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Does your trainer matter at all for team training? Will your players train in stamina/free throw faster with a level 5 trainer vs a level 1 trainer or are trainers just for individual training?

Does your trainer matter at all for team training? Will your players train in stamina/free throw faster with a level 5 trainer vs a level 1 trainer or are trainers just for individual training?

Doesn't matter for FT or Stamina.

I'm rebuilding now so I just replaced my best bigs with some scubs/trainee. So that's the reason there's a lack of IS. I think I'll stop using PTB soon, I guess. Here's Madison's skills:

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

Right now my team's gameshape is terrible so got to consider that. Hoping I can get Madison's passing up to wondrous and his JR to prominent, and then focus on training my bigs next season. :P I think I kind of overeacted a bit, beause I kind of expected him to pass more score less after he popped in passing without considering my team's situation. lol

EDIT: I forgot to add that he plays the full 48 minutes too. So far he's averaging 21.7 pts (on terrible percentage), 4.0 assists, 3.0 steals, 1.3 TO, and 8.7 rebounds. His stats is kind of inflated due to his minutes but he's gonna become an awesome player for my team when he transitions into a scoring point guard. :P

PS: Should I use look inside? I kind of worry when I use this tactic because my guards aren't good inside shooters.

Last edited by Jenny10 at 3/24/2013 5:16:15 PM

Since you have no inside threats (even on your guards) inside tactics may not be the best. Perhaps try motion? I remember using that and it focused more on my PGs and SGs. It will also make use of your PGs high JS and PA as well as your other players' JS

My understanding of Push the Ball is that it is a fast paced version of base offense, where for the first several seconds of the shot clock your team tends to look for an early scoring opportunity (especially off of defensive rebounds and transition opportunities), if your team gets stumped in that initial attack, the offense reverts to a slow paced offense where it becomes more like Patient and your best outside player becomes the focus. It also seems that during the initial seconds of attack, there's alot of inside shots created, where nearing the 2nd half of the shotclock, it becomes more outside based. My theory anyways, I run it alot but seems to hinge on having a decent inside/outside SF as well.

Last edited by RA Blaze at 3/24/2013 6:24:30 PM

Yea, I don't have an inside/outside SF yet, I'm training one right now though. So I should run motion then?

Motion would be a good idea, alternatively you might find a good fit with Princeton, or maybe Outside Isolation.

Alright thanks :P

Newbie training question...

...A player can play in any position on the floor regardless of what he is classified at. Now, if we train a skill at a specific position (let's say C), does it only train the players classified at C, or will it train PF classified players as well as long as they logged minutes at the C position during the week?

It only trains the players that have played the Center position that particular week. It doesn't matter what position they're listed as.

On top of that, you want to make sure that the player(s) you're focused on training play at least 48 minutes at that position during the week.

Awesome. I've been doing that so far, but I'd also like to train players out of position after my original targets are done. Right now I'm Training my frontcourt in inside defence, but they are almost all done. Next time on scrimmage day I could move some sg's up to start to get time in too then.