TED-Ed: Football physics: The "impossible" free kick - Erez Garty

The video explores the physics behind Roberto Carlos's legendary 35-meter free kick, focusing on the Magnus effect, which causes the ball to curve due to spin-induced pressure differences. It explains the challenges of executing such a kick with precision and discusses the historical context of the Magnus effect, first documented by Isaac Newton. The video also considers the theoretical limits of a soccer kick, concluding that a ball cannot boomerang back to the kicker due to physical constraints.

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