Fastest Time to Land a Header With a Soccer Training Ball

Australia

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia / October 15, 2026

William Cain kicks a soccer training ball on a cord straight up in his Melbourne living room and jumps to meet it with his head on the way down. Counted frame by frame, the ball leaves his foot and lands on his head 22 frames later, 0.73 seconds at the video's 30 frames per second. Blink and you'd miss the whole thing.

Tags: soccer ball, football, soccer, kids, fastest, sports

Rules

The ball must be a soccer training ball (a kick trainer ball on a cord). The performer may hold the cord but must not pull it to bring the ball to the head or to change the height of the kick.
The attempt is one kick followed by one header; the ball may not touch anything else in between.
Timing starts when the ball leaves the performer's foot and stops when it touches the performer's head, counted frame by frame from the video.
The video must be one continuous, unedited take at normal speed (no slow motion). Timing is only as fine as the frame rate (about 0.03 seconds at 30 frames per second), so a new time must be at least one frame faster to beat the record.
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