How to Train Passing

written by aussie

This post is for the people who can't understand that passing (PA) is less important for midfielders than offensive positioning (OP) and ball control (BC).

Of course, yes, a midfielder needs to be able to pass. To do this, he needs to get free (with his OP) or win the reception (with his BC). If a midfielder can't do one of those two things, then his PA becomes worthless.

Therefore, OP and BC are trained before PA, because without them there is no point training PA, because he will not get a chance to use it.

Therefore, because OP and BC are trained before PA (and in preference to it), OP and BC are more important than PA.

Even though PA contributes to the zone, BC and OP also contribute to the zone. Therefore there is no advantage to train PA for that reason. PA also contributes to the zone where the player is passing to, but again to do this he must win the reception and have enough OP or BC to do so.

Therefore PA is a luxury skill, and can only be trained to a high level (superb or higher) once all other offensive and defensive skills are maximised. Turn the "MF Skills" option On (located on the left of the screen) and slowly train passing so that it is not capping (noted with the asterisk *) the other skills. The point is that you need the minimum PA while training other skills.

PA has lots of uses at the high levels of football. Do not forget that to dominate the midfield zone (and earn more opportunities), the passing rating of all of your midfielders are added and compared to the other team. However, there is no point training passing to a high number unless you have already trained OP/BC because you won't get to use it. Therefore OP and BC are more important than PA because the match engine checks for the player's OP and BC first before PA.