Raha is the goalie for her soccer team. Her coach has been working with her on how to deflect a shot to the goal so it will go farther down the field and away from her goal. The coach has studied a lot of data and has drawn a diagram showing the angle at which most shots approach the goalie. The coach is experimenting with Raha on the correct angle to deflect a shot so it goes away from the person who kicked the ball. In the experiment on deflecting the shot, what is the element that Raha can control?
A. the mass of the ball being shot
B. the speed of the shot moving toward her
C. the direction of the ball coming toward her
D. the direction of the force applied to block the shot