1 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:08,840 Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most 2 00:00:06,279 --> 00:00:11,400 valuable footballers on the planet his 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,240 talent is mesmerizing he's really good 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,000 technically he's really fast he's an 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,359 athlete a complete 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,320 athlete Christiano Ronaldo is one of the 7 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:24,519 best players in the world but what is it 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:27,039 that gives Ronaldo The Edge over other 9 00:00:24,519 --> 00:00:28,840 players to find out he's come to this 10 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:31,439 specially created state-of-the-art 11 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:34,800 laboratory in Madrid 12 00:00:31,439 --> 00:00:37,000 here in a world exclusive Sports Science 13 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:41,360 experts are going to forensically 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:44,239 analyze what makes him such an efficient 15 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,039 machine Ronaldo will submit to an array 16 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:48,039 of 17 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:50,680 tests each one designed to investigate a 18 00:00:48,039 --> 00:00:53,280 different strength in his game it's 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,920 amazing to see how my body works so it's 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,680 fun fun day the results are revealing 21 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:02,640 and often surprising as Cristiano 22 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,640 Ronaldo is testing Ed to the 23 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,540 [Music] 24 00:01:20,119 --> 00:01:25,200 limit in this Sports laboratory 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,520 Cristiano Ronaldo is about to undergo a 26 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:30,240 series of challenges unlike any he's 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:33,520 done before he'll undergo tests for body 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:35,320 strength mental ability technique and 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,640 finally 30 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:40,920 skill guiding him through this is 31 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:43,680 football consultant and the 32 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:46,200 Ansa he's teamed up with leading Sports 33 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:49,158 scientists hoping to uncover the secrets 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,960 behind Ronaldo's tremendous ability we 35 00:01:49,158 --> 00:01:52,799 stretch out properly the first of the 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,640 four challenges is one of the most 37 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:57,960 crucial on a football 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,960 pitch body 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:04,280 strength 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:07,080 with 40 goals in a single season Ronaldo 41 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:10,478 is La liga's highest scoring player 42 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,280 ever one of the fastest men on the pitch 43 00:02:10,478 --> 00:02:14,840 his lower body strength gives him the 44 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:17,959 acceleration to get that hair's breadth 45 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:20,840 nearer the ball and in today's game 46 00:02:17,959 --> 00:02:20,840 every millimeter 47 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:30,160 counts to test Ronaldo's sprinting 48 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,840 ability Andy has developed veled a 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,599 two-part 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:39,680 challenge first a straight Sprint over 51 00:02:34,599 --> 00:02:41,760 25 M then a 25 M zigzag Sprint designed 52 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:45,040 to measure Speed and 53 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,640 Agility to draw a comparison Ronaldo is 54 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,879 going to race against professional 55 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:51,079 Sprinter Angel David 56 00:02:48,879 --> 00:02:53,680 Rodriguez Rodriguez is the Spanish 57 00:02:51,079 --> 00:02:56,599 Champion over 100 meters but how will he 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:59,840 compare with Ronaldo over 25 59 00:02:56,599 --> 00:03:02,480 M infrared Bean timing Gates will will 60 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:05,519 give Split Second 61 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:08,680 results and in charge of the test is 62 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:10,319 biomechanics expert Neil Smith we want 63 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,159 to see the different muscles and the 64 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:14,400 different components that are used in 65 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:17,400 order to find out who's quicker a 66 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,400 sprinter or a 67 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,959 football Rodriguez is going to go first 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,959 take your 69 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,680 marks 70 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:31,680 [Music] 71 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,680 set 72 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:37,599 how do we do now Ang hit 3.31 seconds 73 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:39,799 Ary Ang girl quality different class 74 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:43,040 it's fast what do you think Ronaldo do 75 00:03:39,799 --> 00:03:46,680 maybe the same strong aan you sure yeah 76 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:49,439 I know slow motion replays reveal that 77 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:53,230 Rodriguez makes a strong Explosive Start 78 00:03:49,439 --> 00:03:56,360 reaching top speed and under half the 79 00:03:53,230 --> 00:03:56,360 [Music] 80 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,760 distance all his movements are in a 81 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,000 straight line very linear nothing from 82 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,400 side to side at all everything is moving 83 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:09,319 in front to back directions no energy is 84 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:12,120 wasted rodrigus has a high knee 85 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:15,478 action this gives him a very long stride 86 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:19,839 length of 2.5 87 00:04:15,478 --> 00:04:21,839 M Ronaldo's Target to beat is 3.31 88 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,759 seconds let's see what he's got coming 89 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,720 in 90 00:04:22,759 --> 00:04:26,720 buddy let's get Ronaldo on the 91 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,199 blocks oh okay new 92 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:41,080 set and girl come and join us what was 93 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,639 Ronaldo's time he's done well Andy he's 94 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:46,479 got 3.61 seconds and what was Angel's 95 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:48,919 time Angel clocked in at 3.31 so that's 96 00:04:46,479 --> 00:04:51,080 3 seconds three difference equality 97 00:04:48,919 --> 00:04:53,600 different class considering Ang girl 98 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,560 classy Sprinter that's not bad at all so 99 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,440 Ronaldo narrowly lost the straight 100 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:00,960 Sprint on closer analysis the reasons 101 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:03,479 why are clear from a sprinter's point of 102 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:06,600 view uh Cristiano Ronaldo's technique 103 00:05:03,479 --> 00:05:08,440 isn't the best um but then Cristiano 104 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,160 Ronaldo is not a 105 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:13,960 sprinter he's very quick Off the Mark 106 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,600 but his style is quite different he has 107 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,360 to still think about the sprinting 108 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:21,080 that's where his head goes back 109 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,600 and if you go like this with your arms 110 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,280 the chances are behind you your legs 111 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:28,240 will be doing that also and that means 112 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,960 lower knee height because of his usual 113 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,680 increase in speed and decrease speed 114 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,479 during a game of soccer his stride 115 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:38,159 length is quite short and quite sharp 116 00:05:33,479 --> 00:05:41,319 quite staccato and only covers 1.7 m per 117 00:05:38,159 --> 00:05:44,280 stride in a 90-minute match Ronaldo will 118 00:05:41,319 --> 00:05:47,479 usually cover over 10 kilm but very 119 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:50,360 little of that is in straight line 120 00:05:47,479 --> 00:05:53,159 Sprints in football the ability to 121 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,120 abruptly change direction is vital so 122 00:05:53,159 --> 00:05:57,400 the zigzag course is designed to 123 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,520 replicate what happens in a game how 124 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:03,039 well do you think you'll do on the 125 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:04,319 zigzag me me yeah he kicks me let's 126 00:06:03,039 --> 00:06:06,800 let's go and do our thing come on guys 127 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:12,599 let's give it a 128 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,599 go take your marks get set 129 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:18,599 go Rodriguez is still very fast around 130 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,520 this course he navigates the poles well 131 00:06:18,599 --> 00:06:24,759 keeping his balance even when his body 132 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,759 is almost at 45° at some 133 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,400 points 134 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,960 Rodriguez completes the zigzag course in 135 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:47,400 6.86 136 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:49,400 seconds so Ronaldo 6 point 6.86 to beat 137 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,919 what do you think well because this is 138 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:55,039 my my type work I use more this in a 139 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:58,960 game than run in straight line so this 140 00:06:55,039 --> 00:07:02,360 is my more my profile my style perfect 141 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:06,479 let's get set okay good man take your 142 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,479 marks get set 143 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:14,400 go Ronaldo's Style again has very little 144 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:14,400 in common with the 145 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:21,840 [Music] 146 00:07:18,919 --> 00:07:24,000 sprinters okay and girl come and join us 147 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:26,919 so first of all Neil remind us of 148 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,440 Angel's score angel came in at 6.86 149 00:07:26,919 --> 00:07:32,520 second 6.86 and then Ronaldo 150 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,039 6.35 so what's the difference there 151 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,680 almost half a second there andy almost 152 00:07:34,039 --> 00:07:38,599 half a second superb exactly what we was 153 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,520 expecting from our footballer correct 154 00:07:38,599 --> 00:07:41,840 yeah yeah well what we're hoping there 155 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,400 you can see a very big difference 156 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,159 between the straight line sprinting we 157 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,280 got very long strides nice high center 158 00:07:45,159 --> 00:07:49,400 of gravity Cristiano comes into his own 159 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,680 here we lower the center of gravity we 160 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,680 enable ourselves to push off and 161 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,039 accelerate sidewards that center of 162 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,840 gravity nice and low their knees are 163 00:07:54,039 --> 00:07:57,280 bent the hips are bent and the muscles 164 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,319 are hopefully working at their Optimum 165 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:04,120 length because this is my my style you 166 00:08:00,319 --> 00:08:08,440 know I I use this a lot in a in a pitch 167 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:10,800 so I guess that I'm more chances in this 168 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:13,560 type of run that's straight line without 169 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,720 a shadow of that improved it when we 170 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,039 look at the zigzag movements we can see 171 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:20,560 a way that Cristiano anticipates the 172 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:22,360 change of Direction coming into play as 173 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,560 Cristiano approaches we see a lot of 174 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,199 shorter 175 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,240 steps this is in STK contrast to what we 176 00:08:27,199 --> 00:08:31,240 see from 177 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,240 Angel 178 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,880 to change direction he does something 179 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:37,279 that probably most people wouldn't they 180 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:39,919 would almost drop down to the ground to 181 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:42,490 change movement Cristiano Ronaldo almost 182 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:50,640 goes upright goes 183 00:08:42,490 --> 00:08:53,600 [Music] 184 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:55,640 taller oh look he jumps into it with two 185 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,920 feet this turn here we go yeah there we 186 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:00,079 go there yeah we can see Angel using one 187 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,600 foot there to break in one in one 188 00:09:00,079 --> 00:09:03,360 particular stride and try and push off 189 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,440 in the very next Cristiano's 190 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:08,040 decelerating using both feet yeah places 191 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,839 his center of gravity inside the line of 192 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,880 his foot and Away goes it's almost like 193 00:09:10,839 --> 00:09:14,600 he uses one foot primarily for taking 194 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,519 the breaking force as we see that inside 195 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,959 foot there then the outside foot is more 196 00:09:16,519 --> 00:09:20,920 for the acceleration force and Cristiano 197 00:09:18,959 --> 00:09:23,240 places approximately five body weights 198 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,720 worth of force through the outside foot 199 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,320 towards the next turn so in in what 200 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,680 we're seeing now is he multi-talented 201 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,760 that that's a given anyway with 202 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:33,200 Cristiano Ronaldo but the way his body 203 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,800 works and the way it's built and all the 204 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,000 different components that he uses when 205 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,360 sprinting affords him the ability to 206 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,519 maybe perform in terms of an athletic 207 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,399 Sprint at the very high very very 208 00:09:41,519 --> 00:09:44,720 highest level yeah he's up there we've 209 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:46,240 seen his speed is up there we've seen 210 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,839 the movement and the agil up there he 211 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,560 can change direction quickly he can 212 00:09:47,839 --> 00:09:51,320 accelerate and decelerate whilst he's 213 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:54,760 still concentrating on the 214 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:58,120 game Ronaldo won by quite a margin his 215 00:09:54,760 --> 00:10:00,040 time over the zigzag Sprint was 6.35 216 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,640 seconds 217 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:05,200 clearly his ability to corner at speed 218 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,200 gives him an 219 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:12,720 advantage and fundamental to this is 220 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:14,279 muscle strength so before the next test 221 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,920 Ronaldo's muscles are going to be 222 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:19,560 measured to see if there's anything 223 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:21,160 unusual okay Ronaldo this is Lis hi so 224 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:23,279 we want to look at your body we want to 225 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:26,800 check everything out what makes Ronaldo 226 00:10:23,279 --> 00:10:26,800 special okay 227 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:33,680 okay this is a state-of-the-art 228 00:10:30,519 --> 00:10:33,680 Precision 3D body 229 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:39,680 scanner it uses a laser beam to create a 230 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:42,519 visual profile of the exterior body 231 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:48,519 shape and gives us exact measurements 232 00:10:42,519 --> 00:10:48,519 like height 185. one cm chest 233 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,959 109 Ronaldo has extremely lean 234 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:56,320 well-defined 235 00:10:52,959 --> 00:10:58,040 musculature he has 3% less body fat than 236 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:03,079 a super 237 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:06,440 model his thigh circumference is 61.7 CM 238 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:09,120 which is well above average but his calf 239 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:11,360 muscles are less developed and the scan 240 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,920 exposes a fact about their size that 241 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,920 surprises 242 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:23,360 Ronaldo having uneven calve muscles 243 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,360 hasn't held Ronaldo back in fact his 244 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,120 body dimensions are part of the secret 245 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:30,519 to his success he has the long legs of a 246 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,800 sprinter the lean physique of a middle 247 00:11:30,519 --> 00:11:36,160 distance Runner and the powerful thighs 248 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,079 of a high jumper what sets him apart is 249 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:41,519 that he has all those attributes in one 250 00:11:39,079 --> 00:11:43,800 body like tuning an engine for high 251 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:47,200 performance Ronaldo has tuned up his 252 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:49,560 body strength significantly over recent 253 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:53,040 years he's increased his wind rate in 254 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:55,800 the air from 40% to over 255 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,560 66% he can now fly higher than many of 256 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,639 his 257 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:02,639 opponents so next Ronaldo's explosive 258 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:05,959 jumping ability is going to be 259 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:08,320 tested here we are okay Ronaldo this is 260 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:09,800 the high jump no explain to us how this 261 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,519 works what we're going to get you to do 262 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,079 is a test of lower body power the higher 263 00:12:12,519 --> 00:12:15,920 you jump the more powerful your legs are 264 00:12:14,079 --> 00:12:16,760 going to be so we're going to place you 265 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,959 on the 266 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,760 mat we're going to instruct you to jump 267 00:12:18,959 --> 00:12:22,399 as high as possible give it you a 268 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,360 maximal effort and try and land back on 269 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,399 the mat again this mat is actually a 270 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,600 very sensitive pressure sensor that 271 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:30,480 measures takeoff force and the keeping 272 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,079 is his hands on his hips correct you're 273 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,920 going to try not to use the arms as an 274 00:12:32,079 --> 00:12:35,519 extra counter B so that's why we do this 275 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,519 so that he can't use his arms as 276 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:43,959 elevation it's just about to concentrate 277 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:43,959 just on explosive power okay 3 2 278 00:12:46,230 --> 00:12:55,480 [Music] 279 00:12:51,519 --> 00:12:59,519 1 the result is surprising Ronaldo jumps 280 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:01,800 only 44 CM barely average with a force 281 00:12:59,519 --> 00:13:04,680 of just one and a half times his body 282 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:07,120 weight something's 283 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:08,880 wrong so now this is the thing that you 284 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,440 don't jump like that in the game we have 285 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:13,560 to make it relevant to football of 286 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:15,920 course if you jump with threee hands is 287 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:19,320 better you jump more then yeah you're 288 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:21,519 quite limitate so can you also register 289 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:24,160 that if I get Ronaldo to jump if he 290 00:13:21,519 --> 00:13:25,880 comes in and jumps up off one foot and 291 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,959 lands we'll get the impact of the 292 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:33,600 pressure as he hits the pressure plate 293 00:13:27,959 --> 00:13:33,600 let's try that let's try that 3 2 1 294 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:40,000 go now the results are very different 295 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:43,480 Ronaldo's body strength enables him to 296 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:46,120 jump 78 CM Which is higher than the 297 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:49,120 average NBA basketball player can 298 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:52,160 jump his takeoff force is almost five 299 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:55,079 times his body weight or 5 GS the same 300 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:57,320 as an astronaut goes through at takeoff 301 00:13:55,079 --> 00:13:59,320 but what's more intriguing is what he 302 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,360 does in the air when he jump jumps high 303 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,360 he tucks his knees and his legs up 304 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,399 behind under his buttocks this has the 305 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,600 effect of raising the center of gravity 306 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:09,680 temporarily but enables him to get this 307 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,560 impression of hanging in the air ready 308 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:15,800 for him heading the ball into the 309 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:19,079 goal excellent good good good awesome 310 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,079 Ronaldo let's move on to our next 311 00:14:19,399 --> 00:14:27,680 test very hard because you you have to 312 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:29,959 give 100% everything that uh you involve 313 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:32,440 Ronaldo's muscle distribution and raw 314 00:14:29,959 --> 00:14:35,320 body strength contribute significantly 315 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:37,320 to his ability but the next set of tests 316 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,600 will reveal how important his mental 317 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,199 ability is to his game and the results 318 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,199 are truly 319 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,040 [Music] 320 00:14:45,690 --> 00:14:52,200 [Applause] 321 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:52,200 [Music] 322 00:14:55,530 --> 00:14:58,830 [Music] 323 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:05,390 stunning 324 00:14:58,830 --> 00:15:05,390 [Music] 325 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:12,340 [Music] 326 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:23,030 [Music] 327 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:27,680 [Applause] 328 00:15:23,030 --> 00:15:29,680 [Music] 329 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,680 for the first time time Cristiano 330 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,360 Ronaldo is being put under the 331 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:36,279 microscope Sports scientists are testing 332 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,279 the component parts that make him one of 333 00:15:36,279 --> 00:15:42,279 the Well's most valuable 334 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:45,120 footballers his body strength has been 335 00:15:42,279 --> 00:15:48,040 tested but now scientists are going to 336 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,040 test his mental 337 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:53,319 ability how much of Ronaldo's success 338 00:15:51,079 --> 00:15:57,560 comes from what his mind is doing on the 339 00:15:53,319 --> 00:16:00,240 pitch he is as well a little bit air of 340 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:02,519 arrogance you know but believe that he 341 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:05,120 is the number one first he comes from 342 00:16:02,519 --> 00:16:07,759 the fact that you know you can deeply 343 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:10,480 inside himself he knows that if he wants 344 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:10,480 he can pass 345 00:16:11,079 --> 00:16:17,279 anybody if you are strong mentality the 346 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:20,880 quality is coming natural so I always 347 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:24,480 try to be focused in my game and um my 348 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,480 mental is is quite 349 00:16:24,839 --> 00:16:30,120 good to find out how his mental ability 350 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,959 contributes to his performance the 351 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:35,079 scientists are going to start by testing 352 00:16:31,959 --> 00:16:35,079 Ronaldo's spatial 353 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:40,319 awareness they're fitting him with these 354 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:43,470 state-of-the-art eye trackers that will 355 00:16:40,319 --> 00:16:46,529 reveal exactly what he looks at when he 356 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:46,529 [Music] 357 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:52,279 plays okay left one they are operated by 358 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,240 equipment specialist John Ward and up to 359 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:56,240 the 360 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:59,000 top perfect that's good and running this 361 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,920 test is sports psychologist Zo whims 362 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,040 Hurst with Ronaldo he's going to be 363 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,520 using all of his senses pretty much 364 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,480 while he's playing probably around 365 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,319 between 80 and 90% of the information 366 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,000 that he's taking in will be coming 367 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:12,799 through his 368 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,720 eyes during this test Ronaldo is going 369 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:17,079 to try to stop Andy taking possession of 370 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,119 the ball and the technology will reveal 371 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:20,919 how he does 372 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,839 it so John the eye tracker explain to us 373 00:17:20,919 --> 00:17:24,319 exactly how this works okay so you both 374 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:26,160 wear an equipment where we have a camera 375 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,679 looking at the eye and it uses infrared 376 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,039 light to reflect from the eye this picks 377 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:30,559 up an image 378 00:17:29,039 --> 00:17:31,919 and we have a camera at the front here 379 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:33,880 that looks at what you're seeing so 380 00:17:31,919 --> 00:17:35,679 yourself and Cristiano the software will 381 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,000 then match those two together we'll see 382 00:17:35,679 --> 00:17:39,360 exactly what you guys are looking at 383 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,440 Fantastic let's do this thing okay let's 384 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:44,600 see if you can keep that ball 5 seconds 385 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,600 away from me 386 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:57,400 play that's good 5 Seconds that's a good 387 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:59,919 5 Seconds that is 388 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,760 quality 389 00:17:59,919 --> 00:18:04,000 there's no doubt that Ronaldo's feet are 390 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,580 fast and effective but what part does 391 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,520 his mind play in this 392 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:12,320 [Music] 393 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:15,280 ability the ey trucker show intriguing 394 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:17,880 results on the replay the Little Red Dot 395 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,360 shows exactly what Ronaldo's looking at 396 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,240 you'd expect a lot of players to be 397 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:23,240 focused on the ball the whole time with 398 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:25,080 Ronaldo he did look at the ball a fair 399 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,000 amount of time but he was much more 400 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,640 looking around looking at the defender 401 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,679 and taking in the information from his 402 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,960 body and also scanning for the spaces 403 00:18:30,679 --> 00:18:34,480 Beyond The 404 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:36,559 Defender Andy on the other hand can't 405 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,200 afford to take his eyes off the ball 406 00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:41,760 because he doesn't have quite the same 407 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,760 ability to predict where the ball is 408 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,919 going to actually see what's going on we 409 00:18:45,679 --> 00:18:48,880 need to slow it down to onethird of 410 00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:50,559 actual speed that's how fast Cristiano 411 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,880 is so you didn't have much of a chance 412 00:18:50,559 --> 00:18:55,520 I'm afraid thanks in 8 seconds he pulled 413 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,840 13 moves on you okay and we're not just 414 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,799 talking kicks of the ball we're talking 415 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:01,520 step over spins oh it was beautiful so 416 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:02,840 you can see here on the The Gaze data 417 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,919 you can see he's concentrating on the 418 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,880 ball but what you'll see in the 419 00:19:03,919 --> 00:19:07,240 interesting thing is when he wants to go 420 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,440 past you and looking how you're moving 421 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,960 he's predicting where you sort of going 422 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,559 to be he's looking for movement in the 423 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:14,080 hips to sort of plan his next move so he 424 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:16,360 he looks at the ball then he looks at 425 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,240 where I move and then he executes his 426 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:20,360 his trick you see it comes in looks at 427 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,960 your foot looks to the other one up to 428 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:25,240 the hip really accurate precise sharp 429 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,080 movements and then when we look to 430 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,760 watching you you're mostly trying to 431 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,080 follow the ball which means you're only 432 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,520 ever going to be able to react to where 433 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,840 the ball is moving rather than 434 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,360 anticipate in advance anything that he's 435 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,559 going to do so you're always going to be 436 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:39,559 that one step behind and also your eye 437 00:19:37,559 --> 00:19:41,679 movement you can see is much more all 438 00:19:39,559 --> 00:19:43,360 over the place my this looks more like a 439 00:19:41,679 --> 00:19:44,720 pimble where my eye is going he's locked 440 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,280 in you're constantly chasing him 441 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,840 basically and I bet if you asked him you 442 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,080 probably wouldn't know what it was that 443 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,640 he was looking at it's all in his 444 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,120 subconscious he knows where he's picking 445 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,080 up the information that's going to best 446 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:56,080 help him and without even thinking about 447 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:58,240 it he's looking for those angles of your 448 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,559 hips your knee and your foot and 449 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,679 obviously it's working pretty well for 450 00:19:59,559 --> 00:20:05,679 him so that's just second nature to him 451 00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:07,960 yeah Ronaldo's subconscious ability has 452 00:20:05,679 --> 00:20:09,640 come from thousands of hours of practice 453 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,600 which have filled his mind with so many 454 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,559 permutations of the game to tap into 455 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,960 that when it comes to match play he has 456 00:20:14,559 --> 00:20:20,020 an uncanny ability to perform without 457 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:24,280 having to think or even look at the 458 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:26,960 [Music] 459 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,559 ball he is effectively a scholar of 460 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,039 football it's the same way as studying 461 00:20:28,559 --> 00:20:32,159 any other subject learning a new 462 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:34,559 language anything like that you build up 463 00:20:32,159 --> 00:20:36,559 experience you learn the basic rules of 464 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:38,320 grammar in the different words that are 465 00:20:36,559 --> 00:20:39,559 available to you so in football terms 466 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,760 that's going to be the skills then 467 00:20:39,559 --> 00:20:43,600 putting them into a match situation and 468 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,200 so as you become more fluent in the 469 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,320 language you don't need to think about 470 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:50,400 it as much so Ronaldo's vast experience 471 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:53,159 gives him the ability to intuitively 472 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:55,120 read the game under normal conditions 473 00:20:53,159 --> 00:20:57,480 but what if the conditions are very far 474 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:59,240 from normal can Ronaldo still hit the 475 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,320 back of the net if all the lights are 476 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,280 turned off and he's in complete darkness 477 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,120 okay what we're going to do we're going 478 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,080 to have Andy feeding the balls in as if 479 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,760 it's a cross and then sometime in the 480 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,240 ball flight the lights are going to go 481 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,520 black so you won't be able to see 482 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,799 anything at all we're expecting you to 483 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,360 be able to put the ball in the goal 484 00:21:13,799 --> 00:21:16,520 that's what we're hoping will happen 485 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,919 we're hoping that you'll have picked up 486 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,080 some Advanced cues from Andy's body 487 00:21:18,919 --> 00:21:22,840 position the shapes the positioning of 488 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,360 his feet and his hips and therefore 489 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,080 we'll be able to tell exactly where the 490 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:27,679 ball's going to go and get yourself in 491 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,760 the right position even though you can't 492 00:21:27,679 --> 00:21:32,960 see it 493 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:35,600 okay taking Ronaldo on in the seemingly 494 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,080 Impossible Test is an amateur footballer 495 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,720 called 496 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:42,200 Ronald come and join me 497 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,919 Ronald Ronald 498 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,720 Ronaldo so we've got Ronald in here same 499 00:21:44,919 --> 00:21:49,600 age as you roughly the same height we're 500 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:52,960 going to use Ronald as a comparison and 501 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:55,799 see how he reacts doing this same 502 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:58,960 test Ronald is going 503 00:21:55,799 --> 00:22:00,450 first DOC 504 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:03,440 light 505 00:22:00,450 --> 00:22:07,600 [Music] 506 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:10,720 light so what does the night vision 507 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:14,559 reveal Ronald misses the ball by quite 508 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,559 way perhaps not that 509 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:22,679 surprising but can Ronaldo do any 510 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,679 better I hope to do 511 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,960 once doc 512 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:37,039 light hey that's one straight in the bag 513 00:22:35,159 --> 00:22:40,279 the night vision replay shows how 514 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:40,279 differently Ronaldo 515 00:22:42,550 --> 00:22:52,240 [Music] 516 00:22:48,919 --> 00:22:53,799 performs to confirm that wasn't just Lu 517 00:22:52,240 --> 00:23:00,640 another 518 00:22:53,799 --> 00:23:00,640 attempt dark light love that be 519 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,039 careful and the 520 00:23:07,370 --> 00:23:18,760 [Music] 521 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:21,120 replay how hard is that it's difficult 522 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,600 because it's change a lot yeah because 523 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:26,880 you are focusing the ball and after non 524 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:28,799 light you you have to try to to memorize 525 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,279 the ball 526 00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:34,240 human reaction time is about 200 527 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:36,440 milliseconds and by 500 milliseconds 528 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,880 Ronaldo subconscious has interpreted 529 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,360 Andy's body language worked out which 530 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:44,120 direction the ball will go in calculated 531 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:46,080 its speed and trajectory and then 532 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:48,120 programmed his body to reach it at the 533 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,120 optimum 534 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:52,120 moment love 535 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,360 that it's almost as if they're doing 536 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,480 maths in their head even though they 537 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,960 wouldn't be able to describe it to you 538 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,919 you could see from their performance 539 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,600 that Ronaldo saw the first part of the 540 00:23:58,919 --> 00:24:02,400 ball flight information he picked up 541 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,960 information from Andy kicking the ball 542 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,640 and was able to move his body into the 543 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,120 correct position this is because he's 544 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,760 process the information he has 545 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:11,120 experience of where the ball is likely 546 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,039 to go he's able to analyze all that as 547 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,240 it's coming towards him and therefore 548 00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:18,679 connect successfully with the 549 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:21,120 ball love 550 00:24:18,679 --> 00:24:23,120 that Ronald on the other hand doesn't 551 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,600 have the same level of experience he 552 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:26,159 would have watched the ball fight it's 553 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,919 likely that he would just have had his 554 00:24:26,159 --> 00:24:30,120 eyes on the ball instead of picking up 555 00:24:27,919 --> 00:24:31,600 any information from Andy himself and 556 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,919 then when the lights go down and it's 557 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:36,120 black he's kind of stranded in no man's 558 00:24:33,919 --> 00:24:37,960 land a little bit and just has to do his 559 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:40,600 best to react but is naturally going to 560 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,600 struggle with 561 00:24:41,559 --> 00:24:46,960 that so far the lights have been shut 562 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,919 off when the ball is in midair but now 563 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,559 the lights will be turned off just at 564 00:24:48,919 --> 00:24:53,960 the moment Andy kicks it can Ronaldo 565 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:57,919 score with only Andy's body language to 566 00:24:53,960 --> 00:25:05,279 go on here you go we'll get one we good 567 00:24:57,919 --> 00:25:10,039 yeah good okay Ral done dark light 568 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:10,039 light Ronaldo quality what's that 569 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:23,320 shoulder great finish great 570 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:26,120 [Music] 571 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,440 finish that was a great finish this is 572 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:30,440 great cuz I I imagine the ball is coming 573 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,159 I get to go with the with the face so I 574 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:35,080 go with half chest half shoulder and 575 00:25:33,159 --> 00:25:37,720 then put the ball inside quality great 576 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,039 finish so zo tell me how difficult is 577 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,760 that I mean the last one when we 578 00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:42,320 adjusted the time of the lighting yeah 579 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,120 it's so difficult they've done studies 580 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,440 like this using computer simulation so 581 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,159 you watch it on a computer and just have 582 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,960 to say where the ball's going and from 583 00:25:47,159 --> 00:25:50,440 them they can see that Elite athletes 584 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,000 can tell much earlier where the ball's 585 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,799 coming from but to have to actually 586 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,360 produce a physical response when a ball 587 00:25:53,799 --> 00:25:58,880 is flying at you then it's really good 588 00:25:56,360 --> 00:26:00,159 skills amazing top man that's ledge 589 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,880 thank you I was dreading I was going to 590 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:03,600 hit you in your face with one them balls 591 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,279 that was my worst 592 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:08,640 fear the test proves that Ronaldo can 593 00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:11,799 perform an almost impossible 594 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,559 task he can make decisions this quickly 595 00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:16,039 and with such little information to go 596 00:26:13,559 --> 00:26:17,880 on because in his subconscious he's an 597 00:26:16,039 --> 00:26:20,120 expert in the science 598 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,679 involved Ronaldo can tap into that 599 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:24,799 knowledge tap into his memory banks and 600 00:26:22,679 --> 00:26:26,399 he can then use that to help him so what 601 00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:28,120 you're saying despite of the location 602 00:26:26,399 --> 00:26:30,000 cuz it's the first time being here 603 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,320 he's still recalling the pictures what 604 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,640 he's done previous before and on other 605 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,760 location maybe in matches and in 606 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,520 training and he's recalling all those 607 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,159 messages and then his brain saying this 608 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,480 is the execution exactly and that's kind 609 00:26:39,159 --> 00:26:41,880 of the whole point of people training 610 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,240 even though they can't train in a match 611 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,200 environment they can still take their 612 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,799 experiences from the training ground put 613 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,760 it into practice in the match take 614 00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:50,600 things from one match and utilize it in 615 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,159 another and even utilize things in a 616 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,440 really strange situation like we've got 617 00:26:52,159 --> 00:26:55,960 here in terms of the match this means 618 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,640 that instead of having to track the ball 619 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,520 completely onto his foot he could be 620 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,039 scanning to see where the goalkeeper is 621 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,799 if there's any movement there so he can 622 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:05,960 then place his shot past where the 623 00:27:02,799 --> 00:27:09,159 goalkeeper might be well it's it's base 624 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:11,200 of My Success is to improve myself all 625 00:27:09,159 --> 00:27:12,919 the time so this is why I'm one of the 626 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:16,640 best players in the 627 00:27:12,919 --> 00:27:18,440 world next Ronaldo's technique is tested 628 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,480 as scientists dissect his most 629 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,039 formidable weapon the one that 630 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:25,760 goalkeepers fear 631 00:27:22,039 --> 00:27:25,760 most his free 632 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:31,750 kick 633 00:27:29,270 --> 00:27:33,110 [Music] 634 00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:38,350 [Applause] 635 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:38,350 [Music] 636 00:27:56,519 --> 00:27:59,519 together 637 00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:12,519 [Music] 638 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:19,320 scientists are taking apart Cristiano 639 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:21,559 Ronaldo's body to discover what makes 640 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:24,360 him one of the world's most valuable 641 00:28:21,559 --> 00:28:26,559 footballers so far his body strength and 642 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,960 extraordinary mental ability have been 643 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:30,320 examined 644 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,799 the next set of tests will investigate 645 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:36,320 his amazing 646 00:28:31,799 --> 00:28:36,320 technique is it this that gives him the 647 00:28:36,399 --> 00:28:43,480 edge Ronaldo's free kicks are as famous 648 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:46,240 as they are effective fast accurate and 649 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:49,120 unpredictable his success rate is three 650 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:51,960 times the average no one else in the 651 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:56,120 world has mastered his technique so the 652 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:59,480 question is how does he do it it's a 653 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:01,720 Portugal Brazilian is uh free kick 654 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,559 because he has this ball goes up and 655 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:06,919 down and that makes it extraordinarily 656 00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:09,159 difficult for for the goalkeepers is 657 00:29:06,919 --> 00:29:12,760 really dangerous when you shoot the free 658 00:29:09,159 --> 00:29:15,440 kicks crisano Ronaldo style is like a a 659 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:18,120 punch on the ball Ronaldo has probably 660 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:20,960 got one of the most efficient power 661 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:23,799 application models of kicking uh that 662 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:26,000 there is in in terms of the amount of 663 00:29:23,799 --> 00:29:28,760 effort that he puts in and the return he 664 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:31,120 gets on the ball speed 665 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:33,200 to find out how he does this the 666 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:35,840 scientists are going to analyze his free 667 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,880 kick in minute 668 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,039 detail what we're going to do now is put 669 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,399 reflective markers all over your body so 670 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:43,760 the cameras can pick up all your 671 00:29:41,399 --> 00:29:45,559 movement and we can see the in 3D we can 672 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,519 see all your movement how you move how 673 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:49,640 your Technique is when you're strikeable 674 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:51,240 okay so let's apply the markers on him 675 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,440 now okay we're going to go for a full 676 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,919 body Marker set here essentially what 677 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,840 we're looking for is we got 10 infrared 678 00:29:55,919 --> 00:30:00,720 cameras that they're going to sample 300 679 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,919 times a second and hopefully what we get 680 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,480 then is a three-dimensional 681 00:30:02,919 --> 00:30:07,880 reconstruction of exactly what happens 682 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:11,320 during your 683 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:14,039 kick this process is called 3d motion 684 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:16,519 capture it's what video game animators 685 00:30:14,039 --> 00:30:19,200 use but this is the first time it's been 686 00:30:16,519 --> 00:30:20,440 used to analyze Ronaldo's free Kick the 687 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,240 most important bits of course are going 688 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,880 to be on the leg so we can then identify 689 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:29,480 just how fast his uh his leg is 690 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:31,320 traveling so we put these clusters on 691 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:35,000 this part 692 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:37,480 here stick this down so that's for the 693 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,559 joint yeah how often will you do fre kit 694 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:42,919 practices in terms of practicing your 695 00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:44,440 Technique depend one time per week once 696 00:30:42,919 --> 00:30:45,679 a week you just do it after training 697 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:50,480 just 698 00:30:45,679 --> 00:30:51,840 repeated 25 balls 30 20 35 balls do you 699 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,399 generally do it with a goalkeeper in 700 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:58,600 there yeah with goalkeepers yeah 701 00:30:54,399 --> 00:31:00,360 yeah yeah there we go beautiful 702 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,120 so now we're going to do your free kicks 703 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:05,080 but I'm not going in goal we got your 704 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:08,360 former teammate Jersey dur hello how we 705 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:10,519 doing CHR I'm going nice to meet you 706 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:13,039 good man let's go let's get 707 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:16,679 set Andy has set up the lab with the 708 00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:19,000 goal 20 M away to begin Ronaldo will 709 00:31:16,679 --> 00:31:21,039 take a free Kick employing the technique 710 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,600 he uses to bend the ball over a 711 00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:23,600 defensive 712 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,799 [Music] 713 00:31:26,159 --> 00:31:30,620 wall 714 00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:35,040 okay Ronaldo and 715 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:35,040 [Music] 716 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:42,799 play it may be over in the blink of an 717 00:31:38,919 --> 00:31:45,159 eye or 900 milliseconds to be 718 00:31:42,799 --> 00:31:46,679 precise but what happens during this 719 00:31:45,159 --> 00:31:49,120 time is 720 00:31:46,679 --> 00:31:51,399 fascinating to get the ball to curve 721 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:53,799 Ronaldo must strike it in exactly the 722 00:31:51,399 --> 00:31:55,840 right place this is something that is 723 00:31:53,799 --> 00:31:58,480 achieved by hitting the ball off the 724 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,960 center of mass 725 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,279 so we're hitting it almost to the side 726 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:04,080 of the ball and using the inside of our 727 00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:06,360 foot to wrap around that ball and 728 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,159 generate 729 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:10,880 spin once we've generated the spin this 730 00:32:09,159 --> 00:32:12,679 creates a difference in pressure between 731 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,880 the inside of the ball and the outside 732 00:32:12,679 --> 00:32:17,320 of the ball and we'll tend to push the 733 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:19,399 ball towards the direction of low 734 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,200 pressure hopefully then this curves over 735 00:32:19,399 --> 00:32:24,559 the top of the wall and the keeper won't 736 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,559 see the ball until the last 737 00:32:25,159 --> 00:32:30,039 minute the Precision is extraordinary he 738 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,880 sends the ball spinning around a 739 00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:35,240 perfectly vertical axis veering off its 740 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,559 normal straight trajectory by more than 741 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,559 3 742 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:44,679 [Music] 743 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:48,720 m but perhaps what Ronaldo's most famous 744 00:32:44,679 --> 00:32:50,279 for is his devastating power kick or 745 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,360 knuckle 746 00:32:50,279 --> 00:32:54,480 ball if we then take a look at the way 747 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,480 Cristiano hits his knuckle ball this is 748 00:32:54,480 --> 00:33:00,120 a free kick where very little spin is 749 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,120 imparted to the the ball 750 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:08,360 [Music] 751 00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:11,159 play what we then get is a contact more 752 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:13,000 towards the ankle joint Center this of 753 00:33:11,159 --> 00:33:15,440 course is going to generate less spin to 754 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:18,279 the ball striking the ball right in the 755 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:22,000 middle and giving it virtually no spin 756 00:33:18,279 --> 00:33:22,000 sends it off in a dead straight 757 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:27,919 trajectory but at the last second the 758 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:31,159 ball unexpectedly deviates off course 759 00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:32,840 is really danger for the keepers because 760 00:33:31,159 --> 00:33:34,679 it's impossible to understand the 761 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:37,760 trajectory of the 762 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:41,440 ball he hits it with the laces and the 763 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:44,159 bow floats as well so it it has a double 764 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:46,639 effect it comes down very late but 765 00:33:44,159 --> 00:33:49,080 during the whole move of the kick it 766 00:33:46,639 --> 00:33:49,080 moves 767 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:56,200 sideways if the ball spinning is easier 768 00:33:54,039 --> 00:33:58,679 difficult to to catch but easier to 769 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,120 understand the TR 770 00:33:58,679 --> 00:34:03,360 it's all down to aerodynamics and the 771 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,440 secret of Ronaldo's knuckle ball is in 772 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:09,119 the seams when the ball's spinning fast 773 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:11,320 the seams have no effect but when the 774 00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:13,239 ball isn't spinning the seams can catch 775 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:16,599 in the Wind on one side and not the 776 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:18,839 other it's just enough to make the ball 777 00:34:16,599 --> 00:34:20,879 deviate the slight movement of the ball 778 00:34:18,839 --> 00:34:23,639 in the air can generate the movement of 779 00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:25,480 the seams to generate a turbulence that 780 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:27,440 varies from one side to the other side 781 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,239 of the ball makes it almost impossible 782 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,520 for the keeper to react into which way 783 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,480 it's going to move 784 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,719 first how does it feel being a 785 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,239 goalkeeper when he strikes the ball 786 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:38,839 straight on this trke is very hard to 787 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:42,359 read obviously the B fly is like a 788 00:34:38,839 --> 00:34:44,560 balloon you know it goes left right up 789 00:34:42,359 --> 00:34:48,079 and down cuz the ball move around they 790 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:49,159 can you know save b or the finger 791 00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:52,000 understand it's difficult because the 792 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:55,520 ball move a lot I think sometimes it 793 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,480 makes uh goalkeeper scared when you know 794 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,400 when you see christano coming 795 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,520 brilliant well done well done 796 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,440 Jersey so this is what dck would have 797 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,680 seen in G this is perhaps the cues that 798 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:09,119 he might get to pick up on the amount of 799 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:11,560 weight and pressure on the standing foot 800 00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:14,400 before he strikes with his right foot 801 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:16,320 that's got to be huge it's fairly large 802 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,920 we're talking round about 30 Stone going 803 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,480 through his going through his foot there 804 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,160 so how come the bones don't don't break 805 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:24,079 as you saw before as well very very 806 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,000 strong musculature he flexes that leg 807 00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:28,440 slightly on impact as we then come 808 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:30,119 towards this Point here all the energy 809 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:32,920 that we've stored in this segment around 810 00:35:30,119 --> 00:35:34,680 the pelvis and around the thigh then 811 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,920 gets translated through the knee that 812 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:39,240 power flows through the knee to whip 813 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:41,400 through to the ball very much if you 814 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:43,599 imagine like a cowboy with a whip he 815 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:46,320 moves his arm and then stops it the end 816 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:48,839 of the whip goes so fast y Ronaldo moves 817 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:50,240 his thigh very fast then stops IT and 818 00:35:48,839 --> 00:35:51,599 the end of the end of the foot comes 819 00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:54,440 through so 820 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:56,400 quick looking at the kick from the front 821 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:59,400 it's clear that Ronaldo's posture is 822 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:01,319 also Al a factor I have a phrase that I 823 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:03,680 I call the pillar which is basically the 824 00:36:01,319 --> 00:36:05,800 crutch to the top of your head if that 825 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,160 pillar is straight and it is with 826 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,960 Ronaldo particularly on his spot kicking 827 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:13,720 and his legs are an extension of that 828 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:17,520 line even though you might tilted on its 829 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:20,480 side okay there is still that flexion 830 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,839 type of movement coupled that with the 831 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:25,880 fact that his body moves through the 832 00:36:22,839 --> 00:36:28,119 ball you've got a pretty potent power 833 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:30,200 model there 834 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:32,839 but just how much speed does this power 835 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,760 generate Andy has designed an unusual 836 00:36:32,839 --> 00:36:37,640 test to find 837 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:40,079 out inspired by an event in Ronaldo's 838 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,800 childhood six sheets of glass are 839 00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:44,359 arranged around a speed 840 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:46,720 monitor Ronaldo will fire the ball at 841 00:36:44,359 --> 00:36:49,319 this glass Target what is it like as a 842 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:53,280 kid smashing Windows well when I'm when 843 00:36:49,319 --> 00:36:56,839 I'm kid I'm I think I'm break just one 844 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:58,040 glass of one neighbor it was very very 845 00:36:56,839 --> 00:37:00,400 problem because when I'm arriving home 846 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:02,480 my mom kick my 847 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,680 ass this is so this is the perfect 848 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,720 situation where you can smash glass and 849 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:09,460 no it's okay no it's not problem nobody 850 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:13,319 going to kick my ass so I'm 851 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:15,680 [Music] 852 00:37:13,319 --> 00:37:18,319 happy as much power as possible so we 853 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,319 can smash them 854 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:24,079 glasses Ral this is your chance to take 855 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:28,599 your free kick with no restrictions 856 00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:28,599 nothing at all is going to hold you back 857 00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:47,789 [Music] 858 00:37:50,610 --> 00:37:58,040 [Music] 859 00:37:53,480 --> 00:38:00,720 o that's mad look at that I'm going free 860 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,720 free taken 861 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:06,839 out so what speed has been recorded what 862 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,040 we wanted to do is see just how fast 863 00:38:06,839 --> 00:38:12,200 that ball speed actually was this is 864 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,560 pure unadulterated maximum speed and we 865 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,680 can see we took our readings from the 866 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:18,319 ball here and we're hitting round about 867 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:22,560 35 m a second or that will translate 868 00:38:18,319 --> 00:38:25,440 into 80 M hour 80 M hour 80 M hour yeah 869 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:28,400 that's ferocious Ronaldo's free kick is 870 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:30,000 one of the fastest in the world it's a 871 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,640 match winner and one of his key 872 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:35,720 strengths a trademark that involves a 873 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:37,680 unique and unconventional technique the 874 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:39,920 rest want to do the rest let's take the 875 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,920 rest 876 00:38:44,020 --> 00:38:52,889 [Music] 877 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,520 out 878 00:39:00,610 --> 00:39:03,679 [Applause] 879 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:09,640 it's better that felt better huh yeah 880 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:11,400 look at the damage here just here look 881 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:14,079 at the damage down there straight 882 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:16,800 through it's clear this area let's clear 883 00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:20,160 this you need those that's the only time 884 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,160 you don't get in trouble for smashing 885 00:39:21,319 --> 00:39:26,440 glass in the final challenge Ronaldo 886 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:31,319 will need to use all his fine-tuned abil 887 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:31,319 I ities in one amazing test of 888 00:39:33,460 --> 00:39:37,300 [Music] 889 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:42,550 [Applause] 890 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:42,550 [Music] 891 00:39:46,010 --> 00:39:58,400 [Music] 892 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,400 skill 893 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:02,830 [Music] 894 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:20,240 [Music] 895 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:22,480 like never before Cristiano Ronaldo's 896 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:25,640 Talent is being put under the 897 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:29,190 microscope so far his body strength 898 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:33,640 mental ability and technique have been 899 00:40:29,190 --> 00:40:35,720 [Music] 900 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:37,880 dissected but there's one aspect of 901 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:40,680 Ronaldo's game still to 902 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:43,040 test his breathtaking 903 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,599 skill one of Christiano Ronaldo's 904 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:47,359 biggest strengths is how quickly he's 905 00:40:44,599 --> 00:40:50,440 able to to move his feet the laboratory 906 00:40:47,359 --> 00:40:53,040 has been reconfigured as a 25 M course 907 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:55,200 with a finish at the far end the 908 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,760 challenge is for Ronaldo to run with the 909 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,760 ball from one end to the the other but 910 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,640 lined up against him is a team of 911 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:06,280 weapons trained snipers armed with laser 912 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:09,040 sighted guns they will try to shoot the 913 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:11,359 ball the course is divided into three 914 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:13,640 sections and as Ronaldo makes it from 915 00:41:11,359 --> 00:41:17,160 one section to the next the number of 916 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:19,280 snipers increases final test snipers 917 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:22,760 alley this is how it's going to work 918 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:25,400 when they hit the ball it will make this 919 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:28,160 noise you're going to hear that okay 920 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:30,839 when they miss you're hear 921 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:32,680 this I fully expect you to make it from 922 00:41:30,839 --> 00:41:34,880 the beginning to the end without a 923 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:37,160 sniper getting you okay okay let's give 924 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,160 it a 925 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:42,280 go to get through the course without the 926 00:41:40,119 --> 00:41:45,079 lasers getting a lock on the reflective 927 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:47,520 ball is an incredibly tough challenge 928 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:49,560 Ronaldo will have to perform skills not 929 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:52,119 just at speed but in ways that the 930 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:54,400 snipers can't predict will he be able to 931 00:41:52,119 --> 00:41:59,440 dance his way through the beams okay 932 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:59,440 Ronaldo the final test free two 933 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:05,359 one section one keep it keep it keep it 934 00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:07,000 keep it keep it good good good keep 935 00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:11,040 going keep going good 936 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:13,119 good I hit and go on go on go go go go 937 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:15,839 go keep going keep going good keep going 938 00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:18,920 keep going good good good now section 939 00:42:15,839 --> 00:42:21,440 two go keep going keep going good good 940 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:23,660 good good good good good section three 941 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,800 good good good I'm 942 00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:28,160 [Music] 943 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:28,160 finished qu 944 00:42:28,599 --> 00:42:35,079 how hard is that difficult difficult one 945 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:38,000 shot one only one got you then one one 946 00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:39,559 rabbit one rabbit tremendous what's the 947 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:43,079 hardest thing it's just not standing 948 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:45,720 still yes most of the times I dribble 949 00:42:43,079 --> 00:42:48,440 and I go forward but here you have to 950 00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:50,920 stay around which is is more difficult 951 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,440 it's a lot more difficult and I think 952 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:55,440 it's more easy for them usually you'd 953 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,400 move a lot quicker go away no it's just 954 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,960 for I give you opportunity to them to to 955 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,559 give a 956 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,320 shot you're being fair playing it fair 957 00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:09,119 yeah 958 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:11,400 [Music] 959 00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:14,559 perfect so how did he manage to get 960 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:15,839 through the course virtually unscathed 961 00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:18,319 when Cristiano was doing the test with 962 00:43:15,839 --> 00:43:20,839 the snipers see a lot of very good very 963 00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:23,359 impressive close work with the ball lot 964 00:43:20,839 --> 00:43:23,359 of skills on 965 00:43:25,079 --> 00:43:43,559 show 966 00:43:26,540 --> 00:43:46,440 [Music] 967 00:43:43,559 --> 00:43:49,160 he manages to combine a c turn with 968 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:51,640 rolling the outside of his foot over the 969 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:53,680 top of the ball swiveling back around 970 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:55,280 then drops his center of gravity knocks 971 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:57,359 the ball from his feet and accelerates 972 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:59,599 away leaving his opponent for 973 00:43:57,359 --> 00:44:01,520 dead if we watch something such as the 974 00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:03,559 step over we'll see that the timing of 975 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:05,200 the step over occurs at just the right 976 00:44:03,559 --> 00:44:06,720 time to make the opponent think that 977 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,359 he's going to move one way before 978 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:10,559 offering them the signal to move the 979 00:44:08,359 --> 00:44:12,720 other but the key is that fast foot 980 00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:15,200 movement lots of little touches and 981 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:17,880 keeping the ball 982 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:19,640 moving it was really amazing to see that 983 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,480 he managed to perform so well in a 984 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:23,599 situation that he wouldn't necessarily 985 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:25,480 have been in ever before but he could 986 00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:26,880 still keep control keep his beliefs nice 987 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,119 and positive 988 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:31,040 there will have been no thoughts of 989 00:44:28,119 --> 00:44:33,240 failure no thoughts of what happens if I 990 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:35,319 lose control that just won't even enter 991 00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:37,480 his head at all it's complete belief in 992 00:44:35,319 --> 00:44:39,760 what he's going to do remaining positive 993 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:41,200 the whole time some people dance over 994 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,400 the ball but he don't move the ball he 995 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:45,559 move the ball a dance over the ball it's 996 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,280 difficult for the opponent to stop him 997 00:44:45,559 --> 00:44:51,280 the ball is like a rabbit it's 998 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:51,280 impossible to to shoot the 999 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:57,079 ball amazing Ronaldo how you found the 1000 00:44:54,160 --> 00:45:00,319 test today well for me to fantastic day 1001 00:44:57,079 --> 00:45:03,400 to see how how my body works we to do 1002 00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:05,400 tests what we did I think it's amazing 1003 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:08,559 so it's it's great for me thank you for 1004 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:10,319 the opportunity I try to improve much 1005 00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:12,119 much better there's not much more you 1006 00:45:10,319 --> 00:45:14,160 can improve it's been a great day test 1007 00:45:12,119 --> 00:45:17,319 thank you very much good 1008 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:19,920 man Cristiano Ronaldo's footwork is 1009 00:45:17,319 --> 00:45:21,559 perhaps the most influential factor in 1010 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:24,880 his rise to become one of the most 1011 00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:28,240 successful goal scoring machines in 1012 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:30,880 history but today's tests have revealed 1013 00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:32,599 how his body plays a crucial role in his 1014 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,839 Effectiveness on the 1015 00:45:32,599 --> 00:45:37,119 pitch one of the most impressive things 1016 00:45:34,839 --> 00:45:39,160 about him was his strength and his power 1017 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:41,200 I think this is what sets him apart 1018 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,160 alongside that high high level of skill 1019 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,640 he has and something other players find 1020 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:48,280 it very very hard to 1021 00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:51,310 replicate his body strength contributes 1022 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:54,000 significantly in all areas of his 1023 00:45:51,310 --> 00:45:56,559 [Music] 1024 00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:00,060 performance but his technique enables 1025 00:45:56,559 --> 00:46:03,139 him to generate maximum 1026 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:03,139 [Music] 1027 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,440 power it's the mental strength that he 1028 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,160 shows to be able to perform in front of 1029 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,200 huge crowds under massive amounts of 1030 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,520 pressure but also the decisionmaking 1031 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:16,920 processes that he has to make constantly 1032 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:19,800 while he's on the pitch we often forget 1033 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:23,119 how big an athlete Ronaldo 1034 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:27,280 is and uh we often forget that this guy 1035 00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:29,880 delivers between 50 and 6 65 games per 1036 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:32,839 season and that's in an offensive 1037 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:34,920 position as a striker that's absolutely 1038 00:46:32,839 --> 00:46:36,640 exceptional some players can do it in 1039 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:39,079 training but cannot deliver it in the 1040 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:41,200 big games Ronaldo can and that's why he 1041 00:46:39,079 --> 00:46:44,000 goes in the category of the the great 1042 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:46,520 players what gives Ronaldo The Edge over 1043 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:49,960 so many other players is that he's 1044 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:52,240 strong in every single aspect of his 1045 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,440 game and that's the secret to his 1046 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:54,800 winning 1047 00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:57,640 [Music] 1048 00:46:54,800 --> 00:47:00,119 performance my strength is to do the 1049 00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:02,920 right things to eat good to sleep well 1050 00:47:00,119 --> 00:47:05,079 to training well and uh to improve 1051 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:09,290 myself in the football I do it 1052 00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:24,720 always things to focus for the 1053 00:47:09,290 --> 00:47:26,810 [Music] 1054 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:36,389 football 1055 00:47:26,810 --> 00:47:36,389 [Music]