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how does my suggestion make it hard to manage training minutes?

say your starter played 40 minutes in the first game...sit him out the scrimmage...and then set his play time to 70% of the game next game...he plays 33.6 minutes...boom he played 73.6 minutes that week...this way...you can manage the minutes pretty much to an exact science...instead of letting the coach play him 40 minutes one game...and hoping he only plays him 30 some the next game...

This will never happen - minutes are meant to be difficult to manage.

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You're suggestion makes the minute managing a joke. As Juice just wrote, minute managing should be challenging, not just set playing time for "insert player here".

This will never happen - minutes are meant to be difficult to manage.

difficult yes...impossible and completely out of my control?...i don't think so...

my starting PF is much better than my backup...so i understand that my coach would rely heavily on the starter...but my backup has better potential than my starter...and so i want my backup to get hours so he can eventually become better in the future...plus...don't want my starter getting too many hours...but i have no way to really tell my coach this...not that i know of at least...and so the hours my players are getting is out of my control...which when a game takes stuff out of your control (things that should be managable by you...it is a manager game after all) that makes the game less fun...

as for the 39 mins/game...yes...that may be accurate...and therefore if they played 2 games a week in the nba...then 78 minutes a week would be good...i don't deny this...i don't argue with this...what i'm saying is...the reason one only gets 39 minutes a game is because they'll get tired if they play more...they get pulled from a game so that they aren't dragging their feet on the court...but if a guy had the stamina to play 48 minutes a game every game...he would...and he wouldn't play worse in the following game because of it...he'd get a day off...have a rest...be fresh and ready to go next game...plain and simple...

Everyone else considers training system a challenge.
For you it's impossible? Not everyone is a great manager. Learn you're players and create a training plan based on skill level and player stamina.

Hi.. am wondering, if my player's stamina is atrocious and I force him to play 48 minutes, what could happen? has anyone tried that before and is willing to share experience?

not saying that establishing a training system is impossible...i'm saying that at this point (because no one has told me different) that it is impossible to communicate with my coach about how many hours i want my players to play...

Last edited by TC. Ferdzz at 6/10/2009 8:09:24 PM

Exactly, also having two reserves helps. You can play them in the national cup/scrimmage game and then the minutes balance well.

This week, however was an exception because I played a double OT game, which destroyed my training plans.

i had a guy play 46 mins one game and 45 the next...and all i'm saying is i'd like to be able to tell my coach is not to ride him so hard