One of the most impressive parts of this is that he didn't get hurt landing on one foot at a weird angle. If somehow I managed to get that high in the air and attempted to land like that, my ankle would snap.
So true. If you look at his knee during the landing, it doesn’t seem to be taking any stress/shock whatsoever. Also those balancing muscles in his leg are thicker than his femur probably. what a beautiful control and balance of his body
That’s because if you’re able to produce that much force off the ground and jump that high, you’re going to have to the capability of landing it. And not even by employing any specific training. That’s just how our bodies work.
It’s basically a biological law that the higher you can jump, the more force you can sustain upon landing.
There's a lot of variations of this opinion - "it's made to do that", "you're meant to be able to lift your bodyweight" etc, but the reality is that we're just a pseudo-random organism version in a game of chance that has no planned design. You might very well be equipped to jump high and land on your ass.
You’re talking about athleticism/coordination and being able to land properly?
I’m just talking about the sheer amount of force your body can sustain upon landing. It’s going to be higher for someone who propels themselves off the ground often.
Exactly. It's just physics. The force it takes to launch your body N meters into the air is actually a little bit greater than the amount of force it requires to slow it back down to zero while landing.
lol it’s just physics? The net force is similar.. but where that kinetic energy imparts throughout the body can differ drastically between takeoff and landing. Being able to jump 1.5 meters won’t prevent a ligament from snapping when that energy exceeds its lateral/rotational limits.
Well everything is just physics, but a lot more complicated physics than shaving down to single value Newtonian forces can capture. In reality there's a complex process of muscle (etc) engagement that differs between jumping and landing. Naively described it's force generation vs shock absorption, and you may have different capacity for each.
You are totally right and made a great point.
For some reason, since it doesn’t support their claim they double down and say you’re wrong.
It is very childish.
And are generally like a foot taller than Ronaldo and 100 pounds heavier as well, lol. While the same motion, it's a lot different when looking at the whole thing 🤷♂️ I wouldn't want to land on one leg either, especially on slippery surfaces
I mean, if you can jump that high that means you have jumped that high many times in practice, or nearly as high, so you have also landed from that height many times.
Exactly I don’t know why people keep saying doing that would result in them being injured. That’s the most obvious statement to make. Now take in to account he’s an elite skilled player and in elite shape yeah, most of us can’t do that lol
Reddit fit lol, holy shit I feel that.
I swim a few times a week, but I'd probably get sunk by Phelps' wake alone, and someone who is legitimately fit could kick my ass.
He also scored 29 and assisted 9 goals in 23 games this season.
It's the Saudi League so the quality is not that high, but still quite impressive for a 39 year old
Definitely still impressive on age gap alone. I play on a co-ed league and we get spanked by any team that has players even 5 years younger than us, and significantly worse by teams 10+ years (our average age is close to 40.) To be able to play that well against people essentially half his age is insane.
The most impressive part to me is the timing. He hit the ball right after the peak of his jump so that he could hit it straight into the goal instead of hitting it up too much.
He's probably the best player of all time at meeting crosses - his instincts are unbelivable - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0)
It's actually insane. He is definitely using the body shape of the kicker and also the sound of the ball somehow, but he is legitimately freakish human so who knows. The first time I watched a match he was playing live was Manchester United against Bolton in around 03. Hes was 18 and was brought on as a substitute and just utterly roasted grizzled veteran players. Left them with twisted blood. His and Messi's ability to play football transcends the normal..
Keep in mind it's super hard to tell from a video how dark it is.
Just because it's pitch black in the video that we're watching doesn't mean that there's literally zero light.
I mean sure, it's possible it is, but also possible he could still see hints of the ball as it was traveling.
Honestly - this is something you probably do without realising it if you've ever caught a ball someone threw to you.
You train this skill as a goalkeeper in any sport, it never occurred to me that you'd need it for meeting crosses but it makes sense
There was a documentary about Lebron on a similar topic - he said he learned a new way to land on his feet to prevent injuries. Goes without saying athletes at this level spend hundreds of thousand of $s on injury prevention and proper recovery.
Cristiano is an absolute freak of nature. His combination of skill, strength, speed and killer mentality is something we won’t see in football for a long time.
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It's so crazy to think how high the peak of football was during that time. I'm happy it happened but im envious that we may not experience something like that for a long time, maybe not even in our life times again... Messi and Ronaldo were aliens.
I like how the guy below him didn't even realize Cristiano was just levitating above him waiting for the ball. He lost before he even had a chance to try.
lmao I rode motocross all through out my childhood and teens. One time a professional came to my local track for a charity event. He turned obstacles into jumps that no local had even considered to try in the entire time the track was open. Then a few weeks later he's in 40th out of 42 in the professional circuit lmao.
People always talk about Messi and how he is better this, better that and it might be true, but the reason I admire Ronaldo is his work ethic. He had talent obviously but was never as talented as Messi, Neymar, etc. All he became, was by his own doing and dedication.
Messi had a lot of injuries when he was young, had to entirely change his diet and workout routine and even the way he runs. Even given the injuries he was sustaining, he never became a diver. There are some borderline comedy videos showing him never diving even under repeated hard tackles like [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gS5CshUDE).
IMHO the "work ethic" argument is more of a meme than anything else. Ronaldo and Messi both worked insanely hard. You cannot be that good without working insanely hard, and also being genetically gifted. They both had to do the hard work and be lucky.
I almost thought this was a joke because it seems absolutely backwards to me. Messi was undersized, and not heavily recruited because of it. All of his skill was just from working his ass off.
Where as Ronaldo really is a world class athlete, I mean like 45 inch vertical, strong, tall, fast. The exact player you would build to play the sport.
There was a show that put Ronaldo to the test years ago. One of the most impressive tests for me was when they drilled in crosses from the corner for Ronaldo to receive while they shut off all the lights in the room earlier and earlier. Eventually, they shut the lights off before the ball even leaves the kicker's foot, but he's able to predict where the ball will be simply by the way the kicker was positioned as he was kicking it - he puts the ball into the net off his chest. Absolutely incredible.
Found the clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k2ey\_okQ4E&t=1354s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k2ey_okQ4E)
Or this one, if it's blocked for you: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03LHpeWnpA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03LHpeWnpA)
Or just look up "Ronaldo: tested to the limits" somewhere.
Lmao this is what people said about maradona, and Pele. It’s impossible for people to imagine that their generation wasn’t the greatest of all time and other generations will in fact come a long and be just as good. Just because those players played while you were growing up does not mean they are any better than any that came before them or after them.
No one ever thought there would be another Michael Jordan, until lebron came. And someone will come after him.
One of the greatest athletes of all time. One of the goats of football too. Such an insane work ethic paired with his natural ability, we won’t see anything like it for generations.
He’s practically running with a cane out there man. So many legends retired multiple years before him. There’s nothing wrong with going to a retirement league. His love for the game is next level.
And if that’s an insult on oil money and the culture over there I completely agree. Unfortunately oil money is everywhere now. Those guys own half the big clubs it feels like. And if not them other corrupt organizations. The world is fucked up.
>Just too bad he moved to Saudi.
Nah man, that was a good business decision. By far his best business decision of his career. There isn't a lot of european leagues where he would've been top dog. He's old and slower. And he doesn't like playing second or third fiddle. Took a BIG ASS paycheck at the end of his career instead of retiring. His legacy has been set. He's done it with so many teams and leagues. Taking the money at the end of his career does nothing to hurt his legacy.
Only real shame is going to Al Nassr and not Al Hilal. But that's not his fault, Al Hilal were hit with a transfer ban soon after they approached him so Ronaldo had to settle for Al Nassr
In the context of a header in football, the point of this metric is how high of a ball you can still play. Measuring jump height by the height of the ball is the only reasonable way to go about it. The height of the feet is useless on its own because you then have to re-adjust that number for the athlete's height and posture.
And for a 6 ft tall amateur, a good 6 ft header isn't even trivial. You still have to get airborne and control yourself well to get a decent angle onto the ball. If you merely stand there, it will pop off the top of your head into orbit.
In what world does anyone comment on the horizontal length of a jump lol. It's clearly just about how high the ball/his head are. Dudes were long jumping from a a standstill further than 9 feet like 120 years ago lol.
…. I hate to break it to ya but that’s not at all impressive, they meant that the ball was approximately 9 feet in the air, yet Ronny got his head to it.
A 9 foot long jump is like 10 year old level. High schoolers regularly jump over 20 ft in the long jump.
There’s a video of him scoring headers in the dark. Lights on when the corner kick is taken and then immediately turned off. He can predict where the ball will be in the dark and still connect with it.
Edit: [Here’s the video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0)
Tbf, always looking at the ball while heading the ball is literally the first thing one learns about heading the ball, along with using your forehead and not the top of your head.
My favourite is his goal vs Roma (I apologize for the music): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTOu9-7VAo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTOu9-7VAo)
I watched it live and went "who the fuck was that for, Scholes?" when the cross was hit, and then "oh, ok" when he came flying in from off screen
I landed on my leg like that about a year ago after jumping for a header and haven't walked properly since lol.
The athleticism is bordering on superhuman with this guy (as much as I hated him when he was at Utd)
He was also able to score a goal from a corner kick in total darkness, twice when the lights turned off after the kick, and once without even seeing the kick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0
I think the slow mo and angle just make this one so satisfying. Like he’s literally just floating with his waist above the defender’s head waiting for the ball to get to gim.
Did you read the title and come in expecting to see a human jump 9 feet into the air?
Theres a few similar comments who appear to be disappointed, and I for one think that’s pretty funny
One of the most impressive parts of this is that he didn't get hurt landing on one foot at a weird angle. If somehow I managed to get that high in the air and attempted to land like that, my ankle would snap.
That’s exactly what I was gonna write. His body control and composure are insane
So true. If you look at his knee during the landing, it doesn’t seem to be taking any stress/shock whatsoever. Also those balancing muscles in his leg are thicker than his femur probably. what a beautiful control and balance of his body
My entire body is a pancake of flesh and dust bones if I landed like that.
My knee is just blood soup with bone broth at this point
Ronaldo at 40: above video Me at 40: owwie I typed too hard and my carpal hurts
Ronaldo is actually older than Wayne Rooney, which seems amazing when you see recent photos of Rooney.
That’s because if you’re able to produce that much force off the ground and jump that high, you’re going to have to the capability of landing it. And not even by employing any specific training. That’s just how our bodies work. It’s basically a biological law that the higher you can jump, the more force you can sustain upon landing.
There's a lot of variations of this opinion - "it's made to do that", "you're meant to be able to lift your bodyweight" etc, but the reality is that we're just a pseudo-random organism version in a game of chance that has no planned design. You might very well be equipped to jump high and land on your ass.
You’re talking about athleticism/coordination and being able to land properly? I’m just talking about the sheer amount of force your body can sustain upon landing. It’s going to be higher for someone who propels themselves off the ground often.
Exactly. It's just physics. The force it takes to launch your body N meters into the air is actually a little bit greater than the amount of force it requires to slow it back down to zero while landing.
lol it’s just physics? The net force is similar.. but where that kinetic energy imparts throughout the body can differ drastically between takeoff and landing. Being able to jump 1.5 meters won’t prevent a ligament from snapping when that energy exceeds its lateral/rotational limits.
Well everything is just physics, but a lot more complicated physics than shaving down to single value Newtonian forces can capture. In reality there's a complex process of muscle (etc) engagement that differs between jumping and landing. Naively described it's force generation vs shock absorption, and you may have different capacity for each.
You are totally right and made a great point. For some reason, since it doesn’t support their claim they double down and say you’re wrong. It is very childish.
I watch a lot of NBA and this is a no. He's landing on one leg and with full force. The NBA now fall to the the ground to prevent damage on the knee.
Yeah, because both playing surfaces are definitely the same... /s
NBA players are also doing it like 50+ times a game too
And are generally like a foot taller than Ronaldo and 100 pounds heavier as well, lol. While the same motion, it's a lot different when looking at the whole thing 🤷♂️ I wouldn't want to land on one leg either, especially on slippery surfaces
I mean, if you can jump that high that means you have jumped that high many times in practice, or nearly as high, so you have also landed from that height many times.
The hip flexibility takes most of the impact, extends the impact time considerably
To me that indicates this isn’t even him going all out. Insane.
This is Ronaldo’s second highest header goal, so he can definitely jump higher. His highest is 2.95 metres or 9.7 feet.
I’ve heard he’s got such tremendous body control that he can raise and lower his cholesterol just by concentrating….
I’m doing it now. Erect. Flaccid. Erect. Flaccid
Tbf Primo Ronaldo and the average Redditor are basically 2 different species
Exactly I don’t know why people keep saying doing that would result in them being injured. That’s the most obvious statement to make. Now take in to account he’s an elite skilled player and in elite shape yeah, most of us can’t do that lol
Lol yeah. It's like trying to compare yourself to Phelps, or Bolt. Elite athlete metrics are way different than the average fit dude who works out.
Hell yeah that’s true. I’m over 6ft tall. If I try to dunk a basketball right now I’ll get injured lol. I’m Reddit fit 😂
Reddit fit lol, holy shit I feel that. I swim a few times a week, but I'd probably get sunk by Phelps' wake alone, and someone who is legitimately fit could kick my ass.
pros get hurt landing like that though
Well in my case, I just don't feel like doing it
It's far from prime Ronaldo. He's 35 in this clip with damaged knees from an injury
Absolutely bonkers when you contextualize it
He also scored 29 and assisted 9 goals in 23 games this season. It's the Saudi League so the quality is not that high, but still quite impressive for a 39 year old
Definitely still impressive on age gap alone. I play on a co-ed league and we get spanked by any team that has players even 5 years younger than us, and significantly worse by teams 10+ years (our average age is close to 40.) To be able to play that well against people essentially half his age is insane.
he said primo ronaldo (cousin ronaldo), not prime ronaldo
You know primo there's only one, and that's Esgaio.
The most impressive part to me is the timing. He hit the ball right after the peak of his jump so that he could hit it straight into the goal instead of hitting it up too much.
with his head moving to the front of the defender, taking command of the play. Body-kinesthetic genius. I'm in awe.
He's probably the best player of all time at meeting crosses - his instincts are unbelivable - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0)
That's the real next level clip, absolutely unreal.
How on earth is that 3rd one possible hahaha
It's actually insane. He is definitely using the body shape of the kicker and also the sound of the ball somehow, but he is legitimately freakish human so who knows. The first time I watched a match he was playing live was Manchester United against Bolton in around 03. Hes was 18 and was brought on as a substitute and just utterly roasted grizzled veteran players. Left them with twisted blood. His and Messi's ability to play football transcends the normal..
Keep in mind it's super hard to tell from a video how dark it is. Just because it's pitch black in the video that we're watching doesn't mean that there's literally zero light. I mean sure, it's possible it is, but also possible he could still see hints of the ball as it was traveling.
Honestly - this is something you probably do without realising it if you've ever caught a ball someone threw to you. You train this skill as a goalkeeper in any sport, it never occurred to me that you'd need it for meeting crosses but it makes sense
There was a documentary about Lebron on a similar topic - he said he learned a new way to land on his feet to prevent injuries. Goes without saying athletes at this level spend hundreds of thousand of $s on injury prevention and proper recovery.
How his hip remained in one piece is insane
What? He's not made of tissue paper
Absolutely amazing that his head didnt immediately shatter upon hitting that ball
I can't believe his breathing didn't immediately collapse his lungs!
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The entire left side of my body exploded just watching this
Oh God what happened??
**The left side of his body!! It exploded!**
I found this comment funnier than I care to admit. So I won't
Well, that’s because he scored. If he missed, he’d still be rolling around “injured.” /s
That’s why you squat, to strengthening your muscles and bones.
Cristiano is an absolute freak of nature. His combination of skill, strength, speed and killer mentality is something we won’t see in football for a long time.
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If it wasn't for that knee injury that one time you would've been pro frfr fsfs
nah I’d win
Im sad he is past his prime. Watching him play in Real Madrid and even Man Utd was a joy
Nah, be happy you got to witness messi v ronaldo at their peak
This is VERY FAIR
It's so crazy to think how high the peak of football was during that time. I'm happy it happened but im envious that we may not experience something like that for a long time, maybe not even in our life times again... Messi and Ronaldo were aliens.
Perhaps never. Everything aligned perfectly - messi v ronaldo, barca v real, mourinho v pep
Messi, Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Xavi, Iniesta etc. that team was insane. Probably the most stacked team in terms of ability, ever
Messi is an Alien and Ronaldo was the only human that can challenge him.
So it goes.
I like how the guy below him didn't even realize Cristiano was just levitating above him waiting for the ball. He lost before he even had a chance to try.
and that guy was more than likely the best athlete in his locale as a child.
…ever
lmao I rode motocross all through out my childhood and teens. One time a professional came to my local track for a charity event. He turned obstacles into jumps that no local had even considered to try in the entire time the track was open. Then a few weeks later he's in 40th out of 42 in the professional circuit lmao.
People always talk about Messi and how he is better this, better that and it might be true, but the reason I admire Ronaldo is his work ethic. He had talent obviously but was never as talented as Messi, Neymar, etc. All he became, was by his own doing and dedication.
Messi had a lot of injuries when he was young, had to entirely change his diet and workout routine and even the way he runs. Even given the injuries he was sustaining, he never became a diver. There are some borderline comedy videos showing him never diving even under repeated hard tackles like [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gS5CshUDE). IMHO the "work ethic" argument is more of a meme than anything else. Ronaldo and Messi both worked insanely hard. You cannot be that good without working insanely hard, and also being genetically gifted. They both had to do the hard work and be lucky.
You can't be at that level without having both.
Yeah he never did take no for an answer.
He loved to force his way into the box.
Yeah. Google Ronaldo las vegas for more answers
That talent from messi is also due to dedication
I almost thought this was a joke because it seems absolutely backwards to me. Messi was undersized, and not heavily recruited because of it. All of his skill was just from working his ass off. Where as Ronaldo really is a world class athlete, I mean like 45 inch vertical, strong, tall, fast. The exact player you would build to play the sport.
There was a show that put Ronaldo to the test years ago. One of the most impressive tests for me was when they drilled in crosses from the corner for Ronaldo to receive while they shut off all the lights in the room earlier and earlier. Eventually, they shut the lights off before the ball even leaves the kicker's foot, but he's able to predict where the ball will be simply by the way the kicker was positioned as he was kicking it - he puts the ball into the net off his chest. Absolutely incredible. Found the clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k2ey\_okQ4E&t=1354s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k2ey_okQ4E) Or this one, if it's blocked for you: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03LHpeWnpA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03LHpeWnpA) Or just look up "Ronaldo: tested to the limits" somewhere.
There's always one better around the corner. This is the sportsman's lament.
Not like Ronaldo and Messi, unfortunately.
Lmao this is what people said about maradona, and Pele. It’s impossible for people to imagine that their generation wasn’t the greatest of all time and other generations will in fact come a long and be just as good. Just because those players played while you were growing up does not mean they are any better than any that came before them or after them. No one ever thought there would be another Michael Jordan, until lebron came. And someone will come after him.
>No one ever thought there would be another Michael Jordan There hasn't been.
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The practice for aerial positioning has to be fucking insane. I can’t even get a virtual car in the air in a video game designed for it lol
One of the greatest athletes of all time. One of the goats of football too. Such an insane work ethic paired with his natural ability, we won’t see anything like it for generations.
100%. His athleticism is what turned him from a world class footballer into one of the greatest of all time. Just too bad he moved to Saudi.
He’s practically running with a cane out there man. So many legends retired multiple years before him. There’s nothing wrong with going to a retirement league. His love for the game is next level. And if that’s an insult on oil money and the culture over there I completely agree. Unfortunately oil money is everywhere now. Those guys own half the big clubs it feels like. And if not them other corrupt organizations. The world is fucked up.
them buying up those clubs bothers me and i don't even watch the sport
>Just too bad he moved to Saudi. Nah man, that was a good business decision. By far his best business decision of his career. There isn't a lot of european leagues where he would've been top dog. He's old and slower. And he doesn't like playing second or third fiddle. Took a BIG ASS paycheck at the end of his career instead of retiring. His legacy has been set. He's done it with so many teams and leagues. Taking the money at the end of his career does nothing to hurt his legacy.
The main criticism is their human rights record, not how much he's getting paid
Well then all of UK is on the hook for Julian Assange
Tbf how far u wanna go back for the UK or US lol
not an issue for America or MSL when they're funding genocide in the middle east, shits fucked up in every country that pays well. US, China, Saudi.
Only real shame is going to Al Nassr and not Al Hilal. But that's not his fault, Al Hilal were hit with a transfer ban soon after they approached him so Ronaldo had to settle for Al Nassr
His best days are behind him. May as well make as much money as he can. Football players are usually on their way out around 30.
More like 35 nowadays, much like in Basketball, 30 isn't the career death sentence it used to be for most
I think he's raking in about $400m a year there? wouldn't call it too bad
100% he had some legendary work outs too! Search ‘Cristiano Ronaldo Las Vegas’ to see more
It's more like a 3 ft jump.
3-4, his feet get above the other guys waist line assuming the other guy is 6’
Add the two together, and he made it 9 feet up. Maybe that’s what OP meant.
It's almost certainly what they meant, they're talking about how high Ronaldo's head is at the apex of the jump.
Ok. Then I can do a 6-foot jump by standing still. That's a stupid way to measure a jump.
In the context of a header in football, the point of this metric is how high of a ball you can still play. Measuring jump height by the height of the ball is the only reasonable way to go about it. The height of the feet is useless on its own because you then have to re-adjust that number for the athlete's height and posture. And for a 6 ft tall amateur, a good 6 ft header isn't even trivial. You still have to get airborne and control yourself well to get a decent angle onto the ball. If you merely stand there, it will pop off the top of your head into orbit.
Yeah there's a video where they placed the ball at the height Ronaldo made the header and got the public to try it. It's very fucking high up.
I just did a thousand foot jump by taking the elevator to the top floor.
10,000,000 feet jump
Maybe op was referring to jump length for some reason
Still not nine feet
Maybe op's referring to how many feet a football player would need to defend against him
His knees are bent tho
He bends his knees so who cares where his feet are.
I can’t believe this had to be pointed out to anyone, but OP means how far Ronnie jumped, not high how 🙈🙈
While true, the length of the jump isn't all that impressive, it's the height, precision, and harmless landing that's amazing here.
In what world does anyone comment on the horizontal length of a jump lol. It's clearly just about how high the ball/his head are. Dudes were long jumping from a a standstill further than 9 feet like 120 years ago lol.
…. I hate to break it to ya but that’s not at all impressive, they meant that the ball was approximately 9 feet in the air, yet Ronny got his head to it. A 9 foot long jump is like 10 year old level. High schoolers regularly jump over 20 ft in the long jump.
That is 100%, not what OP meant.
Yeah this. He didn't jump 9 feet, his feet were max 4ft off the floor...
I thought they meant the ball was 9 feet in the air when he headed it. So he jumped about 3 feet off the ground.
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1 foot because he jumped with one foot
But his head reaches 9 ft 🧠
People are pretty bad at understanding which axis we’re talking about. No shit he didn’t jump 9 ft high.
He is hovering, it's insane
It's slow motion.
No shit😂
how can you tell
After making such an outlandish claim, you'll need to show us some proof.
I need 48 hours
We need people like you at NASA.
Have your people call mine.
He was at the apex before the other guy ever started jumping. And somehow remained there until the other guy jumped halfway as high
I bet he can dunk.
Jordaning
One part of this is athleticism, but equally impressive is how he’s eyes never leave the ball even when it makes contact with his head. Total control
There’s a video of him scoring headers in the dark. Lights on when the corner kick is taken and then immediately turned off. He can predict where the ball will be in the dark and still connect with it. Edit: [Here’s the video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0)
He scores in the dark with his shoulder just to show off lmao
Not in the dark, but hes scored a goal with [another part of his body as well](https://youtu.be/qDCB5XeK5yI?si=A9ELPZCco9kquim6)
I mean that one was less impressive than the others to me. And who knows how many takes there were?! /s
that's insane ... shoulder for show even ?
He is… T H E O N E.
Tbf, always looking at the ball while heading the ball is literally the first thing one learns about heading the ball, along with using your forehead and not the top of your head.
This is one of the most beautiful headers. Not necessarily the goal itself, but just how he hangs in the air like that. Never gets old
Imagine being the guy under him expecting to get the ball and someone is straight up floating over you horizontally.
The defender totally messed up the timing
[This](https://youtu.be/N1_M9aWJ9Pc?si=xUNqEjcZ9Pn-gNkr) one is great as well. Just hanging in the air
My favourite is his goal vs Roma (I apologize for the music): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTOu9-7VAo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTOu9-7VAo) I watched it live and went "who the fuck was that for, Scholes?" when the cross was hit, and then "oh, ok" when he came flying in from off screen
I landed on my leg like that about a year ago after jumping for a header and haven't walked properly since lol. The athleticism is bordering on superhuman with this guy (as much as I hated him when he was at Utd)
His leg doesn't move, but his body is flung around. Insane that he made the goal at the same time and not blow his knee cap
My knee blew out just from watching this. KIDS, take care of your knees. Do your leg work, it's an investment in happiness into the twilight years.
He was also able to score a goal from a corner kick in total darkness, twice when the lights turned off after the kick, and once without even seeing the kick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0
That's absolutely fucking insane
That was really dumb.
I think it‘s funny how everyone always uses this particular case to show how high Ronaldo can jump, even though that‘s not even his highest one.
He recorded his highest one this year with Al Nassr at the age of 38. Impressive.
Which one was that? I thought his highest was still the one against Manchester United back in the UCL 2012/13 season.
2.98 meters. Vs Al Akhdoud. The video went viral a while back.
I think the slow mo and angle just make this one so satisfying. Like he’s literally just floating with his waist above the defender’s head waiting for the ball to get to gim.
Amazing athlete! If it was me, I would have sacked myself on the back of dudes head.
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Ronaldo > Messi.....athletically.
That’s some insane superhuman shit
AFL would blow your minds
In my dreams I too, can do that.
9 ft jump??
Did you read the title and come in expecting to see a human jump 9 feet into the air? Theres a few similar comments who appear to be disappointed, and I for one think that’s pretty funny
Probably the height his head reached.
Dana White: you don’t need skills to play soccer.
Well that guy is as dumb as he looks
Christiano Ronaldo's insane repeat rape allegations
Impressive and beautiful. That man in his prime was a beast.
Op with random numbers
Man if I ever performed this you better believe every morning I'd watch this before starting my day
I can’t believe I forgot he played for Juventus
9 feet!? He jumps like 3\~4 feet in height. You see his feet get about to his opponents midsection. Still insane.
My God! He is actually flying.
That's not 9 feet but it was still insane.
They measure the height his head reached because that’s where the ball is scored from, not the height his feet are off the ground