Asked by Summer

After a soccer ball is kicked into the air, what force or forces are acting on it?
DrBob222
gravity, air resistance?
Luke
The moment the ball gets kicked away from the foot, it starts accelerating, and from this point forward only two forces are put upon it: the drag with the air, which slows the ball's motion (or could be the friction from it rubbing against the ground), and gravity, which pulls it down. The ball started accelerating, and it used to be sitting still. When an object accelerates, it means that its changing speed, so it’s unbalanced.