Children dressed as Santa Clause play with a soccer ball as they celebrate at their school ahead of Christmas in Chennai on December 23, 2021. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)

A dog jumps into a swimming pool to retrieve a ball during the Chatsworth House Country Fair near Edensor, Britain on August 31, 2018. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)

Russia's Dina Averina competes in the ball event of the rhythmic gymnastics individual final at the 2019 European Games in Minsk on June 23, 2019. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)

Rob Maitland of Australia collects a ball from the ocean during warm-up for the Water Polo by the Sea match between Australia and the United States of America at at Bondi Icebergs on Bondi Beach on January 4, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, over on Portobello beach, members of the Upsala circus take a stroll before their fringe debut, Ping-Pong Ball Effect in Edinburgh, England on August 1, 2017. (Photo by Murdo Macleod/The Guardian)

Emma Sees, Valor Christian, #6, accidentally grabs Windsor's Alexa Kopren's hair while both were chasing after the ball in the second half of the Colorado State girls 4A soccer championship at Dick's Sporting Goods Park May 23, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

English singer and songwriter Anne-Marie performs on stage during day two of Capital's Jingle Bell Ball with Seat at London's O2 Arena on December 8, 2019. (Photo by Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty Images)

A 2 year old cattle dog emerges from the water after retrieving a ball during the 2nd Annual Rio Grande Doggy Paddle held at the Rio Grande Pool, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on September 12, 2021. (Photo by Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal via ZUMA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)