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ball handling

American  

noun

  1. the control of the ball, as in basketball or soccer, by skillful dribbling and accurate passing.


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Wembanyama entered the NBA as a tantalizing mystery, this multilingual polymath international with spectacular height and a point guard’s ball handling.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Helping children learn their math facts or improve their ball handling skills is valuable.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2024

We had lost a couple games, and I had implemented a routine during our warm-up, with more ball handling.

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2024

Where the freshman will grow the most during her career, Close anticipates, is her ball handling, passing and ability to create shots off the bounce.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2023

And we were playing touch instead of tackle, so the entire game was really based on speed and ball handling.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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