eli5 why are balls like footballs or baseballs more accurate when thrown with a spiral or spin?

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eli5 why are balls like footballs or baseballs more accurate when thrown with a spiral or spin?

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Conservation of angular momentum (I think). Here’s the best example I can think of – [Veritasium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeyDf4ooPdo).

The point is that the spin gives it a crazy amount of stability.

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