When you go to the net you know that he's going to return the ball - you don't know where.
With a little help, you can generally return the ball 40 yards on each kick, assuming you run, spin and jump at the exact right moment.
After some literal hand-holding with a human to understand the basics of a ping-pong swing, a TUD robot can gradually abstract those motions and return the ball in situations beyond the initial example.
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The striker, on in place of Forrest, spread play wide to Samaras before racing forward to receive the Greek's return pass and slip the ball past Costil.
Franks also enjoyed some luck as he was dropped twice, but the return of Tomlinson with the new ball eventually ended his last-wicket resistance with Darren Pattinson.
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"Hazard is sent off for kicking the ball under a ball boy attempting to smother the ball rather than return it, " Chelsea's tweet read.
Then came an exhilarating acceleration, with the next 42 scored off 29 balls, before Steyn made a stunning return with the mandatory change of ball after 34 overs.
The Argentine forward reacted quickly and quickly turned to receive a perfect return pass from Sneijder and clip the ball over Hans Jorg Butt in the Bayern goal.
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Liam Ridgewell, possibly distracted by Johnson's return, allowed Hoilett to nick the ball off his toes and the Canadian youngster coolly took the ball past Foster and slotted into an empty net.
Ledley, out of contract this summer, had been relatively anonymous but he collected a delicious return pass from Whittingham before striking the ball beyond Matt Gilks, who got his angles wrong as he advanced out of goal.
The pair combined superbly to set up what proved to be Villa's winner, when Agbonlahor played the ball out wide to Young, whose return cross was headed in by the striker who had continued his run into the box.
But the Warriors seized the initiative after seven minutes when Ndlovu chipped the ball perfectly onto the head of Edzai Kasinauyo, marking his return to the team after a three-year absence.
Panesar was equally impressive, the spinner bowling maiden after maiden - and it could have been even better had he reacted quicker when Brendon McCullum nudged one back to him late on, the ball falling just short of a return catch.
The Belgian brought the ball forward, found Eboue on the right and continued his run to enable him to meet the return pass before curling a superb shot into the top-right corner of the net from the edge of the box.
Carew played the ball into Ashley Young who cutely back-heeled a return-pass into the Norwegian's path and he fired across Sorensen to bring Villa level.
Wales full-back Kevin Morgan, making his return after a knee injury, made a hash of gathering the wickedly bouncing ball, De Vedia collecting for his second try.
He prodded the ball through to Jean-Claude Darcheville, who timed his return pass to perfection.
Once the scholars have graduated from scout school, they will return to their respective ball clubs to begin a formal apprenticeship.
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Former Warwickshire seamer Corey Collymore, who bowled two maidens in the four overs possible on the opening day, continued his new-ball spell for a return of two for nine from eight overs on a greenish pitch with some bounce and movement.
To return to my earlier metaphor, the more companies take this approach, the more the ball gets passed, and the more people have jobs.
Peter Trego made the breakthrough with the wicket of Carberry lbw, then deceived Adams with a slower ball in the 26th over, before taking a one-handed return catch diving forward.
The ball turned and took a leading edge and Krejza took a neat low return catch.
This isn't all due to Stoudemire's return, but it is also true that the duo has never been dynamic while sharing the ball.
On the restart, Rovers survived an early scare close to their own line but when, on his return to action, Rob Purdham flung out a wild pass on 44 minutes Dobson snatched the ball to race 80 metres to claim his second try.
But Wasps had a gameplan to go with their physicality and they conjured up almost a carbon copy of Reddan's try, this time in the right corner, when hooker Ibanez threw short to Simon Shaw and took a quick return ball to dive over.
The Niners got the ball back with four seconds left but could only muster a Ted Ginn Jr. kick return to midfield.
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Hiddink was not satisfied with his team's use of the ball in possession but says their mental strength played a significant part in going into the return leg on 6 May on level terms.
That's when Wichita State forgot even how to inbound the ball, turning it over Cotton didn't step onto the court quick enough to receive a return pass.
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