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  2. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

  3. Face-off - Wikipedia

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    Rule 76.2 also dictates that, with some exceptions, a face-off following a penalty must occur at one of the two face-off dots of the offending team's end. [1] An official may remove the player taking the face-off if the player or any players from the same team attempt to gain an unfair advantage during the face-off (called a face-off violation).

  4. Player-coach - Wikipedia

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    A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Playercoaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make changes to the squad and also play on the team.

  5. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...

  6. List of sports clichés - Wikipedia

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    This is immediately followed by a dramatic montage with tear soaked hugs of players and coaches who are genuinely better off for the experience. After a supreme achievement on the sports field/court/diamond, the achiever will, for no apparent reason, extend his arm and use his forefinger to point, for an extended period of time, to a team-mate ...

  7. Special team - Wikipedia

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    Special teams in American football, units that are on the field during kicking plays. The Field goal, punt, kickoff are the kicking plays of special teams, and they require a skilled Placekicker and Punter. Special teams in ice hockey, players on the ice during a power play or penalty kill.

  8. Football coach - Wikipedia

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    Football coach may refer to: Manager (association football) Coach (American football) Head coach; Offensive coordinator; Defensive coordinator; Special teams coordinator; College Coach, a 1933 American film

  9. Pakistan national football team - Wikipedia

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    The era also saw one of the finest players to ever grace the field in Pakistan football history, such as Abdul Ghafoor, nicknamed the "Pakistani Pelé" and "Black Pearl of Pakistan", [21] Moosa Ghazi, Abid Ghazi, Muhammad Umer Baloch, Turab Ali, Murad Bakhsh, Qadir Bakhsh, Maula Bakhsh, Ayub Dar, Ghulam Rabbani, Mohammad Amin, Ali Nawaz Baloch ...