Favorite Play in Sports

[Webster]

Had a discussion yesterday with friends about the types of plays in sports which they enjoy the most. Not a specific event (like Kirk Gibson's HR) or even an athlete doing a signature move (Kareem's sky hook). Just the type of play which you like watching. Here was my top 4:

-- Up and under in basketball
-- Lateral after a completed pass in football
-- Panenka in soccer (for those who don't know, that's a penalty kick which is chipped down the middle)
-- Dummy in soccer

Anyone else?

 

[Big Circus]

When I was a student at UVA, they beat Georgia Tech on a late hook-and-ladder, and being in the stadium for that was just about the most bat**** thing I've been a part of.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Inside the park homers can be good. although most come when an outfielder falls down or clocks himself into the wall.

 

[dreunc1542]

My first thought when I saw the title was a triple or inside-the-park home run in baseball.

 

[MTM]

-- Great throw from the outfield leading to a close play at home plate

-- Kickoff or punt return for a touchdown

 

[Songbird]

° guard penetration and finishing in the vein of Mo Cheeks (30-sec mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtFwEif9uvk) or Wade when he was at his best, even Iverson

° women's Olympic floor exercise

° 5 or more minutes of whistle-free hockey

° 2 outs in bottom-9 of a no-hitter (or perfect game)

 

[Michael_ Gee]

When an outside shooter of the Steph Curry variety gets hot and takes over a game for half a period or so is pretty memorable.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Free kick for a field goal taken after fair catching a punt.

Kareem's skyhook

Curling free kicks around the wall into the upper corner of the goal.

GKs stopping PKs.

Solo breakaways in cycling.

 

[albert77]

In no particular order:

Holing out a chip shot from a bunker.

A 25-yard-plus rocket shot for a goal in soccer.

A 4-6-3 double play.

A successful Hail Mary pass.

A 3-point barrage on consecutive possessions.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Kick returns for touchdowns. At least until the clipping flag gets thrown.

 

[JackReacher]

The 50 Gut

 

[MisterCreosote]

Meaning, fast-break slam dunks. This just happens to be my favorite.

 

[ColdCat]

A defensive lineman getting a turnover and trying to run it in
A goalie in hockey getting caught out of position and somehow diving to make a save
A successfully defended corner kick in soccer turning into a counter
Also, blocking a layup in basketball. This would be the most famous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GD8feepwrE but honestly Tayshaun Prince did this several times in his career.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Agree on the defensive lineman with the turnover for the TD. There was a 49ers lineman who had an interception for a TD back in the 1990s. I thought it was Michael Carter, but they're showing that he never scored a TD.

The bicycle kick in soccer.
The falling out of bounds shot in basketball.
A successful Hail Mary that goes to the player targeted by the QB. I'm thinking Flutie-Phelan, Stewart-Westbrook
A walkoff HR in baseball
The called third strike to end an inning.
A RB or a returner who is hit by eight or more defenders who still scores.
A triple or inside the park HR where there is clearly no error.
Stealing home when it's not a passed ball.

 

[RickStain]

Flea flicker!

 

[BTExpress]

The back-to-your-opponent, between-the-legs shot in tennis. Usually done in desperation, but sometimes . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37qyvTRVus8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xgJjDhZtuY

 

[da man]

The ol' Statue-of-Liberty play.

 

[Big Circus]

Flea flicker!

"Say what?"

 

[Fly]

A perfectly executed hip check.

 

[Webster]

One I left out -- in hoops, when a defender pulls the chair.