What makes this one stand out is not just the distance. It is the method.
That is not a novelty trick borrowed from basketball. It is a football action, built on touch, balance and body control, then applied to a different sport. Anyone who has watched elite futsal players, street footballers or freestyle specialists will recognise the mechanics immediately.
The backheel is one of football’s most expressive tools. It can be instinctive, theatrical and devastatingly precise. Pulling it off at range, with a different ball and a smaller margin for error, points to serious technical quality.
The update also says Shehhi, still only 24, has built a reputation around football-based control challenges, including knee keepy-uppy records. That background matters. These feats are not random. They come from repetition, coordination and the kind of obsessive ball mastery that football has always celebrated, even when it appears far from the pitch.
There is a temptation to file stories like this under social-media spectacle. That would miss the bigger point. Football’s culture has always stretched beyond matches: cage football, freestyle, panna, tricks, touch and improvisation. Shehhi’s achievement fits that tradition.
The next thing to watch is whether this kind of crossover skill keeps drawing broader attention - not just as entertainment, but as another reminder that football technique can travel anywhere.