Fifa 12 tricks ps3: FIFA 12 skills and tricks guide: Make your mates look like mugs

FIFA 12 skills and tricks guide: Make your mates look like mugs

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Football. It’s a beautiful game, and each year EA Sport’s FIFA footie titles edge a little closer to perfection. From screaming 30-yard shots to darting runs down the wing, new physics technology and player weighting systems make this year’s FIFA 12 the most realistic football game out there.

But it’s not all just about zonal marking and carefully considered possession-boosting tactics. It’s also about mugging your friends off with silky skills that would make even Pelé blush. From Bergkamp Flicks to Elastico Chops, there are plenty of ways to dupe defenders and leave egg on the face of your opponents.

Read on for instructions on how to pull off all the new tricks in FIFA 12. Sadly, we’re still waiting for the infamous “Zidane Headbutt” to feature. Get it in FIFA 13, EA!

Note – This guide shortens the Xbox 360 controller’s Left Bumper and Right Bumper buttons to LB and RB respectively, and Left Trigger and Right Trigger buttons to LT and RT. We’re using the Xbox 360 controller as a reference, but PS3 players can easily translate these commands to the corresponding Square, Triangle, Circle, Cross, R1, R2, L1 and L2 buttons of Sony’s controller.

Elastico Chop

A high speed heel flick, this is great way to wrong foot a defender and cut inside from a wide position to get a better angle on goal.

How to do it:

Hold LT and flick the Right Stick backwards, then left or right depending on the direction you aim to head towards. Must be standing and jogging to work.

Reverse Toe Bounce

Not one to really use in the heat of a tense online extra time session, the Reverse Toe Bounce is best reserved for a bit of arena showboating.

How to do it:

Hold LT and hold the Right Stick to the left. Must be done whilst ball juggling.

Bergkamp Flick

A really difficult one this, as it relies on very specific positioning in terms not only of your player, but the defender (or defenders) you are trying to pass, and also the flight of the ball. As made famous by Dennis Bergkamp in his Arsenal days, pull it off and you’ll flick the ball with the inside of your foot low around the defence.

How to do it:

Flick Right Stick back when the ball is near you in the air, with your opponent directly behind you.

Scoop Turn 90

A quick 90 degree turn, this move is a great way to turn through a defender that has you bunched up in a corner.

How to do it:

Hold X, and keeping X held down, press A and push the Left Stick right or left depending on where you want to turn. Must be standing and jogging slowly.

Scoop Turn 180

More flamboyant than the Scoop Turn 90, the Scoop Turn 180 is a Ronaldhino favourite. It’s a great way to take on two defenders who are pressing at you, sliding the ball between the two. Great for a cheeky nutmeg too.

How to do it:

Hold X, and keeping X held down, press A and push the Left Stick backwards. Must be standing and jogging slowly.

LATW

Another one best suited to showing off your juggling skills in the arena, LATW sees you spin your feet around the ball in mid-air before catching it at ground level.

How to do it:

Hold LT and quickly spin the right stick clockwise twice. Must be done whilst ball juggling.

REMEMBER!

The new ball physics make pulling off tricks a little more unpredictable than in previous FIFA titles. The ball will bounce more naturally rather than sticking to your player, and as a result, may land randomly making moves a little harder to successfully pull off. But persevere! Pulling off these tricks won’t only make you look like a Messi in the making, but will be invaluable when taking on the top players online.

 

Gerald Lynch

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    FIFA 12 Formation Tips: The Best Formations
    The best formation is: 4-1-2-1-2(2). Next to it you may set your team formation to 4-4-1-1(1) or 4-4-1-1(2). If you are looking for a very defensive formation in FIFA 12, I would suggest you to choose: 5-3-2 or 5-4-1(1). Make sure you place your players in the position depending on your selected formation. The defending players should show in YELLOW colors in the graph, midfielders GREEN, attackers BLUE. Otherwise the players who have wrong colors, won’t have their full performance and skills in the game.

    FIFA 12 Defending and Attacking Tips
    Sender: Anonymous
    Look around the pitch if there is more defenders than attackers try using double pressure by pressing square button.
    Attacking tip: use l1 + triangle for slotted through pass to the wings from inside your half then cut from the wings and pass the ball to an open attacker works every time and works best if you have a speedster as the winger

    FIFA 12 Hints: Attacking (Online mode)
    Author: chrism_fifa12
    1. Use the wings to carry the ball near to penalty box to cross and score. Dribbling on the wings is usually easier.
    2. Have more than one plan to score. Don’t stick with one method of scoring, strategize different ways to go to your opponent’s box.
    3. You don’t need to always sprint. Remember your (online) opponent is under pressure when your attackers have the ball inside his penalty box. So you don’t need to rush, just concentrate but make your decisions quickly before your opponent reacts.
    4. Practice on counter attacks. Counter is a good way to score.
    5. Score from the corner kicks. Learn how to score from corner. Try to win as many corner kicks as you can.

    FIFA 12 Tactical Defending Tips (Online play)
    Author: Anonee.
    – Don’t sprint at the player who’s on the ball, just do the and when you are on a right position, do a tackle.
    – Try to intercept opposition’s passes.

    Defending, Calling the Goalkeeper in One-on-One Situation (Online mode)
    Author: Pat M.
    Bringing the goalie off his line to face the attacker is a good defending technique in one-on-one situations but it could be risky as well. The attacker can easily dribble the keeper, pass the ball to a teammate who’s running parallel with him, or simply chip shot and send the ball to back of the net over the keeper’s head. As an attacker, this situation could be also stressful as they have to be quick otherwise the defenders reaching them from behind. This is the key, as a goalie, you need to make the attackers confused, so they would not be sure what they want to do (either chip shot of direct shot or pass the ball to a teammate). You should know when to bring your keeper forward and when to send him back (when to press the calling button and when to release it). It should be very tricky, you should read your opponent decision beforehand, for example bring forward your goalie halfway but once you feel the attacker wants to chip shot, you should release the button so the keeper stops going forward but going back to his line instead to prevent the goal. Timing and pushing/releasing the calling button (Q) are very important. Again, bring the goalie halfway and release the button to 1) buy time 2) make attacker confused 3) prevent his shots (esp: chip shots).

    FIFA 12 Tips: Defending (All)
    Author: Simone
    Do not overreact. Try to read the play and chase attacker carefully. As David Rutter also suggested, do not try to tackle with tackle button a lot, FIFA 12 is different than FIFA 11, the recovery from even short tackle kills time so your opponent will dribble you easily if your tackle isn’t successful. Timing is the key, as he said. You should tackle on the right time. The new jockey feature is very useful. Get familiar of using jockey in Arena before you go to play.

    Tips for playing online match (PS3)
    Author: Pat M.
    1) Defend first. Focus on defending rather than scoring.
    2) Passing is important. Try to keep the control of the ball.
    3) Don’t be stressed. Relax, even when you miss the ball and receive goals. That’s the key.
    4) Dribble more. In FIFA 12, the dribbling is much much improved, try to use this feature as much as you can.
    5) Attack with more players. Try to bring the ball to the opponents box through your midfielders. If you do so, your attackers will go to the better positions to receive the golden pass.
    6) Learn from defeats. Don’t be sad when you lose a match, try to see where were you mistakes.
    To be continued …

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