This tips are written specifically with ISS addicts in mind. They are a complete set of all my indepth tips and tricks for playing the beutiful game. Some of you will already know these tricks but up until now they have been kept secret in order to always have one up on potential opponents, but i figured that with the iminant arrival of ISS Evo 2, 'what the hell I'll tell the world!', so here it goes.

Freekicks: - How do I score with free kicks?

You probably won't like this answer but it IS all down to practice. Simple principles when taking a freekick apply. Holding back on the D-pad will make the ball get up and over the wall quicker, but then you've got to make sure that you can get it back down in time, pushing forward after the ball is over the wall give it a little bit of dip. Only use this for short freekicks.

Secondly you can just leave the D-pad alone until the ball is over the wall, and then press forward to help the ball dip. - Medium distance.

For longer distance freekicks push forward toward the goal the whole time and hope that you gage the power bar correctly to get it over the wall and under the crossbar. Once you get the hang of freekicks its simply a matter of getting the power right and having a little bit of luck. A good tip is to learn and always use the same freekick taker as you tend to get different results when you change. I always use Ortega but anyone good will do.

Another good tip if you get a freekick in a crossing position to the sides of the penalty area is to push forward and cross the ball using the O button. This will perform a low cross. Aim it for the gap in between goalkeeper and defenders and then attack the ball with your players in the box, (you can do this by pushing the D-pad towards the ball after the ball is in the air). Put a few extra men up for the freekick and as long as the freekick taker has a reasonable passing ability you'll stand a good chance of scoring. Believe me this is a good tip.

Corners:

Push a few extra men forwadrd for corners. If you are playing a 4-4-2 formation then this will ensure that if the ball comes back out you will have a man on the edge of the box to retrieve it. This player is usually your holding midfield player, so make sure you have one that can shoot, (Davids). This can get you alot of goals.

As for power you probably should already know this, but I'll say it again anyway. You want to get the power bar around 2 thirds of the way across. If you don't have a very good crosser of the ball then don't aim it too close to the goalkeeper or he'll catch it every time. You might not know this but you can do low corners and corners along the floor, by pushing forward or holding back on the D-pad when taking the kick. Its not very easy to make much use of this but you might have some better ideas than me so give it a go.

Heading the ball:

This is a vastly under used ability in the game. I don't mean lumping the ball up to a big tall striker, I mean attacking th ball in the box! Hardly anyone I know does it, of even trys to do it. And they wonder why I always beat them! This can help you beat anyone. Infact if you master it fully it will also help you to score seriously cool goals.

Not many people make use of it but you can move the position of your players in the box when the ball is crossed in. You will find that you can usually tell which player is going to challange for the ball and so the idea is to get this player in front of his marker. Simple idea just as any real football player will tell you, but no one ever does it? Well heres how you do. Just before the ball arrives at your player just give the D-pad a little push in the direction of the ball to get your player in front of the defender and you stand a much better chance of getting your head on the ball. Of course this does'nt always work and if you think you are already going to win the ball I would leave the player to it.

If you want to score gymnastic vollyes then a similar principle applies. Its very rare that you are left completely free inside the box but if you can spot it early enough you can move your player back, away from the ball a little and put him in the position to make a volley. It looks great when you pull one off but remember their not as prolific as headers. Try practicing a few of these in the training option and you'll see what I mean.

Tricks:

The dummy shot can be achieved by pressing square to shoot and then pushing X and pushing to the left or right. While this can be done to fool goalkeepers it can also be used to good effect anywhere in the opponents half. I always used to find it difficult to pull off but I found that it can be easily achieved by simply running your finger over the two buttons almost at the same time.

Not really a trick but the speed bursts can help you out of tricky situations. I'm not talking about simply holdinb the R1 button, I mean the Long Dash. The long dash can be achieved by pushing in the same direction as you are already dashing with the ball. Push the D-pad when the ball is about to be pushed ahead of the player and he will kick it further ahead than usual. Not many people use this but if you do then you'll find it can give you the extra bit of pace needed to get past an opponent where you might have otherwise been tackled.

Also by simply tapping the L1 button once when moving with the ball the player will go to dash but won't acctually kick the ball ahead of him. This can be used to make space in a tite situation where you don't want to loose control od the ball.

Long Passing:

To do a long across field ball from one side to the other simply face your player in the direction and press the O button until the bar is almost full. Bare in mind it will only be of use if you know someone is going to be on the other side to collect it.

A short tap on the O button can be used instead of the lofted through-ball. Although not always as accurate it can be executed from titer angles where the normal lofted throughball might not have worked properly.

Shooting:

Some people don't realise but whether a player is right or left footed does matter. While it is not a huge difference if you take it in to consideration it will get you more goals. This is most evident when shooting from distance. If players are cutting in and shooting on thier favoired foot thay will almost always hit the target and do it with more power.

Another tip when shooting is to get your angles right when running in diagonally. Too tite and it'll fly across the goal, too direct and you'll probably hit the goalkeeper, what you want to do is be close to sideways on to the goal when you hit the ball so as to make sure that you can get it passed the keeper.

Extra Tips:

If you are dashing with the ball and you are being pushed out of the pitch, then just before you think your going to go out press the O button. This will usually have the effect of smacking the ball agaist the opponent and at least win you a corner.

Through balls don't just have to be used to put the ball in behind the defence. Using it correctly when coming out of defence can set up swift counter attacks and generally make you look even better. Similarly you can use the through-ball button to roll the ball across the front of the area to set up a player running in so that they can hit it first time. This looks really good when it works.

Don't be affriad to use through balls and passes when you think you are too close to goal. If your players are good enough and with a bit of luck it can help you to score good goals. Also don't be affraid to run at defenders, esspecially when cutting in from wide areas. If your player has good controll and a bit of pace you can score some brilliant individual goals.

A few things that you might not know about:

The arrows that you see next to the players, the ones that point diaganaly up and down, etc represent the players moral. Kind of anyway. If you had an earlier edition of the game this was represented by happy or unhappy faces. Depending on whether a players moral is good or bad some of their stats are increased or decreased by 1 or 2. The green boxes simply mean that there is no change.

As for the light and dark green circules in the tactics screen I too am baffeled! I know that if you have your first eleven from the default settings in, that they are all light green, and that when sub players are placed in the side it changes. But what possible use this is I really have no idea!