Month: August 2014

To the next step of our FIFA 15 Attacking tutorial guide and we want to teach you how to cross the ball into the box effectively, and give you all the best methods so you can be as successful as possible. Some will say that crossing is one of the easiest scenarios on the game and that no one needs to learn anything, but if you think that then you’d be wrong.

Take a look below at the basic need-to-know information about crossing and then we’ll start explaining how you can better your crosses overall.

1)The basic way of crossing is simply holding the power gauge down, letting go early will send the cross in at the near-post, whilst holding for longer sends it to the back-post.
2)Double tapping the cross button will send an unexpected cross to the near-post and this can be a very good tactic to use when mixing up your play now and again.
3)If you tap the cross button 3 times in a row, then this will send a dangerous low cross into the box but needs to be timed to perfection in-order to get the best results.
4)If you hold LB (Xbox 360/One) or L2 (PS3/PS4) then you can send in an early ball into the box that will come unexpected from your opponent.

Get Your Crossing Angles Right
For the best results you should always be facing towards the goal so that you increase your chances of getting more accuracy. You should always cross the ball with the players favourite foot and not his weak foot, well not unless the player in question is both footed and if so then that’s perfectly okay.

Do not try to put a ball in the 6 yard area if you’re facing away from the goal, because you’ll be off-balance and you will end up giving possession away.

Momentum Is A Key Factor
You might not know about this one, but momentum plays a pivotal factor in how well your player crosses the ball.All you have to do is string a good few passes together either in defence or in the middle of the pitch and then momentum will follow. You’ll be surprised how this technique usually ends up with a goal out of nowhere.

Acquire Players With These Stats
We’ve noticed from playing a lot of FUT that gamers tend to just look for pace with the wingers. Well it’s no good going for players with pace and dribbling skills if when they get past the defender the end product is disastrous. Look for players who possess terrific crossing, long pass and vision stats. Those 3 stats that we just mentioned are the three biggest ones you need to look out for and put first before anything else.

Look Who’s In The Box
This situation is met by nearly every FIFA player whenever they decide to switch on their console/computer and play any type of game. When your get to the byline ready to whip the ball in the box, you seriously need to have a look up yourself and see who’s in the middle. It’s no good crossing it into the final third if a small midfielder or the other winger is going to get on the end of it.

You have to be patient sometimes and wait for your big centre forward to catch up with play and get himself into position. Try a couple of twists and turns for a few seconds just until you see the target man there.

Know Which Cross To Use And When
Take a look at the image below and think about which of the basic crosses need to be implemented. The winger has already created space and got past his marker and facing towards goal, so he just needs to pick out the correct pass. The low ball in will get intercepted, so’ll the double tap near post cross, so he can either turn round again and wait for more of his teammates to get into the box, or he can hold the cross button in just under halfway and cross it into the direction of the only player that’s in the middle.

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Winning The Arial Duel
The very first thing that you’re going to need to do in-order to be the king of headers on FIFA 14, is to make sure you win them Arial dues every single time. This is easier said than done, but we know the best tips and tricks to make this happen.

When your player crosses it, what you’ll need to do is start moving your attacking player into the defender that’s going up for the jump with you. You can either run into him from distance, or you can simply hold the sprint button down and carefully nudge him out of the way at close distance.

You should notice that the opposition player is now out of the duel and you have a free header at goal to try and score past the goalkeeper.

Generating Power To Beat The Keepers
There are two different methods to use, it’s entirely up to you on which one works best for you personally. The first technique is just simply holding the shoot button in to just slightly over halfway. We can’t give an exact judgement of how long to hold it in for, because it depends on how far out from goal you are. You’ll just have to practice for a little while and get use to how long you should hold the gauge in for depending on distance out from the opponents goal.

The second method is by far the best one to use! What you need to get in your head to understand where we are coming from is imagine that you’re holding an elastic band pulling it back and then letting go and seeing it fly over the other side of the room. That’s exactly the best example of how this next method works.

All you have to do is when the cross comes flying in from the wing, you must pull the left-trigger to the opposite side. So if the goal is to your left and that’s where you’d usually aim the left-trigger, instead aim for the right and just before contact aim it towards the goal to see the power header come off. It’s all about your timing and positioning, but if you nail it, there’s not a chance for any keeper to save it and that includes ?ech, Neuer and Casillas.

Sign OP Players With Great Jump Stats
There’s a saying (you’ve got to be in it to win it) and that couldn’t be more true with heading the ball into the back of the net. A player can have the best heading stats in the world, 99 out of 100 in-fact, but if he’s not that blessed with climbing and his jump is poor, then he’s never gonna compete with other OP players. Make sure the first thing you look at is the jumping stats, this is where you’ll get up higher than your opponent and then have a greater chance of winning the Arial duels.

You can check out the stats on the Career Mode easily in your squad which is at the main menu when you load up your career. To check that players stats in Ultimate Team you need to start a match and then pause the game and go to substitutes. From there you can scroll down and check out all of your players that have the best statistics and search for jump.

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