passer une roulette

English translation: do a Marseille turn/Maradona turn/Zidane turn/Maradona spin

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French term or phrase:passer une roulette
English translation:do a Marseille turn/Maradona turn/Zidane turn/Maradona spin
Entered by: Victoria Britten

21:24 Jun 4, 2018
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football
French term or phrase: passer une roulette
This is a woman saying how when she was young she was put down by a boy who said she played well "for a girl". She was very offended because "Il ne savait pas ***passer une roulette*** comme moi, je savais le faire."
If I've understood my partner's explanation, it's where you roll the ball beneath your foot, a sort of way of dribbling it. Does anyone know the English term for this?
Victoria Britten
France
Local time: 14:39
do a Marseille turn/Maradona turn/Zidane turn/Maradona spin
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille_turn

The Marseille Turn, also known as the 360, the Girosflin, the Roulette, and the double drag-back, is a specialised dribbling skill unique to the game of football.[1] Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane are arguably the most notable exponents of the move, thus it has also been known as the Maradona turn and Zidane turn.[1]

http://www.soccer-training-info.com/how_to_do_a_maradona_spi...

How to Do a Maradona Spin Move

In the video below they call this spin turn the Maradona, but it's also been called the Zidane and is now a favorite of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Also, they say Maradona was a player from the late 1990s, but he actually was at his peak when he helped Argentina win the World Cup in 1986 in Mexico. Either way though, the video gives you a could look at how to do a clever spin turn.
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Claire Nolan
Local time: 09:39
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2 +1do a Marseille turn/Maradona turn/Zidane turn/Maradona spin
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2roll the ball
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roll the ball


Explanation:
I think....
http://soccerman.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tehIn8fGQK8

katsy
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do a Marseille turn/Maradona turn/Zidane turn/Maradona spin


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille_turn

The Marseille Turn, also known as the 360, the Girosflin, the Roulette, and the double drag-back, is a specialised dribbling skill unique to the game of football.[1] Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane are arguably the most notable exponents of the move, thus it has also been known as the Maradona turn and Zidane turn.[1]

http://www.soccer-training-info.com/how_to_do_a_maradona_spi...

How to Do a Maradona Spin Move

In the video below they call this spin turn the Maradona, but it's also been called the Zidane and is now a favorite of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Also, they say Maradona was a player from the late 1990s, but he actually was at his peak when he helped Argentina win the World Cup in 1986 in Mexico. Either way though, the video gives you a could look at how to do a clever spin turn.

Claire Nolan
Local time: 09:39
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Thanks again
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your input! I've gone with "Maradona turn" for now, after a little more research (I had to send it back to the client this morning).

Asker: The woman speaking about her childhood football antics would have had Maradona rather than Zidane or Ronaldo as a reference, and my partner - who played a lot of football as a teenager, in France - agreed enthusiastically when I asked if that made sense.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Or simply roulette (turn/spin), which is probably the most common name in English, or occasionally even the helicopter. (Late 1990s?! Maradona was finished as a player in 1994.)
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  -> Thanks, Charles!
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