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Bending it like Beckham takes practice, physics

AUG 07, 2007

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021354

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The Boston Globe : The British soccer player David Beckham is famous for many things. His hairstyles (there’s a website that allows you to view yourself with 13 of his distinct do’s); his fashion choices (the British tabloids just loved his male sarong and pink nail polish); and his marriage to a pop star, Victoria Beckham -- Posh Spice of the Spice Girls.And then there’s his soccer fame, which is largely based on his innate command of the laws of physics.
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