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EPISODE · Feb 8, 2021 · 4 MIN

How to Throw a Football

from How Things Work · host Kira Seggerty

When people think about throwing a football,  most just naturally throw the ball with as much force as they can muster expecting it to go far. Obviously the force that you throw the ball at does influence the distance it will travel; however, most who have thrown a football know the perfect spiral allows the football to almost fly through the air with ease. So, today I will describe the basic physics behind how one can be the perfect quarterback and throw that Hail Mary in a few short minutes. Source: Interesting Engineering, Trevor English, Feb. 29, 2020  https://interestingengineering.com/the-math-behind-throwing-the-perfect-football-spiral#:~:text=As%20the%20football%20spins%2C%20it,downward%20in%20a%20parabolic%20shape. 

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