ball control

noun

, Sports.

1. a team's ability to maintain possession of the ball on offense.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ball control¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Chet reached for the ball-control, moved it, and swung their ship in a slow, rotary motion.

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It was a modification of the high-liner ball-control, and it was new.

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He looked once more behind him as if at something that pursued; then swung the ball-control to throw the ship off her course.

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