Knowing how to head a ball is essential if you want to win aerial tackles. Furthermore, knowing how to do it will allow you to overtake opponents when the ball is in your goal area or in the opponent's area. In addition to this, by hitting the ball well with your head you will be able to score in crosses from corner kicks and free kicks.
Steps
Step 1. Throw the ball into the air or have it thrown into the air by someone
If you are a beginner with head shots, don't throw it too high.
Step 2. Position your head so that you can hit the ball when it falls
Step 3. Move forward and hit the ball with your forehead
Try to get it on the top of your forehead, where the hair begins. By hitting her from there you will be able to give her the maximum possible power. Don't hit it with the top of your head - it hurts and doesn't give the ball much power.
Step 4. Open your eyes when you hit the ball
This way, you will avoid hitting other players.
Step 5. Keep your mouth shut and grit your teeth (or you might get hurt)
Step 6. As you practice, observe the different results of hitting the ball with different parts of the head
This way, you will understand how to hit the ball to give it various directions and speeds.
Advice
- Remember that hitting the ball with your head can have several purposes in football. If you hit her to score a goal, try to make her go hard in the corner of the goal farthest from the keeper. If, on the other hand, you are hitting it to defend, try to make it go upwards, so that it is as far away from you as possible.
- Always keep your eyes closed.
- What you learn will help you with corners, direct and indirect free kicks and throw-ins. You will be able to make the ball go down so that a teammate kicks it towards the goal or hits it while trying to score a goal.
- Work out
Warnings
- If the ball goes fast enough when you hit it, it could hurt you or even cause you a small concussion; however, concussions have been shown to be much less common than collisions with opponents. Concussions can occur if you head violently into an opponent (without the ball being directly involved in the collision) at high speed.
- Make sure you don't fall on the ball - it's pretty rare anyway.
- If the ball hurts your head, avoid hitting it - it could ruin your game!
