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Inswinger

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounCommon term

In football (soccer), inswinger means: A delivery whose curve takes the ball towards the goal as it travels into the penalty area.

In Turkish: kaleye doğru kavislenen orta

How it is used

Often used for corners; inswinging is the adjective in an inswinging corner.

Example sentences

  1. Her inswinger forced the goalkeeper to come through a crowd of players.

    The curve carries the delivery into the keeper's working space.

  2. We chose an inswinger from the right to attack the near-post area.

    The chosen trajectory supports a particular attacking route.

Common collocations

  • deliver an inswinger
  • dangerous inswinger
  • inswinging corner
  • corner kickA kick from the corner of the pitch, given to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line after last touching a defending player and no goal is scored.
  • crossA pass from the side of the pitch into the penalty area, aimed at a teammate who can head or shoot. As a verb, to cross means to deliver such a pass.

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