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Published: February 8, 2026
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Oxbridge Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explores the mathematics of the sport of Goalball by calculating the shooting angles available for each player on the court.
Learn more about the work of the Royal Voluntary Service on the RVS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoyalVoluntaryService
Find out more about the sport of Goalball here: https://goalballuk.com/
And watch the professionals with Goalball UK here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ssPn9jizFD3cm5ABRwqtg
Thanks to the Royal Voluntary Service for sponsoring this video. The GoVo platform is supported by players of the People's Postcode Lottery.
Watch Tom talk about the maths of the perfect penalty here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54EmUfF1-0c
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is Public Engagement Lead at Oxford University Lifelong Learning: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/
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With thanks to
Royal Voluntary Service
People's Postcode Lottery
Goalball UK
Metin Ayhan
First in Architecture
Support Tom's work via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/tomrocksmaths