2006-06-16 04:55:23 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
this is for a soccar ball not an American football
2006-06-17 03:11:53 · update #1
so that they roll. why are wheels round?
2006-06-16 04:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matter of physics. Rotation and flight. Footballs in the days before the forward pass was legal were almost round although somewhat like the modern football.
2006-06-16 12:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by deserthawk238 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean a football or that rugby-shaped ball used in the US version of "football" (sic)
The answer to the first is obvious, the answer to the second is as obscure as the reasons or calling that game "football" in the first place.
2006-06-16 12:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by izzieere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to American Football, the ball is shaped that way to that it has an unpredictable bounce.
2006-06-27 10:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you look on an acrobatic airplane it is in the shape of a foot ball that desighn allows air to flow sloweron the bottom than on the top creating lift it alows the ball to go fartheer
2006-06-16 11:59:23 · answer #5 · answered by i am me=D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way way waaay back in time the game that modern soccer came from, used human heads (of the tribes beaten enemy) wrapped in linens. The modern soccer ball closely resembles this in size and shape
2006-06-29 01:52:32 · answer #6 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your'e talking about English/proper footballs, then the sphere helps them to roll, fly etc.
Since you're probably talking about american footballs, then I don't have a clue.
2006-06-16 13:36:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their shape permits throwing in a spiral for accuracy, distance. Its aerodynamically efficient, a bit easier to carry than a sphere and so on...
2006-06-16 11:59:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your the goal keeper, ive just kicked the ball, can you imagine the point of the triangle heading towards you... would you really seriously consider catching it?
2006-06-29 14:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by lonely as a cloud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what sport are you talking about an american foot ball is like a rugby ball
2006-06-29 11:28:21 · answer #10 · answered by scouser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean ball shaped? Think about it....the game requires the use of your foot....the foot connects with the ball....foot...ball....
The football is that shape so that it rolls.
If you mean Gridiron balls they are like that because they are a rip off of rugby balls.
2006-06-16 12:01:03 · answer #11 · answered by sirdaz_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋