season with 167 in 2009. Related skills The requirement that a player performs a specialist skill in order to be allowed to run with the ball is common and necessary in many sports. Introducing these skills prevents players from taking the ball in hand and running the length of the field unchallenged. In this way, the running bounce is related to: dribbling in basketball; first appeared in the 1890s the running bounce in Gaelic football, first used in the 1900s, now once every 4 steps but no more than one consecutive bounce The running bounce should not be confused with the ball-up, also often referred to as a bounce. The ball-up is an unrelated umpiring skill used to restart play from a neutral contest. Games and Variants with running bounce Australian rules football AFL 9s (players may only bounce once) Nine-a-side footy (players may only bounce once) Women's Australian rules football Gaelic Football Ladies' Gaelic Football References Australian rules football terminology Australian rules football skills