Two of soccer’s biggest stars have different approaches to one of the game’s most tense moments. Here’s a closer look.

In soccer, the instep kick exemplifies the intricate balance between speed and accuracy, with the kinetic chain from the pelvis through the lower limb dictating both ball velocity and precision.

Data reveal that males activate certain hip and leg muscles more than females during the motion of the instep and side-foot kicks -- the most common soccer kicks -- which may help explain why ...

Participants 10 male collegiate soccer players with no history of previous significant lower extremity injury were tested. Interventions Side-foot kicks and instep kicks were recorded in three times ...

Data reveals that males activate certain hip and leg muscles more than females during the motion of the instep and side-foot kicks – the most common soccer kicks – which may help explain why ...

But by the mid-1970s more placekickers were using soccer style than a toe kick. By the late 1980s, toe-ballers were extinct, because soccer kickers were generally making more of their attempts.

Most soccer players have been doing that since they were 4 or 5, similar to setting up for free kicks. What’s different, he said, is learning to elevate the ball quickly to get it over leaping ...

Anti-discrimination organization Kick It Out said it received a record number of reports of discriminatory behavior during the 2022/23 soccer season. The 1,007 reports represent a 65.1% increase ...

The anatomy of every free-kick is different, and Rice’s pair were spectacular for distinct reasons. The whip on the first was absurd, with the ball sent careering way outside the width of the ...

Soccer fans in Brazil were left astounded as Volta Redonda upset Fluminense to clinch a 1-0 victory in the Taça Guanabara following a bicycle kick goal – set up by a bicycle kick assist.