Byte o'Uniball

if you want to submit a rant, email me, or comment as a reply to this thread. hopefully soon i will have a "star system" so that the good rants are at the top with 5 stars, although most of these rants are ok.

rileyriley & dans advice "three things about passing backwards
1: Get open for a backwards pass all the time

2: You can always make a backwards pass. It doesn't have to go right TO your receiver. They're being guarded? Throw it too far back, straight towards the other team's goal. They're probably not defending that. If they happen to be defending both your backwards pass man AND their goal, then it's a 2v1 towards your goal and go with that.

3: Stop taking risky shots instead of a really freakin' easy pass backwards. So what if that person doesn't have a shot? Neither do you.

dans reply to rileyriley:
I agree with all of those, but I just wanted to add one thing. Sometimes a backwards pass can be very risky, so don't overuse it. Be careful if you are coming down the side and pass straight back to your trailing teammate, as I have seen way too many times the ball barely miss the teammate and create a breakaway for the other team. Other than that, I love passing backwards. Passing makes the game much more fun, especially when you can involve all 3 teammates.

Also, this is one of my biggest pet peaves (excuse my quick and sloppy paint skills):



Pass it back to your open teammate at the top of the blocks!! I absolutely hate when somebody tries to squeeze between all of the defenders there instead of making the safe pass back.

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M-P's advice
Stop arguing with people better than you. Take in what they say, even if they say it in an abusive manner and learn from it. Because, most of the time, they'll be right, and you'll be wrong. Of course if they tell you what you're doing wrong in a nice way it might be possible to discuss what you're doing wrong and it MAY end up that you are in fact right or something. Anyway, arguing is bad.
http://uniball-central.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8522 for more info.

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Sprees advice"just flow" Fri Mar 02, 2007
Like the Zen Bhuddist, you must flow with the chaos in the world around you no matter what happens, no matter where it takes you. The world is unpredictable, and thus, so must be you.

Your greatest defense is the brake.

Your greatest offence is boost conservation.

UniBall is a game of psychology. To win, you must have complete trust in your teammates even if they repeatedly mess up, or fail to defend properly.

The best way to get something done is through positive thinking, whether you like it or not. The more you play this game, you more you'll learn it. Not only in the game, but in real life as well.

If you find yourself on a team where you can't help but think, "Wow. There's no way I'll win with these guys against those guys." - then do your best to spend that time honing your defense skills. Don't consider it a waste of time, or else, it just may be.

Never look at your own ship. Instead, look only at pass oppertunities -- for your team, and the other as well.

Between walls, it is always the center, or the slightly-beyond-center point where defense will come into play the most in order to stop dribblers, or bounce-passes.

On man-to-man defense, stick to the walls, but always remain a good distance apart from them. Follow the walls, as that is what your opponent will do.

On offense, standing still can be vital to either mislead the opponent, or guide your teammate.

On defense, just flow. never stop moving. Your defense must be just as unpredictable as the offense of your opponents.

And don't forget: practice makes perfect. I, for instance, could use more. Much more.
more info at http://uniball-central.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8533
good advice spree, as players mature at hockey they will realize this is very true.

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1. Corvettes post on the forums:
The 'Talent Line' Within UniBall
[code]Recently, since the start of UHL Season 3, I have been playing in a lot games during the day, when a lot of the lesser skilled/experienced players play. In the past, I have only played in the higher end UHL games because I find them more enjoyable. But, because of the competitor I am, I want to win and I can't win only playing in those games at night since I can't get a few *cough* certain players to play in those games with me, so that I can advance in rank. Regardless, I have been playing in a lot of the games during the day.

The talent line between these games during the day and the higher end skilled games at night is remarkable. It's not to say that the games at night have people who have been playing longer then the others, in fact, some of the players in the games at night haven't been around as long as some of the people who play during the day. There are so many players who could actually move up to the 'next level' of play, but something just isn't clicking, no matter how many times I (or anyone else for that matter) say it. Every pass must be made fast, without hesitation. There is nothing difficult about that concept, but for one reason or another it is so hard for some people to do. When passes are made fast without hesitation, the game flows easier, and I know for myself and other higher end players, it gives us more options and therefore increases the likelihood of a positive possession. Some people just play in slow motion, and I don't know if it's because they smoke a lot of weed, or are just a slow minded person in real life, but it's something anyone can fix, they just have to understand it. In a lot of these games I receive a pass about 3 seconds later then I should. The person with the ball does a dribble (for no apparent reason) or they just don't pass. By the time they do pass, the defense has already rotated accordingly and makes the passes outcome pointless.

I just wish that when some people read this, something will click in their head and they will actually try to do that pass without hesitation. I can personally assure you that you will see your level of play go up and you will get the attention of a lot of the community. Another thing, you can't blame it on lag, because there are plenty of tugas with GREAT reaction times. I consider zucky, a tuga, to be one of the players in the game with the highest reaction time. If you watch him play, his passes are fast, and without hesitation, and therefore he is one of the top 20 players in the game in my mind. I'm sure slow reaction time is the reason for some of this, but I think for the most part, it's just people not understanding that if they make that pass right away, it will make EVERYTHING else in the game 10x easier.

.....Just something for many people to think about....


i agree with corvette 100%. no elite players hold the ball very long. the only time you should think about holding the ball is if you have just gotten a turnover on defence, and are waiting for a safe pass / teamates to get open above or to the side of you. to clear it out of the goal area (note that if you turn it over, they will probebly score).

also getting open fast helps your teammate out.


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Zorro's rant:
I have a little rant and it fits perfectly in this section. I know I'm not the best player, far from it but I'd like to think I'm right on the following points..


1. Passing - Far too many times you see people going thinking they're some kinda super hero trying to do everything themselves. A huge part of uniball is how good you play as a team, meaning you HAVE to use your team mates. Maybe your team mate on your left or right has a better angle at a pass. Why pass it diagonally across 2 opponents when you can pass across and then that person passes it ahead much safer and faster. I
realise that especially on offense sometimes you should hold the ball and see how the other team's defence formation is looking but for the love of god pass to any open player, he doesnt have to be 3 inches from the goal until you pass.
I could write 5000 words about why people should pass but some still won't get it

2. Doubling - Again, I think doubling is a strong tool if done correctly (doubling with the chance of getting back to a defensive position quickly and having someone covering you) but if you have a teammate pressuring the opponent then the teammate in the defensive position [last man if you want to call it] boosting from 5-6 shiplengths away then thats just plain retarded and stupid. Especially if you do it 5-6 times in the same spot in the same game and 4/6 times you dont get the ball..


3. Defensive Rotation - I dont like the idea of having a set concrete role for each person on a team. It's often better to rotate tackling a player while still maintaining defensive positioning. e.g. if you have an opponent going up the side and the player pressuring him was left behind, the last man is covering middle and the third person is on the same horizontal level as the opponent but maybe 5-6 shiplengths away from him, it's better if the last man tries to stall/tackle the opponent with the 2nd man going up to cover his position rather than letting the opponent go up undefended..


there's alot more things that piss me off in games that i just keep quiet about so this is a little rant i had

my opinion on zorro's rant.. good points. i think rotation in defence is important.. one person hustles the ball holder using all their boost, then rotates back and recharges their boost, all this is done without letting their man out the back door. Regards doubling, i also think doubling is very important. If one of their teammates isn't open then you can usuall double safely this is because they don't have a pass. Just make sure you double without opening up any passes, and if it is corv or adroit, don't predict that they will or wont bounce. To stop your teammate from getting doubled always stay open so that they are forced to mark your ship man to man to cover the pass instead (so that if they double then your teammate can pass). the next step (once they are guarding you man on man) is to cut somewhere, preferably where your man isnt facing, so that you can get away and move the ball.