'Smart' football tracks your performance to make you a better striker

Could this football turn you into a pro? £250 'smart' ball tracks your performance to make you a better striker The Smart Ball syncs to the Adidas micoach app via Bluetooth Built-in sensors monitor how hard the ball is struck and tracks flight paths It also reveals impact points and detects ball spin for penalties and corners This data is used to train players how to bend free kicks, for example The £250 ball is available now in the U.S. and Europe It may be too late to make the England squad for this year’s World Cup, but a new smart football could get you in shape for the next one. Scroll down for video Built-in sensors in the Adidas Smart Ball monitor how hard it is struck, tracks flight trajectories and also reveals impact points for penalties and corners. It syncs with the firm's miCoach app via Bluetooth and helps players learn and master various kicking and control skills FORMULA FOR FOOTBALL SUCCESS Professor Stephen Hawking has produced a mathematical formula to guarantee England success at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil - and also on how to take the ‘perfect penalty’. Professor Stephen Hawking has produced a mathematical formula, pictured, to guarantee England success at this summer's World Cup in Brazil - and also on how to take the 'perfect penalty' Numbers game: The Cambridge physicist analysed data from every tournament since 1966 - but he believes the heat, the altitude and the distance from home could all scupper England's chances