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- KICK OFF 2 HINTS
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- Typed in by SIDEWINDER for LSD.
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- If you've never played KICK OFF, the 25% and 50% play modes in KICK OFF 2
- are invaluable training aids. At quarter speed you get all the time in the
- world to concentrate on taking free kicks and work out the finer point of
- Aftertouch. At half speed, you can play a little bit more and so practise
- evading defenders and so on. The more you practise, the better you will
- be.
- Newcomers are best advised to play a "long ball game". Welly it up the
- field at full power as much as you can - the computer works out the fine
- angle of the shot for you, allowing you to move the ball about the pitch
- easily. There's more to be had from running with the ball and making
- intricate passes, but that's a much more advanced skill.
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- SET-PIECE free kicks are worthless unless you know what you are doing. An
- inexperienced player is likely to end up fumbling for the ball, and the
- result is often a disaster. Try this simple technique for sending the ball
- round the defensive wall and into the net. Before the shot, give a quick
- tap of the fire button, then hold the joystick to the left or right
- (depending on which way round the wall the ball has to go). Then at the
- exact moment that you make contact with the ball, yank the joystick over to
- the other side. It won't go in the net every time, but it will give the
- 'keeper something to worry about.
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- IN A CORNER situation, try to keep the ball away from the goal-line.
- Unless you play with strong winds, the keeper plucks it out of the air on
- many occasions. Some tactics place a man on the penalty spot, and if you
- can get the ball to him, an Aftertouch shot from there is almost
- unbeatable. The low grass-cutter shots are the fastest, and if well placed
- can be dangerous, but there's a greater risk of it being intercepted by a
- vigilant defender.
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- THE NORMAL pitch is best for most players, but circumstances often demand
- that you play on a less agreeable surface. The worst of the lot is the
- soggy pitch. It stops the ball bouncing, which means you have to kick-and-
- run a lot more - and that makes tired players. At the other end of the
- scale, the Plastic pitch is a real nightmare to defend on as the ball often
- bounces uncontrollably. Have a few practise sessions on them all so you
- are familiar with the ups and downs of each.
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- GOAL-SCORINGis a fine art, although you only need a couple of decent
- techniques to hammer them home on a regular basis. The most popular
- technique is simply run straight up the middle of the pitch and shoot with
- strong Aftertouch as you come into the penalty area. Providing you time it
- right, this technique has a fairly decent success rate. A slightly more
- complicated version, which has you running into the goal diagonally and
- shooting (with Aftertouch) from just outside the six yard box is even more
- deadly. The use of Aftertouch is vital, and you need to get it exactly
- right - the faster you apply the touch after shooting, the more the ball
- bends. If you are really accurate, you can bend the ball in from halfway
- down the pitch!
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- End.
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