Cork students get a science lesson in the physical side of soccer

What makes Messi one of the best penalty takers in the world? Does the keeper actually have a chance of saving a penalty if he waits until the ball is struck to see which way it is going?

The Tyndall National Institute took a class of Blarney science students to both the classroom and the pitch at Cork’s Mardyke Arena yesterday to show them how soccer’s top players use physics to make them the stars of the game.

John Barton from the Tyndall National Institute addressing the first-year students from Scoil Mhuire gan Smál