How to Rush the Ball in Madden '08

Series Summary

Some would argue that Madden '08 is one of the best football video games ever. The incredible graphics and life-like movements of the players give you a heretofore unparalleled gaming experience. But, you can't fully enjoy the game until you learn how to play, and the instruction booklet isn't nearly as helpful as watching someone play and having them teach you as you play. So if you would like to learn how to play Madden '08 with video instructions from an expert, you have come to the right place.

In this free how to video series, learn how to play Madden '08 from gaming expert Phil Coonrod. Phil will give you detailed instructions for playing Madden '08. He will demonstrate how to rush the ball in Madden '08 with jukes, dives, stiff arms, and spin moves; how to pass the ball in Madden '08; how to how to block in Madden '08; how to punt in Madden '08; how to kick a field goal in Madden '08; how to call an offensive audible in Madden '08; how to call a defensive audible in Madden '08; how to call a hot route in Madden '08; how to shift the secondary in Madden '08; how to target a receiver in Madden '08; and how to shift the defensive linemen in Madden '08.

Video Transcript

"Hey this is Phil Coonrod on behalf of Expert Village. Today we're going to talk about Madden '08. Now we're going to talk about the controls here for Madden '08. To demonstrate the running controls I decided to go to the practice offense only, just so you can get kind of a visual. There's not going to be a lot of clutter around what's going on, so hopefully you'll be able to see it a little bit clearly. I'm just going to choose single back big deuce, just going to pick a running playoff to the right here. This thumb stick moves you, this thumb stick is your juke left, and juke right, if you push it up you will try to steam roll the defender, you'll try to truck him as they say in this game. If you push that forward, you'll just lower your shoulder and truck him. And if you push back, you'll do kind of a jump step back, so if someone's over pursuing you, you do that. B will be your spin, Y will be your hurdle, X will be your dive, and A will be your stiff arm. And if you want to stiff arm someone on your left, the ball has to be in your right hand. So if the ball is in your left hand, you need to switch it to your right, tap A, and then hold A again to stiff arm. And then the new features, and probably one of the most important things in this game I've come to find out, is this R bumper covers the ball up. So if you're in traffic, you might fumble if you're not holding on to the ball, so I'm just going to demonstrate a couple of moves. I'm just going to hit A to get the play going, here's my spin with the B, here's my juke left, my juke right, my truck and here's by back step. And I'm going to do it again for you real quick. Here's my right bumper, I'll run him right back at you, see how's he's hanging on to the ball. Spin, wide hurdle, X dive, that started our play over that's alright. So there it is, it's your basic running controls, don't mess with you L, L is pitch you don't want to do that. LB is fake pitch, you don't want to do that either, so, dive, and then these are your most important ones, your left juke with the stick, right juke, truck and hang on to the ball. But those are the basic controls for rushing the football."