đá gót

Cầu thủ đá gót bóng về phía đồng đội.

Definition

1. Verb (Sports):
   • To backheel / to heel: The primary meaning of "đá gót" is to kick a ball using the back of the heel, a technique often used in football (soccer) to pass or shoot the ball in an unexpected direction, typically while facing away from the target.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cầu thủ đó đã đá gót bóng vào lưới một cách đẹp mắt. (That player beautifully backheeled the ball into the net.)
  • Anh ấy đá gót để chuyền bóng cho đồng đội phía sau. (He heeled the ball to pass it to a teammate behind him.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in the context of ball sports, particularly football (soccer). It describes a specific and skillful maneuver.

Variants and Related Words

• Đá (v): to kick.

  • Cậu bé đá quả bóng. (The boy kicks the ball.)

• Đá hậu (v): a less common synonym for "đá gót," also meaning to backheel.

  • Pha đá hậu của anh ấy rất bất ngờ. (His backheel was very surprising.)

Synonyms

• To backheel: The most direct and common English equivalent in sports commentary.
• To heel: A shorter, sometimes used synonym in football contexts.

Related Idioms

• This is a specific technical term for a sports action.