Experiments are done all around us everyday, but most of us don't even realize it. With sports, teams experiment all the time to find different techniques or better ways to get a win. In soccer, the same applies.
The 2010 World Cup was one of the most anticipated and watched games during the summer. Cristiano Ronaldo, who played on the Portugal National Team is known for his crazy shots that almost always end up in the back of the net. The ball used this year called the Jabulani, was given to the teams to practice with before the World Cup started and that's when the experimentation started.
Cristiano is also known for his free kicks, so this is where he experimented. He was able to hit the ball in a certain spot and in the air the ball would flatten out and at the last minute pop back to its original shape and bend into the back of the net. The goalie would essentially be tricked, thinking the ball was going one way and go another way. So throughout 2010, he perfected this technique by experimentation.
This is the final product.
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