How to Throw a Touch Pass in Madden 25: Controls Explained

Bullet, lob, and touch are the three types of passes in Madden 25. Understanding the appropriate situations for each option will lead to fewer frustrating interceptions.

Bullet passes are strongly thrown balls that are most effective on short slant passes and comeback routes, providing protection to your receivers from oncoming defenders. Lob passes are lofted high and are most beneficial when targeted towards a receiver who is running alone deep down the field.

At the same time, touch passes are most effective when thrown underneath the safeties and over the linebackers in the center of the field.

With the revamping of defending in Madden 25, offenses are in need of every advantage they can obtain, making touch passes a valuable skill to master.

Step-by-step Madden 25 touch pass guide

Identify the receiver to throw to.
When pressing down the receiver icon with placement or placement and accuracy passing, hold down until the bar is halfway full.
If not held down long enough, a lob pass will be executed. However, if held down for too long, a bullet pass will be thrown.

It is significantly more challenging to successfully execute a touch pass using classic passing controls. Without a meter, players must rely solely on their intuition to determine the appropriate level of power between a bullet and lob pass.

Apart from these types of passes, utilizing L1 on PlayStation or LB on Xbox also increases the height of the ball, allowing you to clear it over any defending players.

To have greater precision in directing a ball, you can utilize free-form placement by holding L2 on PlayStation or LT on Xbox, granting you more control over the ball’s trajectory.