The Cuban plusmarch Erick Hernández He established a new world record, now dominating his head a Baseball Five ball for 35 minutes. He achieved 4626 touches from the Copacabana Hotel in Havana.
At 59, Hernández, a graduate in physical and former soccer player, exceeded the technical challenge of controlling a smaller and less predictable ball than a soccer ball, requiring extreme precision, Point out the Cuban News Agency.
The event, started at 10 in the morning, had judges and public in the Havana Tourist Complex. “It is a different experience that demands an absolute approach, because any minimum error can make you lose control,” said Hernández.
This achievement, its third in 2025, pays tribute to the Cuban Baseball Five, highlighted by its world titles, and reflects its commitment to discipline and perseverance.
The record adds to the more than 30 that Hernández has accumulated, many recognized by Guinness World Records.
In April, at the same hotel, he dominated a soccer ball for more than 10 hours using only head and feet, and in May he achieved a challenge sitting for 80 minutes with weights on his ankles.
Soon, he plans to adapt the Baseball Five challenge to the seated position, a test that he considers exhausting for lumbar effort, and repeating an attempt of touches in a minute with a football ball for homologation.
Last April, it set out to keep more than 10 hours in a row dominating a football ball only with its head and feet, and so it was.
Erick Hernández adds a new record after more than 10 hours dominating the ball
Several of its brands have met the requirements to be part of the Guinness book that includes the most surprising and varied records established throughout the planet.
One of the most notable was to dominate the ball for an hour and 15 seconds with the head only in sitting position, and with injuries of three kilograms in the ankles, in order to overcome the brand he had achieved in 2023.
“In the beginning I had to fight a lot to validate the practice of the domain of the ball in Cuba, I spent a lot of time,” Erick recalled ACN.
