When a soccer ball is headed from one player #1 to player #2 across the soccer field, what is the projectile

In apex the answer is "soccer ball"

Any object that is thrown in space that moves under the action of gravity is known as a projectile. Every object in the universe comes down due to gravitational force.

When a soccer ball is headed from the player 1 to player 2 across the soccer field, the soccer ball will act like a projectile.

In projectile motion, we can calculate certain parameters like

Time of flight Range of projectile Maximum height