Meaning of backheel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
2. A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.

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Examples

“[Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser.”

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