50 techniques.

[TyroneD.Ni]

For Front Players.

When your at the 50 or up close on the break what techniques and things you do?. Would you just stay and soak up paint or snap shoot etc.

What kinda things do players try to do when they are at a up close position or when they are under heavy fire from back etc.

Any info welcome?.

 

[MrPink]

Snap-snoot if you can, or Bunker the Fools!

Sitting there just soaking up Paint is sometimes needed, but generally you should be able to do something

 

[D6]

Sit there and soak up the paint- for every marker on you, there's one less on the other members of your team...

 

[gaff]

lock your angle and wait till your back guys give your opposite some ****, then pop up and bunker the muthas!!

 

[Dragons' Frontguy]

Like everyone else said, stay tight, soak up paint, snapshoot and then bunker the hell out of them....

 

[tm167]

many top front players when the reach the fifty will lay low for 1 or 2 mins not yelling at anyone of shooing anything. This way the opposition will forgett about um or any back guy that was on you will move on to another guy 9 times outa ten. As soon as the numbers of opposition have gone down thats when you can start peeking round the side of your bunker to see whats what and go bunker soome fool. In 5 man and to some extent 7 man its vital that you dont get cocky and get your head blown off 30secs in cos u looked round to early. Your more valuable to your team just soaking up paint than in the dead box.
hope this helps m8

 

[jahlad]

and remember if you are taking a lot of incoming, tell your other front guys that everyone is look at you!
remember its a team and if you are taking the heat then the rest of your guys can move

 

[shamu]

You should have a game plan for the bunker you're going to. Is there a bunker you'll be posting on? A key spot that you have to bunker if the other team gets there first? It's important to know what you hope to accomplish from the position (other than "shooting fools dead"). Make sure your backs know what you're planning and what you need to know.

Once you get there, listen to the action. Are you taking a lot of heat? If so, is it all coming from the same direction or on the same side of the bunker? If one side is getting pounded, you may be able to come out the other side.

Next, communicate. Look crossfield (if you can do it safely) to see if the other team has someone on the 50. Listen to what your team is telling you - where the other team is. Now you know where the threats will be and who you need to shoot at.

Finally, don't feel bad if you don't do much for the first minute or two of the game. I've seen plenty of killer 50 moves wasted because the player came out too soon and got gogged. Patience is a virtue.

 

[acsik]

On top of what samu excellently summed up I would also add..



Find blindspots if you can! Most of the time when you're behind a bunker you get heat at the level where your marker/head would be. Go lower and shoot under the trail of incoming paint and look how they walk to the deadbox.

If you get heat on one side immediately go for the other side and try to find some opportunities. Be extremely flexibile and never stick to either side for too long as that way you'll go to deadboxville fast. When you're behind a big obstacle on the 50 be it a huge rocket or pyramid, arch or whatever dont forget that it covers you in a much wider angle than a smaller one would. That opens up a ton of possibilities as the angles where you can be shot are much less than in a smaller bunker.

If you get heat you should always know where it exactly comes from its vital. A when you get pounded crouch down and look up from what angle the paint flys over you.


Oh and when you feel you should move MOVE!!!! at the 50 you're not in a position to hesitate.


Peace

 

[Gyroscope]

I believe this is where you win the game from. If your anchor moves you into the 50, you are in position to win. First, live. Second, shoot across field if you are on the tape. You want to pick off opponents in decreasingly shallow cross-field angles. This way, you are behind your bunker and you are carving out a bigger area to affect the field in. It is the opposite of when two players move wide on someone to pinch them, out of the bunker.

Don't get in shoot outs with players in stand-ups. They are more comfortable than you are and have a better view.

Don't fight down the tape. Only whn they are the last opponent do you worry abou thte back guy down the tape, then get him fast before he knows he's alone. If you do things like a bunkering move when something else is happening, you are taking advantage of the existing distraction. Keep a mental "to do" list for such occasions and do it quick when the opportunity opens.

If you can't get anyone from where you are, move or wait for someone to run up to try to take the 50 away across field. Lane them out when they do.

If there is someone on the other side of your bunker, mug him NOW. He will develope the confidence to do you in a moment. Get 'im first. When they have a player on the other side of your bunker, they will be inhibited in how they cover you. That is why you have to do him before they figure out how to protect him without shooting him. After you do him, disappear for a while. Go back to your side of the bunker and listen to the game. Your back players will feed you info, the opponents will be shooting, which will tell you where they are and who they want to not look at things.

Move when you are not being covered. As you get farther and farther forward, they have less benefit fromtheir bunkers. Two front players moving up each tape at the same time will destroy most teams.

Don't move into something you can't play out of. It is better to stay put and lock down a lane than move up, fail to shoot anyone, and die.

Keep your velocity lower and lob shots over the top of bunkers to where you know an opponent must be. They never hide their bodies from you if they don't see you.

Don't forget to grab the flag as you pass it, if it is center flag.