banana shot

English

Noun

banana shot (plural banana shots)

1. (sports) A shot with a ball sent on a curved banana-shaped trajectory.
   • 2002, Andrew Collins, Guild of Honor, →ISBN, page 53:

     He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.

   • 2006, Richard Witzig, The Global Art of Soccer, →ISBN, page 247:

     [...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner.

   • 2009, Wilson Orhiunu, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 85:

     No one squealed, even though all saw Andrew unleash his poor imitation of a Brazilian Banana shot forty-five degrees away from its intended target.

Related terms

• banana kick