TEAM DEFENSE

Keys that will make your team the best defense you can be. None of these are in any particular order. But all are required to become one of the best.

• Learn how you should position yourself on defense when guarding an entrance.

• Teach defense  how to move in relation to where the flag is. (i.e. how should defense setup when the flag moves)





• Learn  to play in any place they are needed. Everyone should be able to at least be able to play decent offense. If all of us are more flexible and good at more things then when something happens you can easily adapt to what's needed.





• Learn new classes and how to use them on defense. (i.e. What could you do effectively with a pyro for instance? Does it  make sense to use him? how would you do so?)





• Work on a higher level of coordination between you and your teammates.  Understand where our other defense will be and then fill in the hole you see starting to form. Think about the game as a whole not just your small part in it.





• Get feedback from offense.  Learn from each other. Watch each other play. Comment on their play style. Learn what moves really work well. Comment on how offense/defense plays, and which players are truly being effective.  Have defense watch offense and have offense watch defense when spectating to learn where and how holes appear.





• As a spectator discuss the current game and how it's unfolding. Looking for holes and things both defense and offense could do better.  Whisper through BC to the offensive  captain to let them know of holes and things that could work. 





• Learn  how to respond to multiple attackers. How to fight offense while also keeping an eye on what's going on with the flag and where the other enemies are. Again try to Learn everyone the big picture view and to keep that in everyone's head.





• Learn who your  daddy is and what he does. I'm a cop you idiot! (this is just to see who reads the whole thing, disregard)





• Use the upper right and left corner of screen excessively to see incomings and to know where the  attack is coming. Look at the enemy team and try to pick out the classes.  See based on guild tags and previous knowledge. Once they attack  memorize the enemy names that are going to be attacking  and  compensate on the time it takes for them to cross the map based on their class. I can then tell how far they penetrate,  by  who they kill or who kills them. You can even tell where the flag is dropped by who killed the flag runner! Train some practices with only that upper right and left of the screen as communication and no BC or binds.





• Try to really increase your knowledge of incomings and outgoings ( which way the enemy is leaving w/flag ) thru binds and BC. Maybe the dead defense guy that was right next to flag when the enemy guy got it could stay dead and give these outgoings. Incomings should be brief on binds and more complicated on BC, they could give about how much they are damaged and class on BC while only location they are coming thru on binds.




• Learn to  switch spots once in a while so that the enemy offense keeps guessing which player will be playing where. This also eliminates the ability for the enemy offense to use top right effectively. It also gives them different playing styles at each position. Don't be afraid to give them the mix up, keep them guessing!!   You  shouldn't always have a "stagnant" defense. Some maps a swing defense or a collapsible defense can be very useful.