Backman Tactics

[Marc0]

I am now a back player, but used to play up front.

My biggest problem now is staying put at the back, I always want to move up and find myself having to calm down a bit.

Well for at least two minutes anyway.

Later

 

[Edd Hobday]

One thing that i haven't seen anyone say yet is to learn to shoot accuratly off the break. i'm a fairly new player and i feel thats one of the areas i need to improve on the most. Put the oposition under pressure right off the break and stop them making the key bunkers...correct me if im wrong!

-EDD

 

[richardmawer]

Backman skills !!!

My feeling is that a good back player can :-

1. Shoot Accurately - especially long ball - over 40m - with the 1st 2 / 3 balls - not just spraying a stream of paint down field. Also the ability to hit a moving target - this is what makes someone effective on the break and gets you those important early kills.

2. Sweetspot and zone key bunkers - back to being able to shoot accurately - but this is stopping opposition players taking the key positions on the field and giving your front guys the chance to get into theirs.

3. Wrap and Blind Shoot - opening up angles on bunkers.

4. Communicate - as most back players have the best view of the field and how the game is developing they must talk constantly with the fronts and mids.

5. Movement - no good back guy will sit in his back bunker for long now - he will bump up to his secondary quickly to "shrink" the field - you want your paint to be slamming in to the oppositions barricades not dropping onto them from 50m away.

All these skills can be worked on in training.

Rich

 

[mark5evo]

Don't become too focused on trying to shoot people out of their bunkers - A good back player (not me )will be able to lock down the oppositions side of the field thus enabling his front/mid players to take control.

learn to shoot in one direction whilst scanning the field in other directions e.g. don't become blinkered, use all your field of vision.

 

[RICH HARRIS]

A good back guy can eat more, drink more and....joking aside....try potting up whilst firing, shooting whilst walking..especially on breakout. Ur job aint to kill, its to suppress the oppositon...its a thankless task but if done right then ya front/mid guys will become killers.......for examples look at Just So manc, Inferno and Phoenix. Watch these guys do it.