English version of "Guide to U21 training", part 1This text is not a direct translation of Slovenian version, since you got your Slovenian youngster on market and not on draft. I also assume you know a bit about training since you spent good money to buy a good Slovenian prospect. Yes, our best draftees are mostly quite expensive, so I guess you know what you are doing!

Firstly, let me congratulate you on the choice of Slovenian player! We sincerely hope your player will be able to help our U21 National team and your team as well, of course. This will be possible only with quality training and that's why this thread exists. So without further ado, let's get down to business!
Most important things to consider when training a U21 player are:
- Nothing but one-position trainining except for Rebounding, 1 on 1 and Jump shot which are 2-position trainings by default
- Trainer level: at least 5, and 6 is desirable
- Trainee must not receive anything less than 48 minutes of training
- You have to be at least a bit flexible when it comes to training plan, chosen by U21 manager. Of course he will consider all of your team plans so training will benefit both.
Let's also write a quick reminder about some training aspects:
- If the trainee sucks at defense, you should train that first to avoid fouling out
- Elastic effect influences the speed of training; you can use it to your advantage with 1 on 1 training if you are training guards or on trainees with disproportionate skills (example: IS 7, ID 7, RB 3, SB 7)
- In blowout games your trainer will sub all starters out, so don't forget to dress only those players who will be either starters or backups in order to ensure your trainee full 48 minutes of training. Below there's an example.
You are training Pressure for PG. Dress 9 players and set them like this:
Starters/Backups/Reserves
PG: Trainee/Trainee/Trainee
SG: John/Mitch/Mitch
SF: Gary/Mike/Mike
PF: Phillip/Sean/Sean
C: Ryan/Brad/Brad
At the start of every youngster's career you have to ask yourself: What kind of player do you want him to become? Do you want a player with proportionate skills? Or maybe a player with great defense and passing, but low shooting skills because of his low potential? Do you want to train the player for NT purposes also since he has a high potential?
The best thing you can do is create a training plan for your prospect with U21 manager or one of his scouts. U21 manager will determine each player's role and his 21-year skills according to team goals. But the final word on training plan is YOURS! If you think U21 goals are not the same as your teams', please notify U21 manager about that so you can work out a different training plan that suits your team better and at the same time helps U21 also.
Very important for managers with three trainess:If you have three trainees and you want to ensure 48 minutes of training for each one of them, you probably know there will come some weeks when one of your trainees will get injured or will foul out. Most of the time you can switch the training for that week and still ensure 48 minutes to each of your trainees, but you have to follow these steps:
If you are training inside skills on C position: In a game, your trainee A is trying to get full 48 minutes on Center. Put your trainee B as a backup to PF so he can get some minutes there. Do the same for other games; one of the trainees always plays a backup PF while your other trainee plays full 48 minutes on Center. If one of trainees on Center fouls out or injures himself, you can always switch the training to Rebound for PF/C.
The same applies to guard trainings: If you are training on PG spot, put the other trainee on SG spot as a backup. If you are training Outside shooting for SG, put the other trainee on PG spot as a backup. If injury or fouling out happens, switch to either Jump Shot for PG/SG or 1 on 1 for PG/SG.
Last edited by Koperboy at 5/15/2012 7:50:15 AM