With roughly 15 minutes remaining in the first half, Christian Volesky was in clean on goal after a well-weighted pass in the right channel from Matt Polster, but didn't get the contact he wanted and allowed the Louisville goalkeeper to save.
Does it just mean its a good pass? or actually this is a type of technique in soccer?
Best Answer
A weighted pass means you are passing the ball – not to the place where the player is, but to the place where your moving teammate will be:
The term isn't necessarily only used in football; I found this in a rugby book:
and this one is from a recap of an ice hockey game:
The blue line in this diagram shows the trajectory of a weighted pass:
You can watch the execution of the pass at this YouTube video.