Daniela Ortiz
Soccer a great game full of skills, but you might be thinking how does soccer relate to math. Well, let’s take a moment and think about it. In soccer and every other sport uses math. Like for example, we can see how geometry plays a big role in soccer because it involves shapes, measurements and area. Let’s think of the field first. Symmetry plays an important role so each half must have identical measurement. The soccer field also involves others shapes like circles, corner area, halfway line, or the goal area. If we think about the soccer ball we can see how the ball have shapes in it also. It has hexagons and pentagons shapes. During the soccer game we can see how the soccer players have to determine their angles in other make their passes right. Not only they measure the angles to pass the ball but also they have to measure the angle to make a goal. Not only the players have to measure the angles, but also the goalie need to measure the distance and the angle in order to stop the ball. Now we can see how math plays a role into soccer. Just like math is in soccer, it can be in every other sport like basketball or volleyball.
Daniela Ortiz
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4/21/2016 07:18:05 am
The point you made in relating soccer to mathematical figures is valid, but how are players capable of calculating how the ball is going to travel when they throw or kick it? In reality, I think that soccer players are capable of telling which direction the ball will travel just by practice and prior knowledge.
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Daniela
4/21/2016 08:00:28 pm
Thanks for the comment but if we think about it the player is capable of calculating how far he throws the ball for it can get to the person he is throwing it at or calculating how hard they hits the ball to pass it to another player. It's obvious that soccer playerso don't think about math while playing but they calculate the distance between them and the other players.
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Cody Jackson
4/21/2016 09:50:58 am
Like you said, many things in soccer relate and even revolve around math, but in spare of the moment decisions do they actually calculate the angle in which they are going to take? Soccer players have many skills in the game in which they play because "Practice makes perfect". But I think it's hard to believe that the actual players calculate things mathematically while they are playing the game, I believe it's all instinct and gut decisions. Despite some others things in soccer that involve math, I think soccer is all about the circumstances and the plays in which your gut tends to make.
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Daniela
4/21/2016 07:54:47 pm
I understand that while soccer payers are playing a game they don't think about math but we can see how math is related to soccer. Every happens to quickly while playing soccer and we don't think aboutique math but there is always a probability to either kick the ball straight to make the goal or to make a curve too shoot.
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Daniel Pursifull
4/21/2016 10:08:38 am
I understand the part about finding the angles to make the "perfect pass" but as a soccer player myself I don't believe the math could be like that. It is fairly hard to kick it straight enough for an angle and most of the times it curves. Therefore I believe the curve needs to be calculated and not just a simple angle of the ball.
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4/21/2016 11:55:58 am
I really like this blog in particular. Even though I play basketball more than I do anything else, I also like to play soccer with some of my neighbors and I used to play for a team. All I ever thought about it was passing the ball and putting it into the net. I might have thought about the angle of kicking the ball in the goal, but never the relation it has to math such as the shapes on the ball.
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Nathan Podbielski
4/21/2016 12:01:24 pm
Do you think soccer players actually measure the distance from the goal and solve an equation in their head to know how hard they need to kick the ball to make it go in the goal. Or do you think they just see what results certain powers of kicks get in practice and then apply that practice during games.
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Daniela
4/21/2016 08:04:39 pm
Good question. I believe that the players don't actually use math to determine the distance not how hard to kick the ball while playing soccer but they do determine the distance between the person they want to kick it at. But also I think they will use what they learn during practice in how far to kick a ball.
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James Davis
4/21/2016 01:34:55 pm
Interesting. I knew that math was involved with sports and their players but never really thought about the math put into the design of the field. Makes you wonder if at one point some boxes were bigger and designed differently but changed to balance the game. Great post!
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Hannah Williamson
4/21/2016 06:07:25 pm
I really enjoyed how you talked about math is used in soccer. As a soccer player, I have to think about all of this stuff, such as the angle to shoot or pass the ball. I sometimes have trouble, because you have to think so quickly but I still think it's very helpful. I think that we really have to think about how hard or what angle we need to kick the ball, and math is really used a lot in this sport.
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Abi Lewis
4/21/2016 06:22:16 pm
I like this post because math could be used in a lot of ways during soccer but many people do not always have the time to think about it. Corner kicks is a good example for the curve of the ball. If you curve the ball in a certain way you can make a goal or put it in the position to have a goal scored.
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Riley Howell
4/21/2016 06:46:16 pm
As everyone else has stated, is math really considered when playing the game? I don't think players take math in perspective when playing because everything happens so quickly, although there is obviously math in soccer.
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Colin Williams
4/21/2016 08:09:56 pm
I think that players subconsciously and on instinct factor in math into the game. For example, their brain uses muscle memory but it also uses knowledge of math concepts to determine what is going to happen right as it is happening. For example, when I play I subconsciously think about how different angles that I approach the ball at affect what I want to happen and I believe it is not just me that does this. There are many factors that come into play once you kick the ball and the brain uses math to compensates for this. If there is a breeze or if you are at a awkward angle facing the goal you brain reacts in a different way to compensate for this. Therefore it is also math and not just memory because every situation is different and you are still able to react with similar results.
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Fayth Serlick
4/21/2016 09:13:39 pm
I think, like everyone else has said, that soccer players don't exactly calculate a math problem in their head while they are on the field playing. It does take thinking to determine how far you want the ball to go and the power you have to put behind it and I think that's what you were trying to say, good job!
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Navya Dixit
4/22/2016 05:26:31 am
I like how you incorporated sports into math. It is true that a specific angle is required to make a goal. It is also true that the velocity of the ball has to be a specific speed to make it into the goal. Do you think that soccer players with better math skill have the ability to score more points than other team members since they can calculate the angle and speed more accurately.
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Ryan Kimble
4/22/2016 11:20:32 am
This is a really interesting topic. I have never played soccer before but I can only imagine hiw much math is involved. I know that you have o think the distance you have to kick or throw the ball.
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Christa Casidsid
4/22/2016 04:55:46 pm
Soccer does use angles and distance, but most likely the velocity of the ball and how much strength the players need to put in to the kick. I imagine this to be more tricker than what it seems to be since the players have to race against time and make sure other players don't steal the ball, as well as predicting if the goalie can't catch their ball at certain measurements.
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Megan Huston
4/26/2016 12:22:15 pm
It is funny that you use math during sports. Most T.V. shows and movies portray athletes of being dumb, but athletes have to do math while they play. They have to calculate how far the ball will go after it is kicked or, in swimming, what angle you have to dive in to have a good start.
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