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Kicks

Kicks

How well do you know football vocabulary?

This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are used to describe different ways of kicking a football.

  1. backheel
  2. bicycle-kick
  3. clearance
  4. curl
  5. dummy
  6. half-volley
  7. keepy-uppy
  8. side-foot
  9. toe punt
  10. volley

Use the activity in the LEARN section to learn 10 words and phrases used to describe different football words. 

After you have finished with the learning activity, use the QUIZ to see how much you've learned and to score some points. There are also worksheets you can download to help you learn these football words. 

Remember, when you score points, you move up the leaderboard. You can also help your team and your country climb the leaderboard and become Premier Skills English champions!

Good luck!

Learn and practise the words

 
There are many ways to kick a football!

Activity: This activity tests your knowledge of the 10 words above. Match the words with the pictures.
Test yourself: Match the words and the pictures

Quiz - How many words have you learnt?

Quiz

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Are there any football words that you need help with?
Let us know in the comments.

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almirpereira's picture
almirpereira
03/11/2015
BR
1339
points

Studying a lots.


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almirpereira
03/11/2015 18:15
Brazil
Chelsea
1339

Studying a lots.

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aragorn1986
25/10/2015
ME
3557
points

Very useful lesson. Keepy-uppy, interesting word indeed.


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aragorn1986
25/10/2015 15:06
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Very useful lesson. Keepy-uppy, interesting word indeed.

Noka's picture
Noka
17/10/2015
AL
250
points

Full Points


Noka's picture
Noka
17/10/2015 09:48
Albania
Manchester City
250

Full Points

Daris's picture
Daris
24/09/2015
ID
20
points

I got everything right. I knew some of them before but I wasn't very sure about the exact meaning.


Daris's picture
Daris
24/09/2015 22:52
Indonesia
Manchester United
20

I got everything right. I knew some of them before but I wasn't very sure about the exact meaning.

Abdallah
22/09/2015
KW
1814
points

A bit hard quiz but nice


Abdallah
22/09/2015 12:08
Kuwait
Chelsea
1814

A bit hard quiz but nice

chriswar
23/08/2015
PL
44
points

It was very difficult.


chriswar
23/08/2015 14:54
Poland
Leicester City
44

It was very difficult.

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bocagirl
10/08/2015
AR
0
points

I lost


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bocagirl
10/08/2015 22:18
Argentina
Manchester City
0

I lost

bocagirl's picture
bocagirl
03/08/2015
AR
0
points

I like this game do you


bocagirl's picture
bocagirl
03/08/2015 22:32
Argentina
Manchester City
0

I like this game do you

Sofiene's picture
Sofiene
11/03/2015
TN
2
points

great lexis


Sofiene's picture
Sofiene
11/03/2015 18:34
Tunisia
Arsenal
2

great lexis

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merecmoney
08/08/2014
MX
0
points

j


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merecmoney
08/08/2014 09:08
Mexico
Chelsea
0

j

raulito's picture
raulito
21/07/2014
PE
0
points

I got 9 out of 10.I did a good job indeed learning new words.Last year Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a bicycle kick goal which was rewarded by FiFA as the best 2013 goal.In football a good defender has to know how to clearance a ball to put it away from his goal,always to the side,never straight.In today's football curling a ball is easier than It was in the past because the ball now is lighter.Of course, along with good technique.
Doing keepy-uppies is good to have a better ball control and volley goals are great ones that I enjoy watching.
I also learnt a key word like side-foot


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raulito
21/07/2014 20:51
Peru
Chelsea
0

I got 9 out of 10.I did a good job indeed learning new words.Last year Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a bicycle kick goal which was rewarded by FiFA as the best 2013 goal.In football a good defender has to know how to clearance a ball to put it away from his goal,always to the side,never straight.In today's football curling a ball is easier than It was in the past because the ball now is lighter.Of course, along with good technique.
Doing keepy-uppies is good to have a better ball control and volley goals are great ones that I enjoy watching.
I also learnt a key word like side-foot

Anec's picture
Anec
17/06/2014
LK
0
points

Wow, there's lot of words I didn't know about.


Anec's picture
Anec
17/06/2014 05:13
Sri Lanka
Chelsea
0

Wow, there's lot of words I didn't know about.

Pocoyo's picture
Pocoyo
15/06/2014
MY
0
points

I've just learnt the names for the actions, like the word "keepy-uppies".


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Pocoyo
15/06/2014 08:54
Malaysia
Manchester United
0

I've just learnt the names for the actions, like the word "keepy-uppies".

Lejdi
20/09/2012
0
points

I learnt new words about football.


Lejdi
20/09/2012 16:31


0

I learnt new words about football.

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Learn and practise 10 words used to describe different ways of kicking a football.

Glossary

Tricky spelling:

It's 'bicycle kick' NOT 'bicicle kick' or 'bycicle kick' !