The bicycle kick is an advanced football skill that is dangerous for inexperienced players.
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12 Facts About Bicycle kick
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Advanced techniques like the bicycle kick developed from South American adaptations to the football style introduced by British immigrants.
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The bicycle kick has since attained such a wide allure that, in 2016, FIFA regarded the bicycle kick as "football's most spectacular sight".
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The bicycle kick has been featured in works of art, such as sculptures, films, advertisements, and literature.
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Bicycle kick is known in English by three names: bicycle kick, overhead kick, and scissors kick.
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An offensive bicycle kick is used when a player has their back to the opposing goal and is near the goalmouth.
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Crosses that precede an offensive bicycle kick are of dubious accuracy—German striker Klaus Fischer reportedly stated that most crosses prior to a bicycle kick are bad.
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The bicycle kick could have been first performed in the 1910s by Ramon Unzaga, a Spanish-born Basque athlete who naturalized Chilean, at Chile's seaport of Talcahuano, there receiving the name chorera .
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Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the bicycle kick continues to be a skill that is rarely executed successfully in football matches.
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Bicycle kick retains much appeal among fans and footballers; Hesse and Simpson highlight the positive impact a successful bicycle kick has on player notability, and the United States Soccer Federation describes it as an iconic embellishment of the sport.
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Monument to the bicycle kick executed by Ramon Unzaga was erected in Talcahuano, Chile, in 2014; created by sculptor Maria Angelica Echavarri, the statue is composed of copper and bronze and measures three meters in diameter.
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An action like the bicycle kick is used in sepak takraw, a sport whose objective is to kick a ball over a net and into the opposing team's side.
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