What's going on this week? This week our focus is headers, my personal favorite! (This is Ella writing the post by the way) You may be asking yourself, why does she like headers? I enjoy them because most people are afraid of them, especially newer and more inexperienced soccer players. This is because if you do a header the wrong way, it will end up hurting pretty bad. Injuries during headers usually happen when a player makes contact with the ball on the wrong part of their head. What are headers? Headers are exactly what they sound like. In soccer, if the ball is coming to you in the air, you can hit it with your head to direct it to where you want it to land. Sometimes it's best to hit the ball away from yourself, especially if you're on defense. When hitting the ball with your head, you want to try to aim for it to go in the general direction of a player on your team. I know this sounds obvious, but many players just hit the ball away without considering where it's going to end up. This often results in the other team getting possession of the ball. What makes a good header? When hitting the ball with your head, you want to hit it with the top of your forehead. That's the toughest part of your head, so it doesn't hurt as bad. Where people run into trouble is when they hit the ball with the top of your head. I can speak from experience that it doesn't feel great! A good header is also a controlled one. It takes practice, but once you learn to aim your headers it becomes way easier to get them where you want them to go. Stop talking! What's this week's competition? This week's competition will be structured similar to our settling competition (competition three). Each of us will get ten tries to aim their headers in the direction their partner calls out. For example, if Fuller Kate was my partner, she's throw the ball in the air and say, "Right". I would do my best to aim my header to the right side of the field. Like last time, if there is a bad throw the person doing the headers gets a redo. The person with the most correct headers out of ten tries wins! Check out this week's video to see who wins! Video Link: https://youtu.be/2Oc0vUh2hMk?si=oskkzGmnlFDX2SMq
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