Subject: Training this week

the drop should be rather low... its true that 28 yo can drop in pace (as only skill), but will 9 out of 10 times only be like 0,05-0,1 .... so dont train it, he will still perform at very high pace level

Yup pace can start dropping from age 28. Usually my 28s aren't getting advanced training, but I pop them in the position that is training pace and they usually pop back up eventually (or I lose a trainee and then I give them an advanced training slot)

It's annoying from a selling point or if the NT coach doesn't realise, forgets or thinks they may be dropping quicker than they are, but they are just as effective on the field

Yeah, you can see it on the value more how big a drop it was, but usually not that big

The other thing is it’s also more noticeable dropping from SD to divine. SD only has a single value 17.99. Divine is [17-17.99). So a drop from 17.99 to 17.90 for example will appear like a full level, but 17.90 to 17.81 will show as the same level.

Yes, thats also why its mostly only drops from 18 to 17 in pace that happens at that young an age, and why it dont make sense to train it up again

Important to remember:

Players play according to exact level (including sublevel i mean)

Drops dont happen each week, but has a rng chance to happen, first its decided if dropping and then by how much... The older the player, the chance of both if happens and how big a drop it is will is bigger

pace sucks oscar, anyways we know that Carr is high level 17... so 17.95 or 17.99 should be the same....
so dont worry about that and keep focusing in that tech level if he is near, maybe in mid-end season we can look for the 18 pace again...

It's okay, I can live with it. It's just annoying that he's dropped despite still getting general training for pace. I'm loathed to train him in pace at this age. Pace is so agonisingly slow to train after 24yo and my other trainees are not wanting pace right now.

Hopefully you're right and he'll bounce back up on his own.

Thats why it Important to get them as close to reaching max level at 27. Hope both my Aussie trainees will be able to do that :)