He kicks, and a soccer ball rolls across the grass and drops into hole number 1 ... The game, just several years old, combines the etiquette, rules and rolling hills of golf with the ball and ...

Nearly all soccer players prefer a high-quality natural grass surface to an artificial one. The ball can bounce and roll ... since the days of the old Astrodome in Houston, which was little ...

SALIBY: They drop a soccer ball on the grass and then measure the sound of its bounce. (SOUNDBITE OF BALL BOUNCING) SALIBY: It's all about determining if the ball meets tournament regulations.

Here’s a fun challenge: teaching a quadrupedal robot to successfully dribble a soccer ball. It is ... Potential terrains include grass (naturally), sand, gravel, mud and snow.