How to bend it like Beckham: physics students calculate perfect football formula

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Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Education and also in Communities

Now that David Beckham won't be appearing at the London 2012 Olympics, other members of Team GB wanting to brush up on their free-kicks can rest easy. University of Leicester physics students have published a paper which sets out the optimum way of kicking a football in order to make it bend into the goal. The ex-England captain's curling free-kicks became legendary, and even inspired the title of the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. Now, four master's students at the University of Leicester's Departme...

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