Test firing of David Landay's kicking machine on January 6, 2007, at Maret School in Washington D.C.

The Pictures

Building the Machine

Subjective Testing

Objective Testing

Does the new World Cup soccer ball really kick further than an ordinary soccer ball?

Method

I need to kick 3 different balls exactly the same way and see which goes further.

To do this I need a way to kick each ball the same way.  With my father and godfather's help I built a kicking machine.  Here's how it works:

Check out the pictures on the left.