To 'shoot like a girl' should never be used as a put-down, but unfortunately the term is still used by some male football fans in a derogatory context. They've clearly never watched women's football.
When Australia star Katrina Gorry 'shoots like a girl', you do not want to miss it.
"When she winds up that rocket right foot from outside the area, it's not staying in the 'keeper's gloves", said retired Australia star Sarah Walsh, who has tipped Gorry to take her burgeoning game to the next level during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in June.
"She's a class act and I don't think we have seen the best of her yet," Walsh said.
It's an ominous warning for the Matildas' Group D rivals United States, Nigeria and Sweden.
At just 22 years-old - and two years after making her national team debut - the FC Kansas City midfielder has emerged as one of the stars of a Matildas team brimming with confidence after its tour of Europe, which served as preparation for the World Cup in Canada.
Gorry, a creative midfielder, gives that rare impression time has slowed down when she is on the ball. With the ability to create chances for the players around her out of nothing, as well as finish them herself, she poses a constant attacking threat.
And she'll only get better.
That's the view of Walsh, who said football fans are in for a treat from the 2014 AFC Women's Player of the Year when the Matildas' World Cup campaign begins against the formidable United States on 8 June.
Gorry spoke to TWG's Scott McIntyre after being crowned Asia's best player:
"She will surprise a few people that's for sure," Walsh said. "She's certainly a class act and I don't think we have seen the best of her yet.
"I'd say she could end up in the (tournament's) best eleven."
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