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Background : There is still a low heading ability possessed by students and there are still many students who are afraid to do headings because they do not have strong horses nor do they have good body balance which makes students unable to move properly and correctly. I was interested in researching in large part supporting the balance and strength of the leg muscles towards the ability to go. Purpose : The purpose is study aims to determine the contribution of body balance and leg muscle strength to the ability of heading in the sport of football in the eighth grade male students of Argamakmur 1 Junior High School in North Bengkulu Regency. Methods : The deisgn of this study was this descriptive statistical analysis of percentages.The sample of this study was 60 male students of class VIII, using a sampling technique that is total sampling. Result : The results of the contribution data obtained between body balance (X1) to the ability of heading (Y) is 51.84%, the contribution of leg muscle strength (X2) to heading (Y) ability is 56.25%, while the contribution between body balance (X1) and leg muscle strength (X2) together towards heading ability (Y) which is equal to 64%. Conclusion: that there is a contribution between body balance and leg muscle strength on heading abilities in soccer in the eighth grade male students of Argamakmur 1 Junior High School in North Bengkulu Regency.