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<< Last chapter | Rules | Next chapter >> 2. Training Training is essential for promising youngsters to develop into world class players. Older players can gain from training as well, especially if they are hard working. Only players that take part in matches receive training, so it can be important to changes lineups a bit from match to match. All players set up in the starting five at least once in a week receive training! Each player can receive only one training per week, which corresponds to the last position he played (guard or big man). Players in their 30s are likely to lose skills, but regular training combined with good workrate and a decent coach can help them to postopone big drops until the late age. Hardworking players can be distinguished as being those with a high work rate. Such players will always listen to the coach and do their best. Their developement can be very rapid, especially if their coach is hardworking as well. Coaches with extreme workrate can be highly influential, but as they are aware of the benefits they can provide, it will take a lot more money to persuade them to join the club. One should keep in mind that from training point of view it's always much better to have coach with a terrible workrate then no coach at all! Before training you must tell your coach what your players should train. Guards and big men can be separated into two training groups and each group can train a different skill. Which group a player trains with is determined by the position the player played during his last match. Players who last played as guards are placed in the first group and players who last played as forwards and centers in the second. Injured players don't train. The intensity is always the same for both groups to avoid any controversy that could harm team's integrity. Intensity is very important: training at high intensity, players will learn more but they will get tired after training. Training at low intensity, players will train less, but they will be more reposed after training. Different types of training also mean differences in how much value your players gain. For example shooting is in general more important skill than handling, so training shooting or some other widely needed skill will increase the value of your player more, but this doesn't mean that his improvement will bring him or your team more benefit. Skills which add more value also mean more wage increase in a long run. So develop your players with a great care, you don't want to end up with bunch of overpaid players, wrongly skilled for their best playing position. Once per week coach presents you the training results. Skill improvements are marked with green and skill drops with red color. This doesn't mean that player has improved or dropped a whole skill level, you'll have to track this manually. Physical training The choice of training types covers all the skills that determine player's quality. Of course you can't train players to grow or to change their character or workrate, but apart from training them a certain skill, you can also set up a plan for their physical training. For that, you'll need to rent a gym. Only your coach can handle this so you need one to set up physical training. However your coach's characteristics are not important for this type of training as he only creates the schedules for players. There is also no need for players to play in matches in order to gain or lose weight. Physical training affects player's weight and tiredness. You can set up training regime for each player individually. You have 4 training type options and player can either focus on agility if you want him to improve his footwork and balance or to power if you want him to improve his strength. Available training types for physical training are: jogging, push ups, short sprints and weight lifting. Each of these trainings can have a different effect on player in terms of weight and tiredness. Mostly it depends on a player's current body mass. Your extra heavy center, for example, might not appreciate the fact that he is forced to do short sprints, even if they prove to be affective, they can turn out as very tiresome for him. The best advice is to test players and see what suits them best as every player is an individual with his own preferences. However common sense apply to all 4 training types. Every monday, your players are being checked by your club staff and then you can see the real effect of physical training for your players. You can remove any player from physical training plan at any time by chosing an empty slot instead. It's entirely up to you who should or shouldn't train. Players excluded from physical training won't perform any worse, so always remember that physical training is not mandatory, it only helps your player to get closer to desired body mass, but it makes them more tired at the same time. Growth Every now and then you will notice that one of your younger players has grown a bit. So when you get a 15yo rookie, you can try to estimate how much he might grow, but you can never be 100% sure that he will grow, as some young players might never grow at all. Coaches are meassuring potential growth of your younger players twice per week, so you will most likely be able to notice it on Monday or Friday evening. More info on coaches Coaches are determined by 6 main characterics: - work rate, - experience, - motivation, - personality, - handling youths, - age. Work rate has already been explained. It has an impact on your senior team's training quality. A coach's motivation has an impact on his work rate. When motivation drops he's not so determined to work to the full potential of his normal work rate. Every new coach that you hire is fully motivated. The age and the personality of a coach are not important when it comes to training and matches, but both can impact his motivation drops. When coach's motivation fall below 95% you can negotiate new contract with him, something that resets his motivation. Over 60 years old coach will retire when being sacked. Similar reaction is usual for extremely experienced coaches. The Experience of your coach can have a big impact on your team's match performance, especially when it comes to freethrows. Experienced coach know how to talk to players and when to call timeouts, as a result players are more calm during the matches and more succesful at freethrow line. When it comes to training, coach's experience is only important for Youth teams, where coach can influence the developement of youngsters by applying his experiences to them. Another important factor for Youth team training is coach's special ability to work with the youths. << Last chapter | Rules | Next chapter >> |