> Isn’t a pass going backward about avoiding a defender they can’t get past? Yes, that's basically what I'm saying is bad about the statement that backwards pa

> Isn’t a pass going backward about avoiding a defender they can’t get past? Yes, that's basically what I'm saying is bad about the statement that backwards passes don't help you score goals. > Useful backward passes fall into at least two categories. The ones that eventually result in an impect, and the ones that run down the clock at the end of the game. I think this is almost correct, but I think there is a third category: Backwards passes that immediately result in a shot resulting in a goal. In the example video I posted above, the final pass is backwards and is immediately shot into the net. This doesn't increase impect (ie: Messi dribbles past 4 players, then shoots and scores past 3 more, is only impect +4, according to the article).