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PES 2013 Controls Guide: FullControl, First Touch and Manual Play
Every essential PES 2013 control explained: Dynamic First Touch, Deft Touch Dribbling, manual passing and shooting, and the training drills that teach them.
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PES 2013 rewired the football game controller. Konami's PES FullControl system put the first touch, the pass and the shot under your fingers in a way no earlier game in the series had, and this guide explains each core control and how to practise it in Performance Training.
Dynamic First Touch
Receiving the ball is now a decision. Hold the sprint button as a pass arrives to knock the ball into space and run onto it. Time a right stick flick to lift the ball past a closing defender. Or take it dead with no input at all when you want to turn. First touch mistakes in PES 2013 are usually input mistakes, which means they are fixable.
Deft Touch Dribbling
Double tap and hold the sprint button and your player slows to a close, deliberate dribble, shifting the ball between feet and waiting. It feels like a small feature until you use it to let a defender lunge past you in the box. Deft Touch is the heartbeat of one on one play in this game. For the complete picture of the game, start from our PES 2013 Fan Guide overview and work outwards from there.
Fully manual passing
Switch passing to manual and the left stick becomes the whole truth: direction and power are yours. Start on the training ground with short passes, learning that the game will happily let you pass into empty grass if your aim is honest. Manual passing is slower to learn and twice as satisfying, because overlaps and disguised angles become genuinely yours.
Manual shooting for the first time
PES 2013 introduced fully manual shooting to the series. Aim with the stick, judge power by the situation, and accept that early attempts will trouble the corner flag. The reward is placement no assistance would choose: inside the far post from an angle the keeper has covered against assisted shots.
The standard controls that still matter
Through ball, lofted through ball, early cross, and the low driven cross remain the chance creation toolkit. The chipped through ball answers a high line. The double tap cross along the ground answers a crowded six yard box. Learn which cross belongs to which picture and your strikers start finishing moves you designed. We go deeper on the connected topic in our Copa Libertadores history, which pairs well with this one.
Defending controls
Pressure, contain, and the standing tackle are a hierarchy, not alternatives. Contain first to slow the attack, pressure with a second man when the ball is trapped, and tackle only when the ball shows itself. Sliding is a last resort that this referee generation punishes properly.
Set piece controls
Free kicks reward a light touch: aim inside the frame, add curl with the stick after the power is set, and practise one distance until it is automatic. Penalties are a duel of nerve where early commitment loses. Corners favour the driven near post delivery more than floaters in this engine. We go deeper on the connected topic in our history of the 2012 rivalry with FIFA 13, which pairs well with this one.
A training plan that works
Spend twenty minutes in Performance Training before sessions for two weeks: first touch drills, manual passing gates, then shooting at placed targets. The game's own challenges grade you honestly. Players who do this fortnight feel PES FullControl click, and the full game opens up immediately afterwards.
Quick Answers
What is Dynamic First Touch in PES 2013?
It is the system that lets you decide how to receive a pass: trap it dead, knock it into space with the sprint button, or flick it past a defender with the right stick as the ball arrives.
How do you do manual shooting in PES 2013?
Set shooting to manual in the settings, then aim entirely with the left stick while controlling power with the shoot button. Your aim is not corrected, so placement and mistakes are both fully yours.
What is Deft Touch Dribbling?
Double tap and hold the sprint button to slow into a close dribble that shifts the ball between the player's feet. It is the key tool for beating a defender one on one or drawing a foul near the box.