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U21 Skill requirements

Here I’m going to try and cover as many player builds as possible and the skill level I would consider the minimum they would need to make the squad.

For perimeter players, the minimum potential to reach these builds would be 6 (Allstar), however I would recommend a minimum of 7 (Perennial Allstar). For inside players, 7 (Perennial Allstar) potential would be the minimum to reach the build required but I would recommend a minimum of 8 (Superstar) potential.

Point guards/Shooting guards

Defensive/Playmaker- 15 Outside defence, 12 Passing,
Outside scoring- 14 Jump shot, 10 Jump range, 13 Outside defence, 9 passing
General scoring- 13 Jump shot, 13 Outside defence, 9 Passing, 10 Inside shot

Small Forwards

Outside scoring- 14 Jump shot, 10 Jump range, 13 Outside defence, 9 Inside defence
General scoring- 14 Jump shot, 12 Outside defence, 11 Inside shot, 9 Inside defence
Inside scoring- 13 Outside defence, 13 Inside shot, 11 Inside defence
Defence specialist- 15 Outside defence, 12 Inside defence, 9 Passing

Power Forwards/Centre

Inside scoring- 15 Inside shot, 14 Inside defence, 12 Rebounding
Outside scoring- 10 Jump shot, 13 Driving, 13 Inside shot, 13 Inside defence
Defensive specialist- 14 Inside defence, 13 Rebounding, 17 Shot Blocking

These are the generic builds I look for in a u21 player. In addition to those skills, having high secondary skills is also important, but not essential. It should also be noted that these are minimums I’d like to aim for, and for us to reach the top level we should be aiming for higher than these.

If you want any more help with training or if you have any questions feel free to drop me a BB-mail and I’ll get back to you when I can. If anyone would like to offer their time to help the U21 team with scouting, training plans, messaging managers please let me know.

This is a great post on the basics of training and why every manager should be looking to invest time and money in training. For me it is the most enjoyable part of the game; investing years into seeing your players develop to push your team to promotions and league titles, represent the U21 and NT and return some of that cash you've invested in merchandise through NT representation and presence on leaderboards is what makes it all worth it.

One thing I think that is worth adding to the training section is how investing in the Gym infrastructure can also boost training. If anyone isn't aware, a Gym can be built under the 'Team Infrastructure' section of the Arena page to further enhance training, depending on what level of Gym is built. There are three levels of gym ranging from Level 1 (cost of £200k to build) to Level 3 (cost of £1M to build). Depending on what level of gym you have depends on the number of 'cross-training' slots that are available for your trainees, so level 1 has 1 cross training slot of 10% and level 3 has 3 cross training slots of 10%.
Note: it is worth noting only trainees who have qualified for training receive this cross-training boost.