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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Virtual reality could help improve heading skills amid new restrictions – study

Virtual reality could help footballers improve their heading without the repetitive head impacts from a ball, a new study indicates.

Players involved in a study at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Institute of Sport and its Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences demonstrated greater performance in ‘real world’ heading after training with a VR headset compared to a control group who did no training.

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