Player Lock - Top Tier Attacking Technique
The Player Lock is part of the game for some years already, but it's still one of the most advanced attacking techniques to create chances. So it's definitely worth to revisit this topic. This lesson explains the technique and covers the regular use cases as well as the most advanced application of it.
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- To activate Player Lock, you have to press in both stick (L3+R3). The indicator above your player changes to a diamond which signals that Player Lock is activated. Now you can switch with the right stick to another player to take control over a player off the ball. You can deactivate Player Lock by pressing both stick in again.
- When you switches to another player with Player Lock, you can use the regular passing buttons to request a pass to your selected player.
- Player Lock has two major advantages: you can reposition another player to get him unmarked. Additionally, you make sure to which player you play a pass.
- Since the whole Player Lock procedure takes some time (active, switch to another player, play a pass), you need some space on the ball.
- There are some typical use cases for Player Lock. 1) You're on the wing and you want to play a pass to a player in the center. 2) In the build up and your attempt to play forward, you can select wingers or attackers to get them unmarked. 3) In central positions in front of the goal. 4) You can also use Player Lock to play crosses.
- The most advanced application is the Player Lock fake. You activate Player Lock and switch to another player. An observant opponent sees this and will focus his attention to marking a pass to this player. Instead you quickly deactivate Player Lock and make use of the additional space you just gained.
About the author: Benjamin "TaZz" Drexler is creating tutorial videos since 2011 and started to compete in tournaments at the same time. Among several weekly and monthly Top100 finishes in FUT Champions, he reached the Top8 at the Virtual Bundesliga in 2013/14 and finished in the Top8 in 2017 at the first European Regional Qualifier Event in Paris.
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