FIFA 08 PS3 and Xbox 360 developer blog #02

In previous FIFA games the rainbow has traditionally been one of the easier moves to execute. I thought it was way too easy and therefore way too effective. In real life it is one of the most difficult moves in football to pull off, especially on the run in a match situation. This year we have broken the rainbow down into two building blocks you’ll need to master in order to perform it. If you pull back and forward on the right stick you’ll flick the ball up into the air, but you need to flick the right stick forward again at just the right time in order to heel it successfully over your head.

If you flick to early the ball may go behind you and you won’t complete the rainbow, and if you flick too late you may hit it into your back or not even make contact at all.It’s up to you to get the timing perfect so the ball will sail over your head, and it’s up to you to practice these moves to know the right situation to use them on the pitch.