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ball control
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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
Words nearby ball control
ball-buster, ball-carrier, ball clay, ball club, ball cock, ball control, balled-and-burlapped, baller, ballerina, Ballesteros, ballet
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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 DiffinIt was a modification of the high-liner ball-control, and it was new.
The Finding of Haldgren|Charles Willard DiffinHe 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