Playing Full forward

jimjoe23

Recently got moved to playing full forward. Never played there before. First game I was poor enough. Anyone have any tips/tactics/advice they use for playing there..particularly high ball as not as good as id like to be even though I am tall enough bout 6 ft..

Realt Dearg Sec

jimjoe23 wrote: »

Recently got moved to playing full forward. Never played there before. First game I was poor enough. Anyone have any tips/tactics/advice they use for playing there..particularly high ball as not as good as id like to be even though I am tall enough bout 6 ft..

You didn't say what sport.

jimjoe23

The best one ..Sr hurling!!

Icaras

The out field players need to know what kind of ball you want played into you - along the ground, bouncing, into the hand. I played FF very occasionally and because Im 6'4 they would hit it 80 yards in the air and have it dropping on top of me, all the FB had to do was bat it out - it used to drive me mad. It took a few games for them to realise to hit it about 10 feet in the air and drop it into my hand.
I hung around the big square as much as possible making my runs from there and always following points in in case they hit the post and dropped. Always keep moving and make little unpredictable runs. A FB loves a FF who will just stand in the one place and try and go toe to toe with them.
Also NEVER pick a ball in the big square hit it (or kick it) on the ground and if your strike is good the keeper will need to pull off a save 9 times out of 10 and really you should be scoring 50 to 60% of them chances.

For the high balls I generally tried to bat it down for a CF to collect. I had a plan with the CF before the game i.e the first two ball ill bat to the left, the third ill bat to the front and the forth ill pull on and hope for the best.

ollie the Saint

move move move, fulll backs hate a guy who keeps runinng around and in they just want you to sit there and try get the 50/50 ball

jimjoe23

Thanks lad I like that one about knocking it to left! Yeah move to where like to the corners r out the way .. I really must have a word with lads outfield about ball comin in they tend to feed the corner forward with great ball and I get the long high ones !!

Poor_old_gill

Practice short sprints and turning at speed as that is about 70% of what being full forward entails

jimjoe23

Thanks guys for the great advice really helped.. just wondering if ye have any tips for catching the high ball..not just for full forward but in general..Im struggling with it with a while,,i catch with my left hand..can catch them all day pucking around but match situations i struggle ..

Santa Cruz

ollie the Saint wrote: »

move move move, fulll backs hate a guy who keeps runinng around and in they just want you to sit there and try get the 50/50 ball

Move and make space but also realise that you must work with the two corner forwards. It's very easy to play against the predictable ball and the lads sending it in must use all the forward line. There will always be a lot of breaking ball and don't allow the goalkeeper to dominate. He must sense that there is danger from all three full forward line players

Quixoticelixer

Where had you generally been playing up to now? And what would you consider a few key strengths and weaknesses of your general play?