italy74;2405142 said:
I'm an idiot, I can't figure out how to position and time a header. Any tips - I've played about 25 games....
I just try to get close to the ball then press either pass or shoot depending on the situation...
thanks
You are not an idiot, its just that you are used to a different system of headers; the old system.
FIFA 08 on Xbox 360 (and PS3) introduces a new way of committing headers; to commit one simply follow these tips:
1. Whenever the ball is in mid-air, a yellow marker appears on the ground telling you where the ball should land. Let your player follow that marker, don't follow the ball, because you might not figure where it could fall due to camera position. (It happens when you watch football on TV, you think the ball is going away but it is actually coming close.)
2. When you want to commit a header, make your player run towards the yellow marker then chose the direction you want to hit the ball to, ONLY if you are on the yellow marker. Example: Let's say we are looking at the screen now, the ball is flying and the marker is above the player, you should make your player run up towards the yellow marker, you must keep holding the up button until he reaches the yellow spot, if he didn't reach the marker here comes the tricky part: if your player "has not" reached the yellow marker and you hit some other direction on your controller it is very likely that your player will miss the header! You must keep holding the direction towards the yellow marker even if the ball is going to head to the wrong side of where you want it to go.
3. This situation is "real-life", if you watch lots of football you can see how players hit the ball with their head to any direction if they were jumping outside of the area where the ball will land. In older football titles, this whole thing happens on its own, the computer decides where he wants the ball to go, but this year in FIFA 08, EA is making us gamers do that by our selves, and if we don't do it right we are going to miss the header, in which either the player will fully miss the header or the player will jump and also miss the header.
This might sound complicated, but trust me it is easy and fast to learn, and whenever you get the hang of it, you will definitely enjoy it and say: "Thanks EA for honoring my playing style and trusting on me to commit headers the way I like". seriously
Enjoy!