PLaying Tight.

[Tom Tom]

Having trained quite a while ago, I was trying out positions, Usually play at the back but wanted to see what I could do.

So at the back I was OK i kinda knew where to look and when to rock out etc.

In the middle I was OK made some silly mistakes and realised why.

One game I broke and ran like I had never run before (I actually tried) and made it to the middle (right) of the field behind what i thought from walking the field would be the ground breaking bunker. You could see everyone on the opositions bunkers. (this is prob from in-experience)

So i make my bunker (which was a miracle) and (its no excuse but i was using another persons marker as mine was broken) I was OK trying to rock out on the right but could not do it from the left. And In the end I just got hit from a stray ball. ( I mean i was not muggged).

How do you play up front well. I was keeping tight but was not used to being there. Even though I play back for tourneys and stuff you neve know when you might need some sleeky skills.

Any help gratefully recieved.

 

[Liz]

Front players have to work together with their back/midfield team mates to get success. Your backs should be able to tell when it's safe for the front to come out or move & have some way of informing you. If you play together long enough, your back player will be able to tell when you look like you're going to pop out or move & give you the cover you need without anything being said.

Also, from many years of watching some of the best UK teams, one of the biggest mistakes made by front players seems to be impatience. They make the great break at the beginning & get in tight, drawing fire from at least one & usually two of the opposition; in that situation they should stay tight occupying these two guys, while the rest of the team work on eliminations. Instead, they seem to feel the need to get involved & "make a contribution" after just a few moments, not realising that just by being there on the 50 they are contributing. I'm not saying they should just stay there all the time, but be aware of what else is going down on the field & pick their moment rather than feeling they have to be trying for eliminations all the time.

Of course, I could be talking absolute b*ll*cks here & would welcome being put right by some of the superstars, I'm only a slow, fat back player anyway

 

[Kieran - Thunder]

Playing Up Front

OK, the most useful tool that a front player has is his back players. They are the people how enable him to get out on the other team and get the eliminations. Good communication from front to back is essential. Without this communication and control of where the back line is firing, a front player is pretty much useless apart from as a distraction for the other team.
For example, if you want to have a pop at someone in a standup, get your back player to put them in and then tell you when you can come out. When you are set and ready to take them out, all you need to do is call off the fire from the back player, they come out and your set on them, Bob's ya uncle!
The back line is also your tool to enable you to move, if you need a particular person to be in, between you and your back guy you can force him back into cover and make the move on him hopefully without the guy even knowing it.
Technically playing up front should not really be that different from playing back, both front and back players should stay as tight as possible. After all, what is the point in risking your elimination just because you're that little bit further away? The difference in playing up front is that you cannot get away with playing loose, you WILL be punished for it. For the front guys, everything is that little bit more intense, they need to snapshoot more and they need to be going in and out that little bit quicker because the pressure is really on them.

The most important things to think about up front (in my opinion) are:
- tightness - all of the angles that you can be eliminated from need to be considered and you need to ensure that you cannot be taken out.
-communication with the back guys - they can see a lot more than you and tell you when you can come out, also you can use them to dominate people that you can get a shot on
-snapshooting - accurate and fast, just 2 shots and back in quickly

K

 

[styles mugger]

Close ur eyes & pull the trigger lots of times! .
Liz & Keiran r pretty much spot on.

 

[Liz]

Forgot to say - try not to get into a rhythm. Some players start to pop out say, to the left, let off 3 shots, pop out to the right & let of 2, then to the left & 3 followed by the right & 2 or 3 - after a couple of minutes this may get noticed & someone will be sitting there, just waiting for you to come back out knowing exactly where & when.
It's a really hard habit to break, took me ages when I started playing again

 

[chris h]

Liz is spot on...as a front player it isnt always necessary to run to the barricade then come out shooting.......sometimes u just need 2 stay tight and not come out......pause 4 a min or so....i guarantee that the player with a bead on u will get bored with u not moving!!!! thats your chance......take him out.
If u r in a barricade on the fifty....take the ten man 4 instance, i was in a rocket on the 50 getting completely leathered by 3 maybe four players.....that is good because those guys r not shooting at your mates. U r holding a good barricade y waste it by trying 2 b smart and getting needlessly shot out so they can move up!!!

practice shooting with your opposite hand...most players come out the right hand side of their barricade!!!

try this (a bit sad but it works) get a chair/obstacle infront of a mirror...hide behind the chair then come out as though shooting an opponent... just see how much of your body/marker/hopper is visible!!!

Trust your back guys!

Chris