CORTITA Y AL PIE BLACK - Retro Football Keychain

"Short and to the point" was born in the stands and on the vacant lots, where there was no time for fancy footwork. It's the pass that leaves the boot and arrives cleanly to the teammate, without the ball bouncing or deflecting: direct, safe, with no risk of losing it along the way.

In neighborhood soccer, we learned that long passes looked good on TV, but short ones won games. "Short and to the point" was the captain's order when the team got nervous, when it was time to calm down and not give the ball away.

That expression jumped from the pitch to everyday life. Today we use it to ask for the same thing we asked for on the field: clarity, no beating around the bush, no wasting time. "Short and to the point" means the same as it did then: No complications.