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ball control

noun

Sports.
  1. a team's ability to maintain possession of the ball on offense.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ball control1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Lund first saw Odegaard when he was 10 years old and remembers a "very tiny" kid with "amazing ball control".

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He is also keen on sprinting down the wing, but his ball control at a high tempo might not be crisp enough to avoid turnovers against talented full-backs.

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I remember watching a couple of Barcelona games a few years ago under Pep Guardiola and thinking that the way they played wasn't very good, but then you keep watching them and realise that they just keep the ball, control the game and almost suffocate teams.

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His creativity, ball control, vision and elegance is great.

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The Swede has caught the eye with his creativity and ball control, producing a particularly impressive performance as a half-time substitute against Bayern Munich in a 2-1 friendly loss.

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