Advanced PMPY
This is a little guide on how to play PMPY well. Most of these techniques you should be able to figure out yourself given enough time, but if you want to dive right in (or bring someone else up to your competitive level) this is a good place to start.
The Basics:
Push Me Pull You is all about possession. If you read nothing else in this guide, remember this:
You almost always want to be on the inside, close to the ball, with your head doing the pushing. You want to avoid wrapping around the other team and trying to pull them with your body, because your body is weaker than your heads.
There are subtleties and exceptions to this rule, but that is probably the single best piece of advice you can learn as a new player.
A typical game of PMPY is simple enough. Once you have the ball, you want to get yourself in the best position to defend it, and fend off the opposing team. If you’re attacking, you want to subvert the other team’s hold on the ball, and either take it from them, or find a way to manipulate them into doing your work for you. Here’s how: