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I understand that skill configuration is not regarded, however, I have made sure to keep them as balanced as possible so as to minimize the effect.
And player height is a factor, however, for the skills that I am training it will increase the speed rather than slow it down, so the effect is minimized.

"(e.g. if you see a skill level pop for 2 weeks, theoretically speaking the training gained may be anywhere from 1.1 to 2.9 levels, which is a huge variation)."
I don't think that is relevant for me because I am assuming the lowest possible sublevel. So this way, if something pops unexpectedly then that is great, however something should never not pop when expected. Does that make sense?

So if I think the sublevel of ID is at 0. And I train ID which should give roughly .5 sublevel to the skill, if it happens to pop then I will leave the sublevel of ID at 0, and it if doesn't pop then I change the sublevel of ID to .5

That way I am always assuming the lowest sublevel, and can train accordingly. At the moment my plan in training is always to ensure that I get 1 pop every week.

19y/o C 9pop
18 y/o PF 10pop
18y/o C(aquired mid season)5 pops
19y/o PF(sold midseason)3pops

I've had 4 main guard trainees, level 4 trainer and 2 pos training

20 y.o., 6'5'' 7 pops - JS, JR, OD, HA, PA, DR and ST

19 y.o. 6'1'' 6 pops - JS, JR, OD, HA, DR and ST (passing is very close, should pop with one more session)

18 y.o. 6'3'' 8 pops - JS, JR, OD (twice), HA, PA, DR and ST

18 y.o. 6'4'' 8 pops - JS, JR, OD (twice), HA, PA, ST and FT

Not a great season, if you ask me. I hope their sublevels are high :P. I also had a 28 y.o. guard who popped in JS, JR and HA, was very pleasing!

Last edited by rcvaz at 6/20/2010 12:57:21 PM

I hope their sublevels are high :P

haha :P
I highly recommend to all managers out there that they should keep track of the sublevels. It is especially useful if you are thinking of selling a player. If you sell a player with high sublevels then you are losing value. However, if you know the sublevel is high, it may be worth spending 1 or 2 weeks to train those skills so that they pop and increase the value of your player.

I had just an unbelievable season of injuries to almost every player on my team so with a level 5 trainer 2 position training I really only trained 3 guards even close to properly,

22 y.o. 6'9" (yes I know too old and too tall but he is an original team player so I am sentimental) 5 pops and not even good ones FT HA DR JR ST
20 y.o. 6'7" (my draft pick, I don't choose their height!) 8 pops PA JS HA DR FT ST JR OD
20 y.o. 6'3" (also an original player but getting better) 8 pops PA HA JS FT ST JR ID OD


What a disaster! Next season my personal aim is to train at least 5 guys properly for the whole season.

22 yo 11 pops
22 yo 10 pops

Pretty good for some "old" guys

No doubt! One position training, most of the time?

All the time unless it's time for a JS rotation. Hands down best way to train.

1 position training

18 years old 6"7 - 3 OD/ 1 ID/ 2 PA/ 2HN/ 2DR = 10

Pretty good training guard skills to a guy 6"7

PG training with level 5 coach..this season I'm doing only OD (1-position) and JS (2-position) training because of the request from u-21 coach..

1. 19 years old, 6'1", 11 pops, 4 JS, 1 JR, 3 OD, 1 HA, 1 DR, 1 ID
2. 19 years old, 6'4", 7 pops, 3 JS, 1 JR, 1 OD, 1 HA, 1 DR (this player missed some trainings, though)
3. 21 years old, 6'1", 6 pops, 3 JS, 1 JR, 2 OD

player number 1 shows a great progress in my opinion..his height is perfect and his skills are much more balanced than the other two trainees..the other two trainees have only mediocre/average JR, which is 6/7 levels lower than their JS and OD..while this guy

player number 2 missed some trainings and his height also makes the OD training slower..

player number 3's JS and OD are 3-4 levels higher than the rest of the skills and it also slows down training, other than his age..