Easy Madden NFL 19 Tips For Gamers

In order to become good at Madden 19, you need a combination of practice, stick skills, luck, and knowing the right tips and cheats.  Every year the tactics are different whether it is rocket catching, nano blitzing, certain runs, an unstoppable passing play or anything else.

At this point, we don’t know what will be the most effective strategy to use in Madden NFL 19.  We likely won’t know that until September or October.  However, we do know some basic ideas that work every year regardless of what new features are added to the game.

If you aren’t comfortable with free Madden strategies, you can purchase Madden 19 eBooks or strategy guides from places like Madden School.  If money is a little short, you may want to stick to free help.

One of the most obvious Madden tips we can suggest is to know the players on your team.  If you have the  Titans offense, you should probably run the ball more than you pass it.  If you have the Patriots offense, you should pass the ball more than you run it.  Play to your teams’ strength.

Once you know how to use your team best, you want to be able to identify and exploit the other player’s weaknesses.  If you are playing against the Jaguars, you probably shouldn’t throw the ball anywhere near Jalen Ramsey.  This takes some time because instead of having to know your 1 team, you have to know the strategies of the 31 other NFL teams in the game.

Learn how to move the ball down the field and how to stop it.  There are a lot of good resources available online.  A lot of people are willing to post their schemes and money plays for free just to make the community better.  You don’t have to use everything you find but you should be aware of what some of the common offenses and defenses of Madden players are.

Don’t compile a list of money plays and call it an offense.  This is one of the biggest mistakes people who are trying to get better at Madden make.  They see someone run a play that works and then add it to their offense.  Then they see a different play that is hard to stop and they add that.  Pretty soon you have 5-10 awesome plays that work great in the first half.  By the time the second half rolls around though, your opponent adjusts and you have no idea what to do.

Instead, build a scheme.  Save your money plays for crucial situations like 3rd and 10 in the 4th quarter.  This will be more important in Madden NFL 19 than it has been in previous Madden games.

What To Look For in a Madden 15 Strategy Forum

It seems that new Madden websites pop up every month promising free tips, awesome guides, and competitive tournaments.  This certainly has been the case with previous games like Madden NFL 25 and Madden 13.  We’ll probably see the same thing this year with Madden NFL 15.  Below are a few tips for choosing the best Madden 15 forum for your needs.

  • Choose one that has been around for a long time.  Without giving out specific links, there are about 3 or 4 madden strategy websites that have stood the test of time and have been alive and active for 5+ years.  Those are the ones you want to join.  Nothing is more frustrating than joining a website that becomes inactive overnight or a league that ends after 3 weeks.
  • Check the quality of tips and cheats.  There are really only about 5 innovators in the whole Madden community.  Everyone else just takes the schemes other people create and use it as their own.  The people or website you want to follow are the ones constantly coming up with new strategies.
  • Find a message board that is welcoming.  There are a few big Madden forums that have plenty of members but are only welcoming to the “in crowd.”  You should never feel afraid to ask a question.  If people call you a noob or jump on you abut it, it is time to find a new forum for Madden 15.

Madden 15 is rapidly approaching.  Even though there isn’t much news yet, expect a demo in bout 3 months and the game to be release in August.

Brushing Up On Madden 25 Tips With Madden School

The new Madden game is right around the corner so that means it is time to bust out the Madden 25 tips again.  Modrewgnu from Madden-School.com has been kind enough to join us to go over some of his favorite strategies for the upcoming game.

VG Strategy: What are a few things that you tell people who just picked up Madden 25 that want to get better immediately?

Madden-School: The best way to improve your skill level is practice.  Like anything, the more time you put into it, the better you will be.  You want to focus on practice mode first.  Pick a play and run it against all kinds of defenses.  Get your timing down and no what to look for.  Once you get comfortable with a scheme, then take it into a game.  A common mistake is to just jump right into an online ranked game and see how it goes.  Try to avoid that.

Also, pick a team and stick with them.  I can guarantee that a guy who picks an average team like the Dolphins and uses them every game will be better than a guy who switches between the top 5 teams.  There is something to be said for consistency.  You know the limits of all of your players once you get used to them.  This minimizes your mistakes.

One of the absolute easiest ways for someone to get better in Madden 25 is to simply buy one of our elite Madden 25 guides online.  Some people call them ebooks, others call them strategy guides but the outcome is the same.  They will make you better immediately.

VG Strategy: What about for people who can’t afford Madden ebooks?  How should they get better?

Madden-School: There are all kinds of easily accessible ways to brush up on your Madden tips.   Our Madden-School forum is one of those resources.  Hundreds of pretty awesome people get together there and share their knowledge.  If the community scene isn’t really thing, we usually do a good job of organizing our tips and strategies in the Madden 25 tips section on our website.

VG Strategy: What do you think will be the hardest part of Madden 25 for the average person?

Madden School: It is hard to say at this point.  I think the run free feature is going to lead to a vastly improved running game.  I’d be surprised if quarterback runs from the pistol and shotgun formations aren’t effective.  Some teams ran them so well in the NFL last year that EA Sports will have to represent that in their game.

VG Strategy: What team will you use?

Madden-School: The Jaguars.  This is for 2 reasons: They are probably the worst team in the game and they are my favorite NFL team.  It is hard to stay competitive with a team like that but if you can win with the Jaguars, you can win with any team.

How To Properly Run The NCAA 14 GNU Option

NCAA Football 14 has only been out for a week and already some outrageous tips and glitches are surfacing on the internet.  We put together a YouTube video going over how to run the GNU Option (named after Madden-School.com founder Modrewgnu) the proper way in NCAA Football 14.

If you don’t run it with the correct timing, you will get called for offensive pass interference.  If you don’t run it with the correct hot routes, the play won’t be very effective.

The video below explains the GNU option in detail including the setup, why it works, and how to counter it.


Look for more NCAA Football 14 tips to follow over the next couples days.

Early NBA 2K14 Defensive Tips For Success

The most effective type of defense in NBA 2K14 is to guard the ball handler and play smart on ball defense. This is also the toughest type of defense to play and in some situations you won’t be capable of stopping a player using on ball defense. If you notice you can’t stop the ball handler yourself don’t fret, there is another option. Play help defense.

There are two basic ways to play help defense, depending on your opponent you can alternate between the methods. The first method is to simply play defense as the center and hold down the paint (close out on some closer shots too.  This is the easiest way to play defense so long as you don’t let easy passes to an open center in the post (get back to your man if you must or cut off the pass.

If you are playing a team like OKC then this is your method of choice because leaving Kendrick Perkins open usually isn’t an issue unless he is right under the basket. The “center defense” as I call it is extremely effective because not only can you close up lanes but your opponent see’s you are the intimidating center and will not want to bring it to the basket. Sometimes you can’t play off the center due to match up issues, this is where you must choose to help off.

If you are playing against the likes of Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez, Roy Hibbert or any other elite centers then it isn’t suggested you help off the center.

In order to shut down the offense you should help off the weakest link.  Regardless if the offense’s weakest link is a point guard or a power forward you should help off the player your opponent is least likely to score with (if you’re trying to stop an elite center, use one of your forwards). If I am playing the Rockets I usually help off their weak power forwards. It is important to always keep an eye on the player you are helping off so they do not get a wide open layup.

This technique will force more shots with bad shooters and force the ball out of the primary scorer’s hand.

The best thing to do when you bring help is to force the ball out of the players hands or cut off the lane. Stepping in front of the player when they beat their defender and predicting which lane they are taking is a great move while playing help defense. If you just want the ball to be in another players hands(possibly cause Lebron is seemingly unstoppable for instance) then bring the help early in the offense and keep your defenders hands up to try to cut off any easy pass.

The final key to help defense is being able to quickly switch to another defender and bringing help on the open player you left. For instance if you bring the power forward to double team on the center then be ready to bring the small forward to stop the opponents power forward if they get the ball. The best 2K14 players won’t ever stop at one switch and will continuously bring help defenders until the offense is forced into a bad shot.

Official NHL 14 Trailer

The NHL 14 that was being shown on the floor of E3 is now available for the public to view on YouTube.  It is just over a minute long and showcases a few new or improved features EA Sports has added into their hockey video game this year.

NHL 14 is still scheduled to be released on September 10th throughout North America and September 13th globally.  It will only be available on the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360.

For more information on news, features, and pre order bonuses check out the NHL 14 pre order page.

Enjoy the trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments section.