Wikipedia’s page on the magnus effect is pretty ok ... Here is what I get for the trajectory of the ball (as seen from above). That is more than 4 meters deflection – but maybe they are ...

You can understand what kind of trajectory the ball playing a strong rotation and Magnus effect will take by watching the following movie. David Beckham's free kick against Greece - YouTube ...

This changes the trajectory of the ball from the parabolic shape you ... For a spinning ball, a bit of physics known as the Magnus Effect comes into play. Most explanations of the Magnus effect ...

As the ball slows down, the "Magnus effect" becomes more and more pronounced ... the rotation is the same," Quere said. "Hence the trajectory of the ball is going to be more and more bent ...

the Magnus Effect. This phenomenon was first described by Isaac Newton, who noticed that in tennis, topspin causes a ball to dip, while backspin flattens out its trajectory. A curveball in ...

The Magnus force is a commonly observed effect in ball sports, in which the spin of a ball causes it to curve away from its trajectory -- a la 'bend it like Beckham'. "The effects... are probably ...

"When a quarterback makes a good spiral pass, the ball's trajectory is remarkably similar ... Another, more surprising finding was that the Magnus effect, which causes a spinning baseball to ...

That's consistent with observations and measurements of the Magnus effect, particularly in baseball, where high-speed spins on the ball can shift its trajectory mid-flight. While these particular ...