Has a soccer ball ever hit you in the face?
@schwing_girl89 (278)
United States
January 3, 2009 11:23pm CST
A very embarrassing and somewhat frustrating thing that can happen yes. Once, back when I was in middle school my dad took me to the park to practice my head butts with the soccer ball. It was a sunny clear day, and he was drop kicking the ball high up, goalie style. One particularly kick I remember, I couldn't see the ball because the sun was in my eyes. I was squinting with my hand trying to shade my view. But, before I knew it was too late. The ball came full force and hit me in the nose. I remember it hurt so bad! my nose didn't bleed but it certainly made my eyes water. has that ever happened to you?
4 responses
@Matthammer (385)
•
8 Jan 09
Ack i've been hit by a football more times than i can remember.
As a tall defender i frequently got clumped by freekicks which were intended for the top corner. I remember jumping to block and the ball came lower than i expected ... alot lower ... that certainly made my eyes water ;)
Having said that i also had a pretty fierce free-kick myself and recall hitting one from outside the box which broke the crossbar..
I later took a second and the wall actually moved in anticipation haha
@zamakh (517)
• South Korea
6 Jan 09
your not alone :D. for me it's like thousands times a ball hit on my face! (LOL) haha not that much actually, but it happened quite often. the worse is when i try to block a pass with my body, but accidentally the ball hit my face in full speed! hoho.. that's make me laying on the field for a couple of minutes. and not only in soccer/football, but also in volley ball and even worse, basket ball! it's hurt much more than soccer ball.
@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
6 Jan 09
haha, i had been hit at least 3 times if i am not wrong. each time it was painful as i took the full blow of the kick in my face and at my nose which was extremely painful. i was stunned for a while when it hit me and i thought i would die due to broken nose. It was really painful and since then, i would always learn to protect myself with my hand when i went in for a tackle.
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@soundfreak22nd (475)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 09
It happens once on me. The ball hit directly onto my face when my friend try to pass the ball and I was unable to dodge it. Your head will spinning for a while and you can feel you had broke your nose but it actually didn't. I remember its hard to get up when you're hit.
@schwing_girl89 (278)
• United States
4 Jan 09
Definitely, i was pretty much convinced he broke it. But, I'm not sure heh. I mean I do have a misshapen nose, but I'm not sure if it was already going to develop like that anyway or because of that incident. no matter really though =]
