What does it take to pull off the perfect header?

The best header of a ball in football history? The highest jumper? Better hang-time than an NBA basketball player?
What does it take to pull off the perfect header?
Fri, 08 Jul, 2016 - 01:00
Larry Ryan

Cristiano Ronaldo’s thunderbolt against Wales has attracted a great deal of scientific scrutiny assessing the mechanics of his prodigious leap.

The bald metrics: Ronaldo made contact with Raphael Guerreiro’s cross 8ft 7in (261cm) in the air.

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