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So I dont know how the depth as big men are for the U21 national team is but I believe this guy could help it out. Feedback about how to improve his training thank you!

Rafael Villegas (29559345) Center

Weekly salary: $ 7 738
Role: regular starter
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DMI: 41200
Age: 19
Height: 7'2" / 218 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average
Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: awful
Handling: mediocre
Driving: atrocious
Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: wondrous ↑
Inside Def.: strong ↑
Rebounding: strong
Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: atrocious
Free Throw: pitiful

Experience: pitiful

First, I would get his OD to 9 or 10. Next I would train PA to 8. After that, train JS/1v1 to improve his JS and HA. After those skills pop to about 9, I would go back to training OD until he gets to 11. Just remember, when in doubt, train OD.

From now until he is 21, when you train his inside skills, you only have ID and REB. Since his IS is already at the level of a typical U21 big, he doesn't need to be trained in it at the moment.

If you have time to squeeze it in, I would also train 1v1 and PA to raise his HA and DR. The best way to train PA is by playing him 48 minutes at PG. PA trains fast on everyone, so he should pop quickly. I recommend training it until he hits inept.

For 1v1, you could get him 48 minutes at PG, SG, or both of them combined. I also advise you to do 1v1 Guards instead of Forwards. The reason why is that 1v1 Forwards trains IS a bit, and if his sublevels are high enough, he might pop in IS. Couple that with you training his ID/REB and that pop might make him a lot more expensive.

Hello, everyone. We're new to this game, so please be patient with stupid questions, okay? We're trying to learn it.

From reading various threads, it appears that at higher divisions, training is a big thing. Training hot shot players seems to get everybody in a froth. So far to us, though, (in Div. V) it makes no sense. We see that you can't train more than a few players at a time except in three team attributes. The others appear to sit idle.

Is there a training thread anywhere that starts from square one, helping new coaches like us, and doesn't simply talk about U21 and future hall of famers, etc? We take it on faith that training is worthwhile and interesting because it appears that way to so many people, but we would like to learn enough about it to find it worthwhile and interesting ourselves. Thanks!

Training can definitely be effective in lower levels, even when your goal is a more modestly skill player rather than a killer U21/NT type. I trained a 19 yo allstar potential guy (Greg Lloyd) and got lucky with a 18 yo perennial allstar guy. There are other teams who have trained multiple star potential guys. So, it's definitely doable.

For all sorts of information about training, I'd recommend joining the USA offsite, where we have forums covering training all players. Then, you can send your training information to the crowdsourcing analysis, which gives hard details about the things that control training.

usa offsite forum is at http://s3.zetaboards.com/BuzzerBeater_USA_NT/index/
register there, then send a BB mail to sleet (28628) or magiker (30267) and tell then what email you used to register. Then they can activate your offsite forum account.

Information about the crowsourcing training analysis can be found here: (203921.1)
Also, you can use the training planner spreadsheet that rhyminsimon made, which incorporates data from the crowdsourcing project. You can predict how fast it will take to train players to certain skill levels. Link to training planner is here (100218.2)]

Like Tangosz said, you don't need to have a high potential guy to make train up a good player. I have trained star and allstar potential players on several occasions who have turned into a profit.

However, star potential is the lowest that I recommend training. I tried training a starter potential back in my D5 days, and he didn't last too long :)

Hey everyone !

I asked you how to train a player 3 seasons ago. Here he was:

Age:18
Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: average Handling: average
Driving: average Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: awful

And here he is now:

Weekly salary: $ 8 376
Age: 21
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: hall of famer

Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: strong Handling: sensational
Driving: tremendous Passing: average ↑
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: strong
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: awful Free Throw: inept

I wasted a few training sessions, because of injuries and also because I had to train stamina, which was very low.
What should I train in priority now ?

Okay. Seeing he is going to be a SF, I would say to train OD/ID as a priority. That's just me, though. Good luck!




EDIT: Adjusting to the comment below.

Last edited by Jimbobjoe at 1/3/2014 8:48:29 AM

Actually, he's more likely to be a SF (or possibly a PF).

I really like the idea of making him a PF. if you just focus on the big skills for this season and some of next season, he can be a pretty kick ass PF. Nice job with him!

I would train his big skills for this season and next, like E.B.W. said. If you have time at the end of the season, playoffs, or a 2-game week, I recommend training JS, REB or PA. I would also put a bit of emphasis on OD/ID.