 The term for when the ball leaves the table or gets stopped somewhere out of the men-like figures’ reach is dead ball.Expert players have been known to move balls at speeds up to 56 km/h (35 mph) in competition.Most rules consider "over 360-degree shots", or "spinning" (using the palm of the hand to swiftly spin the bar all around, instead of using wrist strokes to kick the ball with a bar-mounted figure) illegal.