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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Both teams tend to ball control, making a high-scoring game a bit more risky to predict.
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
That ability to cause chaos is coupled with ball control.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
This game could be anyone's, and both teams are attempting to get over injuries and ball control.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Having been suitably beaten up, the Steelers must now take on one of the top ball control teams in the league on a short week, with the hard-running Isiah Pacheco returning from injury.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
That ability to cause chaos is coupled with ball control.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
This game could be anyone's, and both teams are attempting to get over injuries and ball control.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Having been suitably beaten up, the Steelers must now take on one of the top ball control teams in the league on a short week, with the hard-running Isiah Pacheco returning from injury.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Ball control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20control. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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