The soccer tournament in Copenhagen, which hosts 1,200 female players each year, made history with its introduction of the first-ever soccer ball for women, reports Style.com.

(Jake Bellucci, Flickr cc) The Current 3:29 The Design Behind ... The Soccer Ball - May 26, 2015 For as long as humans have had legs, they have been kicking around some form of a soccer ball.

The problem is coaches tend to teach based on experience, not science. So FIFA, the world soccer governing body, has commissioned Canadian researchers to examine the mechanics of heading the ball.