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

Examples of ball control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aaliyah Puglia became the first person voted out of Survivor 51 after some poor ball control in a challenge and some post-contest complaining about a tribemate got back to said tribemate. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

The humidity helped contribute to ball control issues for Georgia Tech who fumbled three times in the first half, losing one. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

On steep slopes, this mechanism also lets the ball control its downhill speed by simply angling the pendulum uphill. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Belgium’s ball control, speed, offensive and defensive prowess was all there from the get-go and our outclassed team could do virtually nothing about it. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ball control

• amphibole
• asystole
• buttonhole
• casserole
• centriole
• decontrol
• glycerol
• metropole
• monopole
• multipole
• omeprazole
• oriole