goal celebrations

Post-score team exuberance

Goal celebrations are the gestures, dances, or rituals players perform after scoring in football, hockey, and other sports.

They range from simple fist pumps to choreographed group routines.

Some become signature moves associated with particular players.

Excessive or provocative celebrations may draw penalties or fines: He was booked for his goal celebration.

Opposites
emotional response to game events

goal celebrationsdejection

State of lowness

despair · stunned silence · heartbreak · disbelief · devastation

positive vs. negative sporting moments

goal celebrationssending off

Act of dispatching

near misses

Family

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Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G