If ball return to the hand of player then we can say that displacement of ball will be zero
so here we will have
[tex]\Delta y = v t + \frac{1}{2} at^2[/tex]
so here we will have
[tex]0 = 4.90(t ) + \frac{1}{2}(-9.8)t^2[/tex]
[tex]0 = 4.90- 4.90 t[/tex]
[tex]t = 1.0 s[/tex]
so it will take 1 second to come back in its hand