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Stick Skills achievement in Madden NFL 25 (Xbox 360)

Stick Skills

100% completion of all rushing drills inside the Skills Trainer (All gold medals).

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How to unlock the Stick Skills achievement

  • K1LL3R BEEZK1LL3R BEEZ
    31 Aug 2013 01 Sep 2013 03 Aug 2016
    This achievement is awarded upon earning gold in each of the Rushing Drills on the Skills Trainer. Unfortunately, each drill requires you to be nearly perfect to earn gold, so you may become frustrated with the process (I know I was). Here are some tips and observations I came across in my journey.

    General tips: Pick a low rated team (Raiders, Jaguars, Chargers, etc.), a team with a good running back and mobile QB (49ers, Seahawks, Washington, Panthers, or maybe the Eagles), and place the difficulty on Rookie. If you'd like, reduce the CPU sliders on defense to 0 (under settings in the Pause Menu). Also, I found it helpful to watch the tutorial videos and practice the moves a few times. It may take you a few tries to get a feel for the drill itself.

    Acceleration Burst (9/10 for gold)
    Use RT to sprint past the defense and score a touchdown. Sounds simple, but a rogue defender will most likely get you on one or two of your attempts. My suggestion is to let the blocks form in front of you. Your blockers will usually pick up everybody, making it easier to score. The outside runs are somewhat easier than the pitches, and running towards the right side seems to be more consistent than the left. Just use RT as soon as you get the ball and head for the endzone in a sort of diagonal angle. After a few attempts you'll get a general idea of how the A.I. reacts.

    Precision Modifier (11/12 for gold)
    The general idea is to use LT in combination with another face button/the right stick to pull off sick moves and make the linebacker look silly.

    Important: READ THE DIRECTIONS GIVEN TO YOU. I would grow impatient and skip the text, then find myself failing because I didn't know what move to use. The one move that especially gave me trouble was the stiff arm. For some reason the game wouldn't register the correct move, even if the defender fell. The reason for this, I think, is because I didn't get the proper animation. You know you've done it correctly when the defender is sort of lifted off his feet and dropped to the ground WWE-style.

    The other moves are pretty straight forward. The spin move (B), jukes (left/right on RS), and the rapid sprint (hold LT, then release it and hit RT) can be set up early. Lead the defender in one direction, then perform the move. The defender should be left in the dust. The truck move (up on RS) you perform just before the defender tackles you. The final 2 moves will be hurdle (LT+Y) and dive (LT+X).

    The Option and Triple Option (9/10 for both)
    Watch the videos for the general idea on how to run the option. It'll help with the following:

    If you're having trouble reading the Dive Key Defender like I was, a neat trick I discovered was, just as the QB is handing the ball off, pause the game and look at the free defender. Pausing it makes it so much easier to read the defense and judge whether to hand off the ball or keep it. To hand it off, just keep the A button held down after hitting Resume. This same trick can be applied to the Pitch plays and the Triple Option Drill.

    Oklahoma Offense (9/10 for gold)
    The easiest of the drills, simply use all your shiny new spins and jukes to score 9 TDs. Or not. You can score pretty easily on Rookie.

    EDIT: TheLastDon suggests that you use Adrian Peterson and truck over the defender. Haven't tried this myself, but if this drill is giving you trouble then try it.

    I hope I've clarified some things and made it somewhat easier to earn this. If I didn't, or this solution can be improved in any way, comment and I'll add/fix what's needed.

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    AH GamerScorePausing don't do crap cause you can't see the defender through the tabs
    Posted by AH GamerScore On 30 Sep 15 at 06:09
    K1LL3R BEEZIf I recall correctly the 360 version only brings up text when you pause. It doesn't work on the One version because the pause screen is different. This solution is meant for the 360 version of the game.
    Posted by K1LL3R BEEZ On 30 Sep 15 at 16:42
    GsO LightThe precision modifier one was brutal for me.. especially since it was 12 instead of 10, and they only allow 1 failure facepalm
    Posted by GsO Light On 01 Dec 20 at 23:12
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  • BLUEBERRYPETEBLUEBERRYPETE
    15 Sep 2013 14 Sep 2013 15 Sep 2013
    Acceleration Burst
    Just run to the touchdown area towards the side lines, you can't lose if you hold on the sprint trigger.

    Precision Modifier
    Although the instructions tell you to press LT and A, you actually have to press and **HOLD** LT and A just prior to contact to until the animation is finished.

    Options Drill.

    If the rusher is BLUE
    -- hit LB if the rusher is running towards the QB
    -- otherwise do NOTHING and run with the QB.

    If the rusher is ORANGE
    -- hit A if the rusher STOPS
    -- otherwise run with the QB

    Triple Options Drill.

    This is just a harder version of the Option Drill, but now you have both an orange and a blue rusher. Focus on the Orange rusher first, then focus on the Blue rusher if the QB still has the ball.

    First Part:

    First focus on the ORANGE rusher
    -- hit A if the rusher STOPS (no need to push LB now)
    -- otherwise run with the QB

    Second Part:
    now that the QB has the ball, we need to focus on the BLUE rusher
    -- hit LB if the rusher is running towards the QB
    -- otherwise do NOTHING and run with the QB.
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    YazFromAlcatrazThe only rushing drills I had problems with were the option and triple option drills and after reading this guide I got golds on them my 2nd try, thanks man, this was my last achievement needing for the full 1000, you're a life saver, lol!
    Posted by YazFromAlcatraz On 23 Sep 13 at 01:25
    BLUEBERRYPETEI'm glad I can help. Now that you've hit 1000, how about you lend me your UT cards so I can win those nasty achievements!
    Posted by BLUEBERRYPETE On 23 Sep 13 at 17:01
    YazFromAlcatrazI already traded them back to my friend who lent them to me. I didn't spend a dime of out of pocket money on any Madden Ultimate Team related achievements in this game. Sorry man but this guide is great and I already gave it a positive vote :)
    Posted by YazFromAlcatraz On 23 Sep 13 at 18:02
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