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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Our ball control was not good, with a lot of mistakes also in the first half. —

Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 Coach Mike McDaniel has re-tooled the offense, going from a big-play passing game to a ball control run game with a short passing game. —

Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 Without those scores, and with having to compete with Richardson and Taylor’s rushing volume for the ball control elements of the Colts offense, Pittman trends as an upper-tier WR3, which makes his third-round valuation far too high. —

Kc Joyner, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 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. —

Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ball control