ground game

noun5

1. •
   Putting; hitting the ball along the ground

   • Most golf courses built in the 1980s went away from the old-fashioned ground game and forced players to hit the ball high. — 1999
2. •
   Running with the ball, rather than passing

   • Notre Dame, with its option-type quarterback, Tony Rice, is committed to the ground game. — 1988
3. •
   (US) Local political organization

   • While the Democratic "ground game" in Texas seems unusually strong, so is the Republicans'. — 1988
4. •
   Hand-to-hand combat in which both fighters are on the ground, or skill in such combat

   • He didn't show a lot of ground game in that fight, but his advantage was on the feet, so that's understandable. — 2007
5. •
   (UK) Rabbits and hares