Speed: Speed is important at high levels of play. You can teach skills and improve speed, but natural speed is an advantage.

Aggressiveness: Also important. A player who can't win the ball is at a disadvantage.

"Strength on the Ball": This is different from physical strength. It is the ability to retain the ball when under pressure. It has to do with skill, positioning, and physical strength. "2 Team Keep Away" can help evaluate this.

The Ability to Play Quickly: Better teams will play faster and the ball handler will quickly be pressured. Look for players who can play fast by making quick, correct decisions under pressure.

Passing to Open Space and Movement off the Ball: Being able to pass to open space (instead of just passing to feet), anticipating passes to open space and "movement off the ball" are critical at higher levels. Players who can play this way have an advantage over those who can't. It is a way of thinking, as opposed to "passing to feet." Playing this way allows a team to have a much faster, more fluid, and more creative attack. The Premium "Pass to Space, Run With Ball, and Shoot Game", "2 Team Keep Away", and "3 Man Direct Attacking Game" can help teach passing to open space and movement off the ball.