Header

How it is used

Players score with a header, win headers in the air and flick the ball on with a header. A powerful header from a cross is one of the most common ways to score from set pieces. The verb is head: "He headed the ball into the net."

Example sentences

1. Her header from the corner went just wide of the post.

2. Our centre-backs won almost every header today.

Common collocations

• score with a header
• powerful header
• glancing header
• win a header
• diving header

Related terms

• crossA pass from the side of the pitch into the penalty area, aimed at a teammate who can head or shoot. As a verb, to cross means to deliver such a pass.
• corner kickA kick from the corner of the pitch, given to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line after last touching a defending player and no goal is scored.
• centre-backA defender who plays in the middle of the back line, marking strikers, winning headers and clearing danger from the penalty area.
• shotAn attempt to score by kicking or heading the ball towards the opponents' goal.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• header · Software Engineering
• header · Web Development

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