{"id":4049,"date":"2026-10-16T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/lexikon\/ball-roll-behavior\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:00:21","slug":"ball-roll-behavior","status":"publish","type":"lexikon","link":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/ball-roll-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball Roll Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A soccer pitch should play similarly to well-maintained natural grass. This includes consistent <strong>ball roll behavior<\/strong>: the ball should roll across the pitch neither too quickly nor be slowed down too abruptly. <\/p>\n<h2>How It Is Measured<\/h2>\n<p>During testing, a ball rolls from a standardized ramp onto the surface. The distance it travels until it comes to a stop is measured. The permissible ranges are defined in test specifications, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/din-18035-7\/\">DIN 18035-7<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/fifa-quality\/\">FIFA Quality<\/a> program.  <\/p>\n<h2>Factors Influencing Ball Roll Behavior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pile height and density of the artificial turf<\/li>\n<li>Amount and distribution of the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/infill-filling-material\/\">infill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contamination and compaction of the surface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regular maintenance keeps these values stable \u2013 see <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/services\/artificial-grass-cleaning\/\">artificial turf cleaning<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball roll behavior describes how far and how consistently a ball rolls on a sports surface. It is a key testing parameter for artificial turf pitches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4049","lexikon","type-lexikon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexikon"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}