Free-kick study 'encouraging' for footballers
Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.
Brazilian Roberto Carlos's 1997 free-kick against France curved so sharply that it left goalkeeper Fabian Barthez standing still and looking puzzled.
Now, a study published in the New Journal of Physics suggests that the long-held assumption that the goal was a fantastic fluke is wrong.
02 Sep 2010
- From the section UK