In the Projectile Motion episode of NBC Learn's "The Science of NFL Football," you see that punted footballs travel in an arc known to mathematicians as a parabola.

Like this: I think it’s cool that the ball lands in the cart. But how? Kinematics and Projectile Motion Don’t worry. I won’t make you build a ball-launching cart. I can explain it right here.

As the name suggests, horizontal motion occurs when the object is thrown ... height before falling back to the ground. Kicking a soccer ball: You adjust the angle of your kick (θ) and the force ...