The way I have explained it to my less scientific friends. If I shot 100 golf balls at you directly most of them would hit you. If put a soccer net between us

The way I have explained it to my less scientific friends. If I shot 100 golf balls at you directly most of them would hit you. If put a soccer net between us but closer to me the thrower of golf balls some number of those golf balls would not hit you anymore... so you would be hit by less than 100 golf balls. And even better if there is a soccer net close to me and a second soccer net close to you even less of the 100 golf balls would hit you. Probably not completely accurate but close enough.