EP 45 · 42:15

Why the Jabulani moved so weirdly

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

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42:15this now gets to the idea of why the Jabulani was so different because again we'd had the sort of classic style for such a long period of time. >> ball with all of those seams and all of that roughness. That's kind of like the golf ball's dimples, right? >> we tried to get all fancy, you know. >> And why specifically, right? So if the ball is too smooth, what that's going to do is there's going to be a transition as you saw in those curves, right? There's a transition from low speed to high turbulence speed. And what I want is to tune that transition, where that transition is happening. Now, if the transition happens too far up,

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    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

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