ball control
noun
: an offensive strategy (as in football) in which a team tries to keep possession of the ball for extended periods of time
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Kansas City rushed 19 times in the second half, emphasizing ball control, including a 19-play, 87-yard drive, which consumed nine minutes, 43 seconds.
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Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
An inability to run the ball coupled with turnovers has led to the Seahawks being unable to play ball control on offense.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The product of Cerritos College and the University of Oklahoma stands at the center of an attack built on clock control and ball control.
—Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Even to the untrained eye the ball control, and eye-foot coordination, looked damn near perfect.
—Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
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Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
An inability to run the ball coupled with turnovers has led to the Seahawks being unable to play ball control on offense.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The product of Cerritos College and the University of Oklahoma stands at the center of an attack built on clock control and ball control.
—Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Even to the untrained eye the ball control, and eye-foot coordination, looked damn near perfect.
—Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Ball control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20control. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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