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Any tips for how to increase your chances? I see alot of players do it almost every time and they actually have success alot of the time (probably more than is close to realistic at that) but i dont remember it in past years, what changed? Any tips for when I need to try one to give me a better chance at recovering?

Also, related and more often would be useful for me personally, any tips for how to better defend against them? In other words DECREASE their chances of recovering their onside attempts?

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The ones that work in my experience are low kicks directly in between the two inside players. Everything after that is luck lol.

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You can decrease their chances of recovering by quitting when they come out lined up to onside kick. Bush league. Just lost a game by a score, primarily due to that nonsense. Dude wasn't that good; I just didn't come down with enough picks, and I couldn't stop enough of his corner routes.

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phatalerror said:

You can decrease their chances of recovering by quitting when they come out lined up to onside kick. Bush league. Just lost a game by a score, primarily due to that nonsense. Dude wasn't that good; I just didn't come down with enough picks, and I couldn't stop enough of his corner routes.

This is a reason why I won't pick a return until I see their selection isn't onside.

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WendyPefferkorn said:

This is a reason why I won't pick a return until I see their selection isn't onside.

I learned that "response" some time ago. I had my hands team out. Didn't matter. As mentioned earlier, the recovery rate for onside kicks is way higher in Madden than in the NFL.

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Try to catch it yourself or back off and let them touch it or go out of bounds. Works like 60-80%. Or quit cause it’s going to be a hell game lol.

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phatalerror said:

I learned that "response" some time ago. I had my hands team out. Didn't matter. As mentioned earlier, the recovery rate for onside kicks is way higher in Madden than in the NFL.

Exactly. Im already factoring that in. I ALWAYS wait. They still get it waaaaaay more often than is realistic and there seems to be nothing you can do about it.

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SquishySoldier21 said:

Any tips for how to increase your chances? I see alot of players do it almost every time and they actually have success alot of the time (probably more than is close to realistic at that) but i dont remember it in past years, what changed? Any tips for when I need to try one to give me a better chance at recovering?

Also, related and more often would be useful for me personally, any tips for how to better defend against them? In other words DECREASE their chances of recovering their onside attempts?

Pray to your gods, if there's a better way to defend against these, I'm not aware.

To actually trigger this style inside kick it's really simple. Low Kick, mash your direction stick all the way to the right and tap the button to start the kick (while holding all the way right). That's it. DON'T press anything else, allow it to auto kick, no power, no direction... just let that ride. Practice mode for 5 minutes and you'll be an expert.

Hopefully EA patches this someday, but I won't hold my breath. I'd say the success rate is perhaps as high as 33%, but don't quote me on that, merely based on my own observations, but it's not really a secret. One of the finalists used it in a recent MCS tournament that was streamed on Twitch.

For what little is worth, I and out my Hands team and typically user control the back / second line receiver, closest to the sideline and try to rush in to catch it, but not much is effective or consistent as far as trying to recover the ball. 🏈

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