More soccer

Ah, back to physics. This weekend all I got to do was watch soccer, soccer, and more soccer. On Friday night we played Kamehameha and due to my sickness, I was happily sitting on the bench all cozy in my warm ups while everyone else was playing :) And then I remembered I had to write a physics blog, but I didn't sweat it since soccer has EVERYTHING to do with physics. This past week I was absent, but I know we learned about momentum. Momentum equals mass times velocity. And although it may not have registered in my head quickly, each person on the field was exerting a certain amount of momentum as well as the ball. When the ball hits our heads as we play (headers), it is much more sore than if it were to simply stop complete motion at our heads because headers require a force to exert the ball in another direction (Thanks Doc). Oh and I couldn't snap a pic at the game soooo here is a picture of the oh-so-attractive Christiano Ronaldo :)