poll:front players or just bait?
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Front players take the heat from the other team, if their back guy supports them well then the frontys can bust the break moves, i.e run throughs and general causing havoc.
The front is only as useful as his gun, in this case his back man.
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The front is only as useful as his gun, in this case his back man.
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I'm gonna have to agree with Flash on this one. Especially in XBall, the need for clearly defined player roles is becoming smaller and smaller. Players must be fit, fast, and must posses the ability to play all positions on the field because in the modern high speed game **** can happen nd spots need to be filled.
I wouldn't quite say that ALL of Dynasty were pure front players in the traditional sense, their bigger guys like Rodney and SK don't quite have the pace to match Ollie and Angel. But aside from a couple of exceptions Dynasty's innate talent and youth allows them to be a very flexible squad at meeting the demands of the modern game. At a time when 10-man squads were very entrenched in experience and defined roles such as 'back players', Dynasty were at the fore-front of the evolution into 'multi-role' players. The drastic format changes over the last couple of years pushed Dynasty's unique talent to the top and left most of the other established teams who were previously comfortable, having to play catch-up.
As mentioned previously, in a 10-man squad there was the technique of making use of the fast 'front players' in fire drawing suicide moves. In 7 man on smaller more open fields like we have today, each player's role is more important and although players can still be sacrificed, their value is greater. In the 5man game, EVERY player is critical, as recent EXL matches have proved, you go a body down at the wrong time the opposition's superior numbers will run rings around you. Sometime less players on the field can result in stale games where teams are unlikely to make extreme moves because failure can result in loss of game control and momentum. Where XBall has this problem nailed is that if you loose one game it is NOT the end of the world. Risks can be taken because even if it goes pear shaped there is the chance of pulling the point back in the next game. The added bonus of less players on the (smaller) field means that games are a great deal easier to follow.
I wouldn't quite say that ALL of Dynasty were pure front players in the traditional sense, their bigger guys like Rodney and SK don't quite have the pace to match Ollie and Angel. But aside from a couple of exceptions Dynasty's innate talent and youth allows them to be a very flexible squad at meeting the demands of the modern game. At a time when 10-man squads were very entrenched in experience and defined roles such as 'back players', Dynasty were at the fore-front of the evolution into 'multi-role' players. The drastic format changes over the last couple of years pushed Dynasty's unique talent to the top and left most of the other established teams who were previously comfortable, having to play catch-up.
As mentioned previously, in a 10-man squad there was the technique of making use of the fast 'front players' in fire drawing suicide moves. In 7 man on smaller more open fields like we have today, each player's role is more important and although players can still be sacrificed, their value is greater. In the 5man game, EVERY player is critical, as recent EXL matches have proved, you go a body down at the wrong time the opposition's superior numbers will run rings around you. Sometime less players on the field can result in stale games where teams are unlikely to make extreme moves because failure can result in loss of game control and momentum. Where XBall has this problem nailed is that if you loose one game it is NOT the end of the world. Risks can be taken because even if it goes pear shaped there is the chance of pulling the point back in the next game. The added bonus of less players on the (smaller) field means that games are a great deal easier to follow.
front players are there for me to range my marker on and check my paint is marking well- then i can switch onto the other team!
Frontys gotta love em
xxxxxthis goes out to all my bunker killer monkeysxxxxxxx
A.B
P.S front players are a powerfull part of any team, with support they will destroy a field, without support they sit in the deadbox.
Depending on your game style (counterpunch or aggressive) frontys will have a different role, our game is agrressive and without frontys doing their thing we couldn't play our game
Frontys gotta love em
xxxxxthis goes out to all my bunker killer monkeysxxxxxxx
A.B
P.S front players are a powerfull part of any team, with support they will destroy a field, without support they sit in the deadbox.
Depending on your game style (counterpunch or aggressive) frontys will have a different role, our game is agrressive and without frontys doing their thing we couldn't play our game
As already mentioned in previous posts, the player definitions within the game are now becoming obsolete. Teams are evolving into having rosters filled with insert players like Dynasty instead of some lard ass back players and then skinny front players as well.
If you need any proof, look at the teams in the NXL and EXL, and tell me how many big back players there are there? I bet its a lot less than 3 years ago!
The players that play at the front are usually the ones that make all the moves at the beginning to open up the field. If you are using them as just bait, you need to rethink your game plan.
If you need any proof, look at the teams in the NXL and EXL, and tell me how many big back players there are there? I bet its a lot less than 3 years ago!
The players that play at the front are usually the ones that make all the moves at the beginning to open up the field. If you are using them as just bait, you need to rethink your game plan.
Vital... nuf said
although they can be used as bait to pull of a vital move... e.g. send the front player to mug the guy in the snake even though there's a big chance he's/she's gonna get lit up... but its worth it if its a move that gonna win you the game...
although they can be used as bait to pull of a vital move... e.g. send the front player to mug the guy in the snake even though there's a big chance he's/she's gonna get lit up... but its worth it if its a move that gonna win you the game...