* The clock stops after the offense completes a first down and begins again — assuming it is following a play in which the clock would not normally stop — once the referee declares the ball ready for play.

This is different from a single ( see below ) in that the team scored against begins with possession of the ball.

With this technique, a right-hand thrower faces the rear, and begins to spin on the ball of the left foot.

For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of the body, continues across the body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of the body.

For right-handed players, the backhand is a stroke that begins on the left side of their body, continues across their body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of their body.

But simply, play proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a ' rally ' by serving the ball ( tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm ), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court.

Traditionally, shortly after the dance begins, guests would promptly join in the dancing, in order of precedence, exactly like at any other ball.

A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson and begins talking to it.

The test of a true cricketer is that he shall prefer village cricket to ' good ' cricket Blunden's friendliest memories are of the informal village game, where everyone plays in braces, where the blacksmith is liable to be called away in mid-innings on an urgent job, and sometimes, about the time when the light begins to fail, a ball driven for four kills a rabbit on the boundary.

A runner who advances due to a passed ball is not credited with a stolen base unless he breaks for the base before the pitcher begins his delivery.

Given initial speed u, one can calculate how high the ball will travel before it begins to fall.

Here the temperature field within the object begins to change as a function of time, as the heat is removed from the metal, and the interest lies in analyzing this spatial change of temperature within the object over time, until all gradients disappear entirely ( the ball has reached the same temperature as the oil ).

Her Fairy Godmother magically appears and immediately begins to transform Cinderella from house servant to the young lady she was by birth, all in the effort to get Cinderella to the ball.

In matches lasting more than two days the captain usually has the option of taking another new ball after a set number of overs ( usually 80 ) have taken place since a new ball was introduced ( an innings always begins with a new ball ).

In a suicide squeeze, the runner takes off as soon as the pitcher begins to throw the pitch, before releasing the ball.

A Parable begins at a ping-pong ball factory.

The famous scene that begins when Ty Webb's golf ball crashes into Carl Spackler's ramshackle house was not in the original script.

The game begins when the frontcourt player of the first team serves the ball to the second team.

A batter bunting for a base hit will often hold back his bunt while the pitcher begins delivering the ball, in order to surprise the fielders.

Jim Furyk's trademark looping golf swing begins with a setup that has the ball at the heel of the club instead of the center, or even out at the toe.

I was the first to get my squad on the ball, and anybody thinkin it was easy is pretty damn dumb.

He used it very effectively when he wanted to get his squad on the ball.

Most on the ball.

There was a significantly greater number in this group who reported a desk as being in a tilted position while a tennis ball resting on it remained stationary on the incline.

They knew that their perceptual experience differed from objective reality since they had seen the desk and ball prior to putting on the aniseikonic lenses.

To solve the problem of the wheat grains spilling on the floor and getting underfoot, a ball of maple syrup boiled to candy consistency was invented to hold the grains.

) The sorry fact about this young man, who was barely of age when he broke into major-league baseball, was that he really was a better ball player than he was given credit for being -- never so good as he claimed, and always an irritant to his associates, but a good steady performer when he could fight down the temptation to orate on his skills or cut up in public.

The ball lay there, shining white on the grass in view of nearly every fan in the park while Ruth, red-necked with frustration, charged about the small patch of ground screaming, `` Where's the -- -ing ball ''??

Jim Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel's glove and beat it out for a single, and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first baseman Throneberry's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error.

Carey singled on a slow-bouncing ball to short which Robinson cut across to field and threw wide to first.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

`` I know when my reflexes are gone and I'm not going to be any 25th man on the ball club ''.

You'll probably get a ball bat on the head.

Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball game, trailing only 6-3, but the drive fizzled when John Edwards fouled out with men on second and third and two out.

By the time the fielder got his hands on the ball Deegan was rounding third base and heading for home.

The contents of the Darnley urn are also problematic ; they were variously reported to be the remains of a stump, bail or the outer casing of a ball, but in 1998 Darnley's 82-year-old daughter-in-law said they were the remains of her mother-in-law's veil, casting a further layer of doubt on the matter.

Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve.

For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to the more general idea of a ball retains only the information on general ball attributes and behavior, eliminating the other characteristics of that particular ball.

When the wind blows horizontally, it presses on and moves the ball ; because ping-pong balls are very lightweight, they move easily in light winds.

* BABIP — Batting average on balls in play: frequency at which a batter reaches a base after putting the ball in the field of play.

He batted unconvincingly and reached 28 when he hit a ball to Jack Ikin ; England believed it was a catch, but Bradman stood his ground, believing it to be a bump ball.

* GO / AO — Ground ball fly ball ratio: number of ground ball outs divided by number of fly ball outs

* G / F — Ground ball fly ball ratio: ground balls allowed divided by fly balls allowed

:( 1 ) the batter reaches first base ( or any succeeding base ) safely on a fair ball that settles on the ground, that touches a fence before being touched by a fielder or that clears a fence ;

Another risk of the hit-and-run is that a caught line drive could result in an easy double play, although this is offset by the lower likelihood of a ground ball double play.

: Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,

Rafael Betancourt was summoned once again, and induced a ground ball off Juan Uribe's bat.

Much like the 2007 play-in game when it was not clear whether or not Matt Holliday had touched home plate with the game-winning run, there was question as to whether Barmes actually caught the ball, as photos later emerged showing the ball apparently sliding down his arm as he went to the ground.

* A player is considered down when any part of his body other than the feet or hands touches the ground or when the ball carrier is tackled or otherwise falls and loses possession of the ball as he contacts the ground with any part of his body, with the sole exception of the holder for field goal and extra point attempts.

The kicker may not be contacted after the kick but before his kicking leg returns to the ground ( this rule is not enforced upon a player who has blocked a kick ), and the quarterback, having already thrown the ball, may not be hit or tackled.

; Place kick: Kicking a ball held on the ground by a teammate, or, on a kickoff ( resuming play following a score ), placed on a tee.

; Drop kick: Kicking a ball after bouncing it on the ground.

; Punt: Kicking the ball after it has been released from the kicker's hand and before it hits the ground.

; Field goal: Scored by a drop kick or place kick ( except on a kickoff ) when the ball, after being kicked and without again touching the ground, goes over the cross bar and between the goal posts ( or between lines extended from the top of the goal posts ) of the opponent's goal, worth three points.