Hulk is known for having one of the most powerful shots in football — but the number everyone repeats isn’t actually the full story. His “official” fastest free kick is listed at 119 km/h, and for years that never sat right with me. This past week, one of his freekicks went directly into the wall.. which happened to be the last piece I needed to solve the mystery. Here's the math: In football, the wall is 9.15 meters away. Broadcast clip = 30 fps. The ball takes 7 frames to travel those 9.15 meters. That's 9.15/0.233 = 39.21 m/s. Converted (x3.6) = 141.2 km/h, or 87.7 mph -- more than 20 km/h faster than his "official" record. Sometimes the real number is hiding in plain sight 👀✔ #football #soccer #hulk #freekick #shotpower #analysis #brazil #futbol #brasileirao
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Apparently every stranger at the park I play against is Hulk in disguise
I've seen faster from a hand serve in volley ball how do you hit a ball with more strenght with your hand than your leg?
Imagine him in his prime
This guy has literally jumped in
1% thinking 99%trust
Oof that headache is going to be a real pain
Bros name is hulk obvious he’s gonna be like hulk but in football
87mph is just insane
bro turned into jank botenko
~2500 Newtons of force to the head is crazy
His name is hulk for the reason
Imagine hulk in his prime if he played for Mourinho. Ultimate haram ball, free kick to injure
Bro is the new Roberto Carlos
Why this guy looks like christoper nolan😂
The first real soccer injury
Rensuke Kunigami irl
"The man! The myth! The legend! SCOTT STERLING!!!" 😂😂😂
just putting random sound effects and hoping they do sum 😭😭
We need asian height guy for this
Scott Sterling would be proud