Madden Controls

Learn Madden Controls and Stay Ahead of the Game


Anyone who is familiar with the game of football knows that in order for a team to be successful, it will take talented players with the ability to make plays as well as a skilled and experienced coaching staff to call the right plays. However, what most people do not know is that there has to be a high level of intelligence on the player’s part to understand and read their opponents on the field formations in order to predict what sort of play they are going to run. This helps to be able to adjust the formation to stop the play cold. While this can take a lot of time and practice in the world of football, today’s gaming platforms are becoming so realistic and complicated that you can play the game, minus the bruised and broken bodies just like it is played in real life. With the many madden controls a player can use, you to can become just as perceptive as the football players you watch on TV every Sunday.

The side of the field where players have to be extremely reactive and flexible in terms of formation is the defensive side of the game. By correctly reading the formation of the offensive team, a defense can make the adjustments to stop the run, pressure the quarterback, and drop more defensive players into coverage to stop the pass. The most basic of these formation shifts when it comes to madden controls is stopping the run. These shifts in defensive formation will largely be done with a 4-3 defense, the most basic of defenses, which means you will have 4 defensive linemen up on the line of scrimmage and 3 linebackers at the rear of the line.

A good example of madden controls is when the offense lines up in the I-formation. If you notice the tight end in lined up on the right, the chances are good that the play will be a run to the right. By using the "LB" + left on the left analog stick on the 360 or "L1" + left on the left analog stick on the PS3 you can shift your defense to the left and stack the line against the right side run. With other moves you can call for an all out blitz, spread the line to create pressure on the quarterback, you can crash to the line in to prevent an easy run up the middle, or crash the line out to prevent the quarterback from rolling out of the pocket and getting more time to find his hot routes.

The fact is that if you have not yet used these shift controls in the Madden game you have no idea what you are missing. While most people will never play football professionally, using some of these advanced features applied with madden controls allows you to get closer than you ever have been before.

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