Indeed, it's the support at the ball of the foot that gave my pair their distinct feel.
Can she safely dance at the ball without fear of tiny shards of glass cutting her skin and ruining her dress?
The visitors capitalised on West Brom's vulnerability just eight minutes later when Carlton Cole threw himself at the ball inside the six-yard area.
The visitors began brightly after the interval and forced three corners which were dealt with unconvincingly by Villa's keeper Scott Carson, who flapped at the ball on each occasion.
When Vesnina finally sailed a shot long to lose the opening set, Sharapova screamed and shook her fist at the ball, as though trying to intimidate it.
Tate instinctively swung his left foot at the ball but only succeeded in diverting it past a startled Ma-Kalambay and inadvertently sending Orient into the fifth round.
South Africa were angered on Tuesday by television footage showing Broad stepping on the ball with his spikes, while there were also claims Anderson picked at the ball.
Right on half-time, home striker Steven Naismith was given a clear sight of goal a few yards out but tentatively poked at the ball, allowing Boruc to save.
The visitors did not hold on for long though, with Letizi flapping at the ball and Morrison capitalising amid the scramble to fire over the line and draw Dunfermline level.
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The guild said in a statement that recent events at the ball had led to "unintended consequences for students who attend the event, as well as RAG, the guild and the university".
But Nicks, on the offense's first play of the second half, hauled in a 51-yarder up the gut of the field, even with Tramon Williams draped all over him and grabbing at the ball.
"If you think that it's going to rain the day before, you need to high-tail yourself down to Home Depot and get a bunch of plastic, and do just like they do at the ball parks, " said Reeves.
England striker Rooney should have extended their lead but swiped at the ball carelessly when presented with a clear chance from six yards out after Scholes, Nani, and then Evra, had all linked well to play him in.
They've lengthened the course at St Andrews for this year but I worry that until they look at the ball technology we're going to be faced with a situation where they make these changes and then three years later they are obsolete.
Shortly after the restart, Hanlon fired a low ball towards the St Johnstone goal, but Enckelman had it covered, then Sodje delivered a cross to Stevenson who could only take a fresh-air swipe at the ball and Alan Maybury made the clearance.
Wigan responded when captain Mario Melchiot delivered a perfect inswinging cross to Kevin Kilbane, but the midfielder headed straight at Carroll who gathered the ball at the second attempt.
But Mbu was first to strike, glancing an inswinging Scott McBride corner towards goal and, despite the efforts of Richard Walker who tried in vain to keep the ball out at the far post, the ball ended up in the back of the net.
Six minutes into the second period of extra time, Kirkham drew level after Sphinx keeper Ashley Hooker spilt the ball at the feet of Kirkham striker Mark Wane, who chipped the ball into the net from close range.
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Michael Duff found the ball at his feet from a corner but only managed to poke the ball straight at Arason.
Richard Clarke touched the ball home at the back post after the ball was played across the area in the 115th minute.
But having been rarely tempted to hook, he had a go at the 282nd ball he faced and was well caught by Oliver Newby running in at long-leg off Chapple.
Then make the stroke and continue to gaze at the ground, where the ball was, for at least one more count.
"I thought in the first half in particular when we made breaks with quick ball there were bodies lingering at the back of rucks and the ball didn't come out, it got turned over or whatever and that's the frustrating thing, there were chances there, " he insisted.
In the traditional view of teleportation a spinning ball will de-materialize at one end of the table and exactly the same ball will re-materialize at the other end.
But all too often the visitors spilled the ball at the crucial point or conceded possession for lack of support.
We were good at keeping the ball in the Six Nations but against South Africa it just wasn't there for us.
The hosts won the match when striker Babacar Gueye tucked home the ball at the second attempt following a penalty box scramble.
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