Need tips for running success.

[JohnnyRu31]

I can't seem to get the running game going. It always seems like the defenders are right there. I see on here that people are having success running the ball. What are your tips?

[koryk34]

1. Know your back. In other words, if you are using the Giants, don't try to run Jacobs to the outside. Pound it inside.

2. Don't use sprint right away. Read the play, then explode through the hole.

3. Use Motion. Very important. I like to motion my TE's and WR's to create mismatches. Try it out

[rockhead262]

Follow your blockers. That is it.

Too many people try to bounce the run outside too quickly. Do what the design run is.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

I just slowly find the hole, sprint, and try to get upfield instead of going horizontal. The Power-O plays work great.

[FOREST007]

i say just watch the line durin the hand off. u should see ur whole forming and u should see if any of ur lineman are beat. and use ur jukes and highlight stick. they work very well, even for below average backs.

[crob8822]

Learn to read your blocks, regarding the sprint button, do not use it while running laterally, you have to be patient, if you are running up the middle, between the center and the guard and the hole is there then use the sprint button.
it takes practice. you will do fine. ENJOY!!!

[Mofficial]

1. Use line shifting to help when the defense overloads or spreads or pinches its linemen. And use it in general to help the flow and push of your offensive linemen.

2. Watch your line interaction even during the handoff. Follow where the play is designed to go initially. A lot of times the hole for the RB will develop somewhere different though. Be patient and try to figure out the flow of the defense.

3. Also, this year's madden is VERY realistic imo. Most of the time, it is very difficult to run early in the game. A lot of times you'll get stopped for minimal gains. Keep running throughout the game though and you'll see those holes get bigger and bigger. Don't abandon it.

4. Try to take advantage of the passing game so that the defense will back away from the line. Also try to come out in passing formations and go with a running play to take advantage of the open lanes. If it doesn't look like a good time to run the ball because of the defense's formation, formation audible to some type of pass play (up to you depending on the formations, and the down and distance). This will keep the defense on its toes.

[MAHAM]

1. follow your blockers
2. lay off the speed burst right after the hike, and read where the hole is
3. Use PA to open up the run and vice versa
4. Use motions to get exrta blockers, disguise these motions through your pass play motions
5. Flip the running direction at the line to take advantage of gaps in the defense
6. Running from Shotgun can catch the opponent off guard
7. Use agressive blocking on zone runs, and sometimes on the Power O
8. slide protect to the opposite side on counters and sometimes stretches
9. Slide protect towards the direction you are running on tosses and sometimes stretches
10. agressive block and pinch block on dive plays
11. On stretch plays where you are running at the edge with a TE, square your shoulders behind the TE before cutting
12. Square your shoulders before taking contact to fall forward better, also square your shoulders before doing a juke
13. Use the truck stick when getting hit to fall forward
14. use stiff arms to break tackles when not in traffic
15. In traffic , cover up the ball to prevent fumbling
16. Use the spin move one direction after faking to the other
17. spins are also useful after the handoff if you run into a wall of blockers
18. Audible runs to where the defensive line and LB's are leaving the widest gap
19. Always have at least 3 run audibles when going to the line.
20. a solid running game can open up the short flats as the D gets more agressive
21. use flippable sets to disquise run flip changes...ex. singleback Duece
22. go run heavy if the opponent likes to use extra defensive backs
23. Run more to waste clock at the end of games when leading
24. run up the middle from 4wr sets to get the defense to play inside instead of on the slot WR's
25. use draw plays when the defense drops defensive lineman in coverage