The Science of Superstars
Like Duolingo, but for The Science of Superstars. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in The Science of Superstars
- Striking the ball off-center creates the necessary rotation for a curve
- Striking the right side of the ball causes it to spin and veer left
- Faster spin creates a greater pressure difference in the air
- The amount of 'bend' is directly proportional to how fast the ball is rotating
- The relationship between spin speed and the severity of the curve
- Center strikes result in no spin and linear paths
- The side of the ball struck is opposite to the direction of the curve
- Mapping the strike point to the resulting flight path
- Simple sugars provide a rapid 'spark' but burn out quickly
- Complex carbohydrates break down slowly for sustained energy
- Proteins act as 'bricks' for structural repair
- Carbohydrates and fats are the body's primary fuel sources
- The functional difference between simple and complex carbohydrates for energy timing
- Mapping specific nutrients to their primary role in the body's 'delivery system'
- The body stores excess fuel when energy intake exceeds immediate physical demand
- Physical activity triggers the body to burn food for immediate energy
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Science of Superstars the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Imagine you are a right-footed player aiming for the top-left corner. Where should your boot make contact to make the ball veer left?
Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.
Where The Science of Superstars takes you
Discover the invisible forces that connect everything from a perfect soccer goal to the birth of a distant star. Learn how the same laws of physics govern your favorite snacks, elite athletes, and the entire universe.
- 1
Master the Field and the Plate
- How to Kick a Curveball
- Why Your Body Needs Fuel
- The Secret to a Perfect Spiral
- How Animals Outrun Humans
- What Makes a Snack Crunchy
- 2
Spot the Patterns Everywhere
- Why Planets and Balls are Round
- Gravity on the Pitch vs. in Space
- How Light Travels Across a Stadium
- 3
The Big Picture of Everything
- How Stars Create the Ingredients for Food
- The Shape of Our Galaxy
- Why the Universe Keeps Moving
- Where Energy Actually Comes From
3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
The Science of Superstars is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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