If the ball is unplayable at the breakdown, the side that did not take the ball into contact will receive a free kick.
Mears is at his best when running in the loose, taking on players, passing and supporting, but he cannot afford to take too much ball into contact as he will get turned over.
Or perhaps flanker Tom Rees, who when the outcome was still in doubt in the third quarter, took the ball into contact with three players offering a possible overlap outside him, and Mortlock again forced a turnover.
Beye turned and, in challenging to clear from the Brazilian, touched the ball before making contact with Robinho.
He almost mistimed Steve Harmison's third ball to mid-on and wafted airily outside off-stump on several occasions, but when he made contact the ball whistled away to the boundary.
The ball should start on the ground but any part of your body can come into contact with the ball except your hands or arms.
Replays suggested the ball had made no contact with Southee's bat after the tail-ender had asked for a review.
It continued a lean streak for the opener, but replays suggest the ball did not make contact with the bat and instead rebounded off his pad.
It is vitally important that players read what's in front of them in these situations because making the correct decision is critical to controlling the next phase of play and how quickly the ball is recycled after contact.
However, replays showed McIndoe's penalty claims appeared justified as Fonte's contact with the ball was minimal at best.
The contact shook the ball loose and it appeared to hit Williams' foot before rolling out of bounds.
But television replays appear to suggest that Thomas made no contact with the ball and that McArthur had come from an onside position.
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Ledley's cross after eight minutes created the first scoring opportunity, but Earnshaw, claiming to have been impeded, failed to make contact with the ball at the far post.
Neither player made a clean contact with the ball and Bendtner reacted quickly to tap home the knock down and score his first goal at the Emirates Stadium.
Ma-Kalambay bounded off his line but failed to make contact with the ball as Smith arrived on cue to plant a firm header into the net from 12 yards and hand Orient a shock lead.
They were also striking out at a higher rate (24% of all plate appearances) and making contact with the ball at a lower rate (75% of all swings) than any other team in the National League.
The Brazilian, already on a booking, did indeed raise a hand when defending the ball and he certainly made contact with Busquets' face as he did so, but a straight red card appeared a harsh decision.
Scientists at Imperial College London examined the force of ball-to-head contact in soccer because it has been rarely studied compared with other types of head contact in the world's most popular sport, such as player head-to-head contact.
The second came 18 minutes into the second half when Kightly whipped in a cross from the right and Wilson's arm made contact with the ball but neither referee Howard Webb or his assistant saw the misdemeanour and awarded Wolves a corner.
The home side then had strong penalty appeals rejected as Emile Heskey clashed with Gomes in a tussle for possession, referee Atkinson ruling that the Spurs keeper had just got a touch to the loose ball before there was any contact between the pair.
Electing to tackle the Honduran's cross with his legs, the normally reliable Jaaskelainen - who had pulled off a fine save from Defoe only moments earlier and was again under pressure from the England man - failed to make contact and the ball rebounded in off his standing leg.
In the same way that there's pleasure in making contact with a tennis ball, in bending the laws of physics to your will, there's something about throwing and catching the small, rubber lacrosse ball.
Heighway Pinball's solution is to introduce inductive switch technology: solid state sensors beneath the playfield, well out of the way of flying steel balls, which are triggered when a ball passes by without any physical contact.
You should go into contact and not lose the ball - I would want any player I coached to make sure the ball comes back 99% of the time.
The Australian official adjudged Pietersen had made contact with his bat before the ball looped up to Prince at gully, although replays proved inconclusive.
Vaughan looked bemused as he returned to the pavilion, but replays suggested contact had been made with the ball, although Boucher seemed unconvinced when he caught the ball.
They should be concentrating on the ball carrier - if he's going into contact what is everyone's role?
But, like their opponents, the Sharks frequently produced errors in contact with Andrew Sheridan uncharacteristically twice losing the ball in tackles.
By hoarding contact hitters, the Giants excelled by putting the ball in play and exposing the defensive weaknesses of opponents.
Even the National League is no longer home to a style of baseball that values speed and contact hitting over hacking and hoping for the long ball, he says.
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