The 18 yard box is, well, 18 yards from the goal. Top flight soccer player’s shots can reach upwards of 100mph, let’s use that number to keep it easy. This means it takes ~0.36s for the ball to reach the net from that position.
Human reaction time of an expected event (and Pickford can see this the whole way, so let’s assume it’s expected) is about 0.1s. So well within the realm of possibility, but still an amazing save, it’s no easy feat that he’s able to accurately reach the position where the ball is headed to in that remaining ~0.2 seconds.
psycho_geniuss on
That’s the save of the season so far , Pickford 🥶🫡
Efficient_Arugula391 on
Great save, but not even Pickford could save Barry from himself.
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The 18 yard box is, well, 18 yards from the goal. Top flight soccer player’s shots can reach upwards of 100mph, let’s use that number to keep it easy. This means it takes ~0.36s for the ball to reach the net from that position.
Human reaction time of an expected event (and Pickford can see this the whole way, so let’s assume it’s expected) is about 0.1s. So well within the realm of possibility, but still an amazing save, it’s no easy feat that he’s able to accurately reach the position where the ball is headed to in that remaining ~0.2 seconds.
That’s the save of the season so far , Pickford 🥶🫡
Great save, but not even Pickford could save Barry from himself.