METHOD FOR EFFECTUATING PENALTY KICK BY FOOTBALL PLAYER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: football playing method. SUBSTANCE: method involves kicking lower part of ball by toe part of boot sole edge and making abrupt motion by ankle joint of player's kicking leg to himself and abrupt throwing of leg upward, with body being retained in vertical position; striking blow at upper part of lower half of ball, with upper part being defined by an angle of 45 deg below horizontal axis of ball to transmit rotation to ball in forward direction. Method allows "wall" during penalty kick to be overcome by kicking ball above players' heads so that ball flies along path rounding the "wall". As a result ball path is unpredictable and it is difficult for goalkeeper to "reflect" the kick. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified method. 2 dwg