Gregg Norton Los Osos, Calif. What is the acrobatic soccer move where a player can strike a ball over his head with his foot in mid-air while the body is upside down? Mike Woitalla: Gregg, it sounds like you’re referring to the bicycle kick. Here’s are the appropriate excerpts from the glossary of “The Simplest Game” by Soccer America columnist Paul Gardner. “Bicycle kick: A volley in which the player kicks the ball over his own head. This is not just a simple overhead kick, which can be accomplished keeping one foot on the ground. In the true bicycle kick, the player has both feet off the ground. With his body “floating” horizontally he uses a rapid pedaling motion of both legs (hence the bicycle reference) to kick the ball backward. “The player is, in effect, performing a somersault as he kicks. This allows him to get his feet above the level of his head so that the trajectory of the ball can be kept down, essential for one of the bicycle kick’s most spectacular uses as a shot on goal. The bicycle kick should not be confused with the scissor kick. “[The scissor kick is a] side volley. The ball is kicked in the direction that the player is facing. The player leans sideways, throws his legs upward, and volleys the ball forward with a scissorlike motion as the kicking leg passes forward over the other leg. Not to be confused with the bicycle kick.” (If you have a question for a Soccer America Magazine editor, click “Q&A with SA Editors” in the left column of the home page under “Interactive.”)