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noun Sports.
a team's ability to maintain possession of the ball on offense.
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Origin of ball control

First recorded in 1925–30
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How to use ball control in a sentence

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

    The Finding of Haldgren|Charles Willard Diffin
  • It was a modification of the high-liner ball-control, and it was new.

    The Finding of Haldgren|Charles Willard Diffin
  • He looked once more behind him as if at something that pursued; then swung the ball-control to throw the ship off her course.

    Brood of the Dark Moon|Charles Willard Diffin
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