Aside from the active ball at the mouth of your frog, you can also see a spare one at its back, allowing you to switch between the two balls to make a better shot whenever possible.
Your frog is fixed on a position and can only rotate on its axis. Before this happens, you have to eliminate the slowly-moving balls by completing sets of three or more from your trusty ball-spitting frog. At the end of this path is a sacred golden skull, and once the balls reach this skull, it’s game over for you. Each level has a clearly defined path through which a series of balls pass through. The basic objective of Zuma is to complete levels by making all the balls explode.