banana shot

plural banana shots

1. hobbiesA shot with a ball sent on a curved banana-shaped trajectory.

   He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.

   2002, Andrew Collins, Guild of Honor, →ISBN, page 53

   2 more examples

   [...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner.

   2006, Richard Witzig, The Global Art of Soccer, →ISBN, page 247

   No one squealed, even though all saw Andrew unleash his poor imitation of a Brazilian Banana shot forty-five degrees away from its intended target.

   2009, Wilson Orhiunu, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 85

   Synonyms: banana ball