved 20 May 2014 a b Brian Glanville 15 May 2001 Didi The Guardian Retrieved 21 February 2017 a b Didi The Telegraph 15 May 2001 Retrieved 21 February 2017 Top 10 Knuckleball Goals YouTube Archived from the original on 2019 03 22 Retrieved 2018 12 30 a b San Martin Pedro P 14 September 2013 Set piece dilemma CR7 Tomahawk vs Bale Knuckleball as com Archived from the original on 1 December 2013 Retrieved 13 December 2018 a b Gerna Jacopo 11 November 2013 Juventus Pirlo ma che punizione hai tirato La maledetta che sfida la fisica La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italian Retrieved 21 January 2015 The inimitable Giuseppe Meazza FIFA com Archived from the original on October 26 2019 Retrieved 21 January 2015 a b Tidey Will 23 March 2013 Pele to Zico to Beckham to Ronaldo Evolution of the Free Kick Masters Bleacher Report Retrieved 26 October 2019 Giuseppe Meazza in Italian Magliarossonera it Retrieved 3 January 2016 Technical gifts www giuseppemeazza it Retrieved 26 October 2019 Hackett Robin 13 September 2012 Giuseppe Meazza Champion of the world ESPN FC Retrieved 26 October 2019 Anka Carl 16 December 2018 Noughty Boys No one hit a free kick quite like Juninho Pernambucano BBC Sport Retrieved 26 October 2019 Ranking the 16 Greatest Free Kick Takers of All Time Bleacher Report Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 Retrieved 15 October 2020 The best free kick taker EVER Juninho Pernambucano on how he got so good Four Four Two Archived from the original on 10 January 2021 Retrieved 15 October 2020 The Top 15 Best Shooters in World Football Bleacher Report Retrieved 15 October 2020 Wilson Jeremy 2016 06 19 Gareth Bale s free kick secrets and how he is on the brink of history at Euro 2016 The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Archived from the original on 2020 10 08 Retrieved 2020 10 05 Patterson Mark 21 December 2013 Real Madrid s Gareth Bale Gives a Free Kick Masterclass Bleacher Report Archived from the original on 23 January 2014 Retrieved 5 October 2020 Gareth Bale explains why he has altered his free kicks in Euro 2016 Sky Sports 20 June 2016 Archived from the original on 9 October 2020 Retrieved 5 October 2020 Stycer Mauricio 11 June 2014 Mestre de Pirlo Juninho Pernambucano ensinou italiano a bater falta in Portuguese UOL a b G Magnus 1852 Uber die Abweichung der Geschosse Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin pages 1 23 Isaac Newton A letter of Mr Isaac Newton of the University of Cambridge containing his new theory about light and color Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society vol 7 pages 3075 3087 1671 1672 Note In this letter Newton tried to explain the refraction of light by arguing that rotating particles of light curve as they moved through a medium just as a rotating tennis ball curves as it moves through the air Gleick James 2004 Isaac Newton London Harper Fourth Estate The Joy of Six classiest hat tricks Archived 2017 02 22 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian Retrieved 22 August 2014 From Messi to Ronaldo the world s best free kick takers Archived 2013 01 11 at the Wayback Machine The Telegraph Retrieved 4 November 2012 Watch Real Madrid s Gareth Bale curl in a mesmerizing free kick from 35 yards Archived 2014 12 21 at the Wayback Machine USA Today Retrieves 20 December 2014 Free kick master Pirlo Football Italia 19 March 2014 Archived from the original on 22 July 2015 Retrieved 19 July 2015 Martin Mazur 1 November 2007 Gianfranco Zola One on One Four Four Two Archived from the original on 8 July 2015 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Dermot Corrigan 25 September 2015 Neymar ready to take over from Lionel Messi on Barcelona free kicks ESPN FC Archived from the original on 15 October 2018 Retrieved 14 October 2018 Roger Gonzalez 13 September 2016 WATCH This free kick goal from Neymar in the Champions League is a thing of beauty www cbssports com Archived from the original on 14 October 2018 Retrieved 14 October 2018 Mark Rodden 26 October 2015 Juninho says Miralem Pjanic is world s best free kick taker ESPN FC Archived from the original on 30 April 2019 Retrieved 17 November 2015 Muhammad Butt 12 September 2018 10 players that have somehow scored more free kicks than Lionel Messi so far www squawka com Archived from the original on 15 December 2018 Retrieved 13 December 2018 Liew Jonathan 4 July 2016 Ricardo Quaresma emerges from Cristiano Ronaldo s shadow to help duo to brink of career defining glory The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 10 August 2018 Retrieved 10 August 2018 Theivam Kieran 5 May 2018 Fran Kirby stars as Chelsea Ladies win second Women s FA Cup over Arsenal The Independent Archived from the original on 23 February 2019 Retrieved 22 February 2019 Ewan Murray 22 June 2021 Scotland s Euro 2020 dreams dashed as Croatia and Modric turn on the style The Guardian Archived from the original on 22 June 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 Ronan Murphy 15 January 2018 Bend it Like Beckham The football comedy that launched Keira Knightley s career Goal com Archived from the original on 15 December 2018 Retrieved 13 December 2018 Season 10 Bend It 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