scorpion kick

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scorpion kick

noun scorpion kicks

  1. A rare type of kick in association football where the player dives headlong so their body flies parallel to the ground in a prone position and quickly extends their hips and flexes their knees backwards, so they resemble a scorpion's upright tail, to kick a football passing towards his heels, returning it in the direction it came.

    Similar: scorpion volley

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noun soccer: kick

Españolescorpión
한국어스콜피온 킥 seukolpion kik
Portuguêsescorpião
РусскийУдар скорпиона Udar skorpiona

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@misc{scorpion_kick_2026,
  title = {scorpion kick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scorpion%20kick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}