What happens when football’s greatest quarterback teams up with one of YouTube’s biggest science channels? We got our answer this week as Tom Brady and Veritasium took a ludicrously deep dive into the physics of a football itself to explore everything from the exact impact of throwing a tight spiral to a duck, and

Obviously we all know the basic principle behind spinning the ball. It’s the same as a bullet coming out of a gun, as it reduces wind resistance, drag coefficient and allows the ball to travel further. What’s interesting, however, is exactly how much of a difference this makes — as is explored in the video.

It shows that a ball which ends up tumbling end-over-end loses ten-times as much momentum as a ball thrown with a spiral. So while NFL players absolutely have impressive a

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