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Physics of The 2022 World Cup with John Eric Goff

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Can You Kick the Ball With the Same Speed Foot?

If you look at the profile of a soccer ball, depending on which quadrant you contact with, you can then impart the rotation. If you're more central to that point where the pole and the equator cross over, you will drive on a more power through the ball. And then if you go underneath, then you put backspin. If you come over the top, you can impart that forward spin. The thing is, Neil, we will learn, as we've discussed just previously in the show, each individual ball and then we will learn to adapt our skill on doing that to each individual ball.

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