Curl (football)

As Bananenflanke is known in the parlance of the sport a cross into the opposition (edge) with strongly curved trajectory. But the ball is kicked out of the game with Swerve.

Technology

Curving cross is performed by the internal clamping shock so-called. This " wipes " the executive walking with his inside the ball past and provides lateral rotation of the ball. The ball is hit was about the big toe bone. The foot swings after hitting the ball, he "leads" the ball almost up a notch. This also contributes to the rotation.

The curved trajectory that describes the ball at the edge of bananas, caused by the rotation of the ball. He pulls air with it, in the direction in which it rotates ( Magnus effect). The ball is accelerated from the player to about 100 km / h and rotates about eight times per second, on its own axis. Wherein the effect in addition turbulence plays a role.

First, those flanks were beaten in Brazil. It had Didi, director of the Brazilian team at the World Cup 1958 in Sweden, particularly impressive performances. In German professional football curving cross was particularly struck skillfully from outside to inside of Manfred Kaltz. Kaltz ' banana flanks reached the end of the 1970er/Anfang 1980s at Hamburger SV not only the most accurate as a cult status (On saying Hrubeschs was: " Manni Banana, I head gate" ) the head of Horst Hrubesch, but also for a short time such a thing. Other attested Gert "Charly" Dörfel to have been a skilful Bananenflanker. This had thus served in the national as well as at HSV especially Uwe Seeler as a template generator.

As the inventor of Bananenflanke applies the Brazilian player Arthur Friedenreich.