The hardest (fastest) recorded soccer shot in the English Premier League according to The Guardian Unlimited is 114 mph by David Hirst. While there is no official record The Guardian's staff used measurements from the Sky Sports Replay 2000 tracking machine to provide their Top Ten Hardest Shots.
115mph Aroldis Chapman a left handed reliever for the Cincinnati Reds has the fastest pitch as verified by MLB at 105.1 MPH. It occurred September 24, 2010 in San Diego. It was a ball. He threw the pitch to Tony Gwynn Jr.
Women's soccer is in a different league to the men's soccer. Women use a soccer ball that is the same size as the men's soccer ball.
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On a soccer ball there are 12 pentagons and any practical number of hexagons that can make the soccer ball look spherical.
The fastest recorded soccer kick was 114 MPH.
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No official records exist for fastest kicks in competitive soccer. However, James Dart and Paolo Bandini compiled an unofficial list using data from the Sky Sports Replay 2000, and calculated that one shot flew at 114 miles per hour, kicked by David Hirst. The Guinness World Records lists a machine having kicked a ball at 139.8 miles per hour.
As of 2014, the fastest known recorded speed of a kicked soccer ball was 131 miles per hour (211 kilometers per hour), kicked by player Ronny Heberson. Since the speeds of kicked soccer balls are not often recorded, it is possible greater speeds have been achieved.
The fastest ever serve recorded; 251 Km/h, was by Ivo Karlovic.
Hami Mandıralı - Turkey - San Marino (1996) - 266 km/h
The fastest recorded speed for a soccer ball to be kicked is around 131 mph (211 km/h), achieved by Ronny Heberson in 2008. However, the typical speed for professional soccer players is around 50-70 mph (80-113 km/h) during a game.
The fastest recorded speed for a ball in competition is 131 mph (211 km/h) from a tennis serve hit by Samuel Groth in 2012.
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speed has a lot to do with soccer. if you didn't have speed then you wouldn't be able to chase down the ball or catch other players to get the ball
a baseball will
The soccer ball reaches its top speed of about 75 mph 1 second after being hit.