EP 45 · 21:26

Balancing the ball and the inertia tensor

From The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

Episode
14/44
Watch The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics
Transcript

314 words · auto-generated from the episode video

21:26one of the problems that they to to like prove that like this this is the case. But um yeah, it turns out it's like super easy to do now. So, now you've got a sphere, you just make the balancing and everything works out. Okay? >> And so, part of that point there is that it's not just that there's one sensor on one point of the ball in that one hole like in the image. They've now internally >> Yeah, like they just offset the mass on on all the three axes. And as long as they're perfectly perpendicular, you're good to go. >> Which is why the manufacturing process also does matter quite a bit here because, you know, making it perfectly perpendicular is not >> Yeah, and you do have to make it perfectly cuz otherwise I think these players at the top level are going to know this. >> to know the difference. >> Yeah, and and the other thing that that brings me to like a Adidas is like making new balls every World Cup.

22:08>> Yes. >> I didn't know that. I thought it was the same ball. But no, it's like different balls. >> So, if you go to the FIFA store or if you go to a game, what you'll see in one of the stores is they have the mini soccer ball collection, these like size one balls. They'll have every World Cup ball. Right? As a as a box set. Right? Because that's their whole stick. That's that's their whole thing. >> Yeah. And and we're going to talk more about these the history of those balls coming up. But before we do that, >> some housekeeping. As you can see, and for me, I'm loving this. Talking about my favorite game in the world and the pod is incredible, but from a

From the episode
  1. EP 45

    The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

    A World Cup special on the science behind the beautiful game, from VAR and smart-ball sensors to soccer ball aerodynamics, pitch engineering, and match momentum analytics.

    The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

PhysicsSports ScienceWorld CupTechnology