Meaning

2 senses
  1. A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.

    уда́р пя́ткойudár pjátkoj

  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.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He redirected the ball with a backheel.

  2. He backheeled the ball to his teammate.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
soccer:

Origin

From back + heel.

From back + heel.

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Forms

plural: backheels
Singularbackheel
Pluralbackheels

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backheel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto