Thread: The Physics of a Kick
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Unread 18-01-2010, 08:46
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Re: The Physics of a Kick
The simplest model I know is the ballistics model of parabolic flight. For a non-spiining ball, this has been pretty accurate (especially to the apex) for the foam poof balls, and for these soccer balls. It was quite inaccurate for the Moon-rocks as they had a ton more internal friction and much higher drag.

For ballasitics, you only neead a couple pieces of information.

Mass of the soccer-ball (410-450g)

Speed, Angle, distance, Apex (maximum).

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I did the math, but cut it out as I am not sure if the Original Poster wants the Math or not. If there is demand, I will post an example.