The TUM Chair of Human Movement Science was part of an invited symposium on “Headers and Concussion Research in Germany”, chaired by Prof. Claus Reinsberger (Paderborn) and Daniela Fett (BISp), in which Prof. Joachim Hermsdörfer presented current results on the effects of headers on cognitive and sensorimotor performances in semi-professional female soccer players as well as further insights into the Chair’s ongoing research activities on the potentially adverse effects of headers in soccer.