Anybody else get it today? I'm getting it on my way home from work today
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At first, defending was extremely difficult, but I found it
to be an easy enough learning curve.
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1. Keep your fingers off the sprint trigger unless your player has been completely beaten and needs to catch up to the your opponent. This will save you a ton of mistakes. Overrunning the person with the ball will end nasty every single time.
2. Initially, do not pressure the ball carrier. Keep a fair distance between you and the ball. Track backwards while he is running at you.
3. You must make challenges for the ball at the perfect times. If he is keeping his dribble close to his body, you will most likely get burnt if you try to run up and dispossess. You need to watch where the ball is with relation to his foot and pounce on mistakes in ball handling.
Sprinting on offense or defense can get you in lots of trouble. First touch of the ball is key, and when the your first touch uses sprint you open yourself up to be dispossessed since the ball will be a lot further from your body. If you sprint on defense you will 9 times out of 10 overrun the opponent and get burnt. If you utilize sprint less often, then think how much more surprised your opponent will be when you decide to make a sprint down the wings.
Also, it is better to filter your opponent to the wings. Things go to hell when you allow your opponent to turn inside with the ball. Thus, I usually position my player in a way that forces him to beat me from the wings which is much more difficult to do.