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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Dana Hills played the ball control game in its Week 0 win over Desert Oasis and Radley Geiss ran for 212 yards.
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2025
The Tuesday competition of five head-to-head tests of ball control, accuracy, strategy and teamwork will also include former U.S. international Clint Dempsey and former Mexico international Oribe Peralta and U.S. Women’s National Team star Lindsey Heaps and LIGA MX Femenil standout Nicki Hernández.
—Kathy Laughlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
The competition tests players’ ball control, accuracy, strategy, and teamwork.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
An attacking midfielder who plays on the right, her vision of the game, ball control, ability to see spaces where no one else can and capacity to connect with Caroline Graham Hansen on the right wing for Barca are all impressive.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
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Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2025
The Tuesday competition of five head-to-head tests of ball control, accuracy, strategy and teamwork will also include former U.S. international Clint Dempsey and former Mexico international Oribe Peralta and U.S. Women’s National Team star Lindsey Heaps and LIGA MX Femenil standout Nicki Hernández.
—Kathy Laughlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
The competition tests players’ ball control, accuracy, strategy, and teamwork.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
An attacking midfielder who plays on the right, her vision of the game, ball control, ability to see spaces where no one else can and capacity to connect with Caroline Graham Hansen on the right wing for Barca are all impressive.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
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“Ball control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20control. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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