banana ball

English

Noun

banana ball (plural banana balls)

1. (sports) A banana shot
   • 1987, Kurt Aschermann, Coaching Kids to Play Soccer, →ISBN, page 53.

     When trying to bend the ball around defenders, a defensive wall, or the goalie's outstretched hands, the banana ball is used.

   • 2001, Rayne Barton, The Green Hills Golf Chronicles, →ISBN, page 155:

     Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.

   • 2009, Christopher Sandford, Imran Khan: The Cricketer, The Celebrity, The Politician, →ISBN, page 138.

     As we've seen, Imran was among the first to master the art, and in particular the extravagantly curving 'banana ball' that was to bring him a rich harvest of wickets in 1981 and beyond.