The ball is the same for everybody, so it's whose style of football suits this type of ball better. Is there an individual that has a skill set that works better to this particular type of ball? Once you put it in a wind tunnel, what do you find out? What have Addy Dass done this time round that makes this ball another jabalani? Or is it closer to Brzuka or Telstar? Where are we going to go? That's interesting because that's something nobody quite knows yet.
What physics are at play in The FIFA World Cup? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore all the science of soccer with physics professor John Eric Goff. Is this year’s official ball made for scoring goals?
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