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Name : Kim Lian ( E20141008952)

Nur Syarafina Binti Zubir (E20141008957)

THE
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SOCCER
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Table of Content
*Newton's Laws of Motion

*Center of Gravity

*Friction

* Projectile Motion

*Aerodynamics

*Momentum

Law of Inertia
It states that any object at rest, will tend to stay at rest, and any object in
motion, will tend to stay in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
In soccer however, this unbalance force is usually the soccer players foot. He
or she will use muscle in the body to create a force to move the leg and kick the
ball.
Because the ball is at rest, it will continue to stay at rest. But once kicked, it
will keep moving in a straight line without any intent of stopping. The reason
the ball will stop is because of friction and Earths gravitational pull.

Newton's 2nd law

Newtons second law states that The change in velocity (acceleration) with
which an object moves is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force
applied to the object and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.
This can be explained by the equation F=ma. The acceleration of the ball (a) is
determined by the force applied (F) divided by the mass of the object that is
being moved (m).
This simply means that if the ball has a lot of mass, it will require more force to
accelerate. If the ball has little mass, it will require little force.
In soccer, it is important to know this law because if you want the ball to be
moving fast, you must apply more force. If you want the ball to move just a little
bit, then just apply less force.

Newton's 3rd law

Sir Isaac Newton described the relationship between action forces and
reaction forces in his third law of motion.

For every action, there is an equal and

opposite reaction

When soccer ball is kicked, the

kicker experience the same amount
of force the ball experiences

*If you kick a ball once really hard and once

really soft, you can actually experience the
differences of how hard the ball kicks back at
you

 Center of Gravity
Because the soccer ball is a
sphere,its center of gravity is in
the center. This means its
trajectory
is
more
easily
predictable, unlike a rugby where
its shaped like a cone.
The human body is oddly shape and our
center of gravity usually is near
the pelvis. However, our center of gravity
can change, especially during sports.
This goalie swiftly changes his center
of gravity to try and block the ball.

Friction

*Frictioniswhatcausestheballto
stopmovingwhenitiskickedonthe
grass.

*Frictionoccursbecauseofthe
electromagneticforcesbetween
chargedparticlesofthegrassand
theskinofthesoccerballrubbing
againsteachotherwhichconstitute
thesurfacesincontact.

*Frictionturnskeneticenergyinto
heat.

-Yes!Thatmeansifyoukickaball
hardenough,theballcanactually
catchonfire.-

Projectile Motion
Projectile motion refers to the motion of an object projected into the air at an
angle with the horizontal.
As you can see in the figure below, when the ball is being kicked by the soccer
player the ball reaches it max and come right down (the movement when being
drawn out is like a parabola). When the ball reaches the very tip pity top, the
velocity is equal to zero.
The reason why the ball did not go straight upward when being kick but come
down to earth is because the ball is being pulled down by gravity .

Drag

*Dragoccurswhenaballkickmovingthroughtheair

*Astheballispushingthroughtheair,theairpushesbackthus
slowingitdown

*Dragisthereasontheballdoesn'ttravelinaperfectparabola.

*Asphereexperiences90%ofFormDrag.

*Awaytodecreasedragisbykickingtheballwithaspin.Oncethe
ballspins,themagnusaffecttakesplace.Themagnusaffect
decreasesairresistancedrastically.

MAGNUSAFFECT

Player hit the ball slightly off

center. This gives the ball spin, and
it is this spin that leads to the curl.
The reason for this is due to
something called the Magnus
effect.
This principle says that when an
object spins in a fluid, whether a
gas or a liquid, it creates a sort of
whirlpool around itself, which
leads to the object being pulled to
one side.

How it works
According to Bernoullis principles, the air
travels faster relative to the center of the ball
where the periphery of the ball is moving in the
same direction as the air flow.
Since the (resultant) air speed around the top half
of the ball is less than the air speed around the
bottom half of the ball, the pressure is greater on
the top of the ball. This causes a net downward
force (F) to act on the ball. This is due to
Bernoulli's principle which states that when air
velocity decreases, air pressure increases

 In a certain distance, its speed will

substantially drop and the drag will
dramatically increase. Once the balls
velocity drops the Magnus affect will start to
increase.
Therefore, when a soccer player kicks the
ball right of center the ball spins counterclockwise and the Magnus force acts left,
causing the ball to curve left. When the ball
is kicked left of center the ball spins
clockwise and the Magnus force acts right,
causing the ball to curve right. This can
result in a ball deviating as much as several
feet from the original trajectory by the time
it reaches the net.
The Magnus affect is the reason the ball
curves through the air. When a ball spins
through fluid matter, it creates a barrier of
air, kind of like a force field.
This affect will make the ball travels with
just fast enough speed and curve in the air to
trick and beat the goal keeper.

Theharderyoukicka
ballthemorecurveit
willexperience.

Curvingballisuseto
betrickgoaliesandto
scoreamazinggoals
likethisonefrom35m
out

Momentum

p=mv

When a soccer players kicks a

ball, he transfers his momentum
to the ball. Momentum is the
velocity of object times its mass.
Also when players pass the ball
to each other, they use their feet
to slow the momentum of the ball
by moving with the ball and
resisting it slowly. This way, they
can have more control over the
ball. It's a simple trick.

Withtheseknowledgeof
soccer,youcannow
understandhowsoccer
worksandwhyitworks
thatway.Nowyoucan
startusingthis
knowledgetoimprove
yourgame.Itssimple!So
gooutthereandstart
scoringgoals!