By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heading the ball can be a dramatic, game-changing play during a soccer match.

Heading a soccer ball alters the brain, new research spearheaded by the University of Sydney has found, despite having no immediate impact on cognition. The findings of a world-first experiment ...

Heading a soccer ball alters the brain, new research spearheaded by the University of Sydney has found, despite having no immediate impact on cognition.

The authors reported that the occurrence rate of cognitive impairment was 9.78% for players with 0-5 headings per match, 14.78% for 6-15 headings, and 15.20% for >15 headings (P = .51).

To characterize the model, a soccer ball was kicked at a force platform, while varying the ball size (size 4, 4.5 and 5) and pressure at which it was inflated (4, 8, ... 311 Heading a soccer ball and ...

Former players who recalled heading the ball between six and 15 times in a match were found to be 2.71 times more likely to show symptoms of impairment than those who headed a ball less often.

An Idaho man on a quest to hold the most concurrent Guinness World Records of anyone in the world gained another title by heading a soccer ball into a target from 52 feet and 5.9 inches away.

Heading a soccer ball alters the brain, new research spearheaded by the University of Sydney has found, despite having no immediate impact on cognition.

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Heading the ball can be a dramatic, game-changing play during a soccer match. Unfortunately, soccer players pay a price every time they make this move ...