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THE DEMISE OF THE AIR HEADER

THOMAS SARGENT says a crucial part of the pre-game warm-up is in danger of extinction…

MODERN football has seen us lose many things in the wake of the mixture of new additions to the game; new technology, new rules and new techniques but the thing I miss the most, and which is increasingly disappearing from view, is the air header.
Yes, the air header. The ten-yard sprint and jump at an imaginary ball usually coming straight at you (I can’t say I’ve ever seen anyone do an imaginary flicked air header but now I’ve thought about it I’d very much like to see...

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