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aerodynamics

Here's The Skinny On The Aerodynamics Of The Perfect Free Kick

Ken Bray Senior Visiting Fellow University Of Bath
July 05, 2016

The science behind a successful set piece involves three important forces on the soccer ball. Theoretical physicist Ken Bray shows visually how it all works.

 

Football has seen many innovations during its 150-year history. But few have affected the game as profoundly as technological changes to the aerodynamic properties of the ball. For nearly 40 years the ball’s panel pattern followed the classic hexagon-pentagon format with 32 panels, but in 2006 the design changed radically.
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Brain

Strong Safety: Innovative Materials Could Reduce Football Brain Injuries

December 10, 2015
Making football safer may not only be about the equipment players wear; it could have just as much to do with the turf under their cleats. This systemic approach to improving safety in football was highlighted last week when GE, the National Football League and Under Armour announced the three final winners of Head Health Challenge II. In an open competition, the University of Washington, Viconic Sporting and the Army Research Laboratory bested four other finalists to find innovative approaches for preventing brain injury and tracking head impacts in real time.
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Failing Better: $2 Million Innovation Challenge Seeks Advanced Materials to Protect Football Players from Brain Injury

January 30, 2015
GE, the NFL, the sports performance brand Under Armour, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have launched a new open innovation challenge seeking to protect athletes, soldiers and workers in dangerous jobs from traumatic brain injuries. The challenge will focus on developing advanced materials that can absorb or diffuse impact energy.
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concussions

A Journey to the Center of the Brain: New York Neurologist Wants to Understand What Happens When We Get Hit in the Head

September 22, 2014
Hilary Monaco has earned the black belt in Taekwondo, and she can take a few punches. When her sparring partner landed a hard kick to her head during practice last fall, she didn’t think much of it.
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These Lights Will Make Les Bleus Look Blue and the Canarinho Look Canary

July 04, 2014
When soccer teams from Brazil and Croatia ran out on the pitch in São Paulo on June 12, they kicked off one of the biggest sporting events in history. The cumulative television audience for the world’s largest soccer tournament is estimated to top 3 billion - nearly half of the planet’s population.
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Rewarding Innovations that Reduce Head Injury Risk in Sports

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
Roger Goodell Is Commissioner Of The Nfl
January 31, 2014
This is the time of the year when the eyes of fans and media are trained squarely on the best two teams in football.
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