Subject: Training

hey guys,

dont know if i asked this question before or not (if i did i'm teribly sorry, but ive forgotten the answer). lets say I got a bunch of guys training tech on mids in a 4-5-1 formation, and in my friendly i swap my striker and attacking mid for friendly and league matches. will the attacking mid for the league match still receive tech training if he played the friendly at the striker position?

No. The last game only counts...you asked me this via sk mail....
My suggestion would be to play the friendly 5-5-0 formation....you can do that

oh right, k... sry i was skimming through my mial looking for it but must've missed it....kinda disappointing that the last match only counts... doesnt really make sence imo cuz if you played a league match at a position then a friendly at another you should still get the training for what you played at the league match.

Either I'm not looking in the right spot, or my players aren't that good but, is there somewhere that messages player improvements? I know I haven't been here too long, but I have signed some higher ranked coaches...I just don't see any changes in my players whatsoever????

Players improve from training once per week, Wednesday night around midnight eastern time. It can take a few weeks for a player to improve one skill level. The more talented and the younger the player is the faster his skills will improve.
To see player improvement you need to remember or record his skills and compare them over time. If you subscribe to "plus" then sokker will do this for you. Player skill improvement may also be inferred from an improvement in their player ratings - this is found on the match reports.

Welcome to sokker. It can be rewarding and a lot of fun, but it is plodding. It will take several seasons to build up a team that can compete in division ii. And your team will be very tight for $$$$ for a while yet.

There's also some program to track team improvement. Skills, form, stamina, youth talent... all those usefull informations. You can all track those manually, but the program is a little bit easier, for me at least ;)

I'm using the Sokker Manager program. I'm pretty sure the plus thing would do the same, but sokker manager is free.

Where can I download this program?

As seen in a Sokker International forum post, try this link

http://mysite.verizon.net/reswe8vz/sokkermanager31/index.html

Worked fine for me, but it was bugged for a while last summer... Don't know if there's other program like that for Sokker. Good luck with it!

Sarakis

I use Apollo even though i have plus, it's a really simple program yet very helpful


here is the link


http://users.telenet.be/BZRK/sokker/Apollo.zip
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Assume I'm an idiot when it comes to computers (which I am).....which is easier to use? Easier for set-up, etc?

Also, if training takes forever to do, can I also assume tht one would set up training, and then leave it for a while, or switch training from time to time? Ad, if one should set training and then leave it, what's the best thing to do to help improve a team?

I havent used the programs for following training. Plus is easy and I want to get it again soon. Writing down every skill, every week is a pain. Plus is especially nice for the youth school skillups.

For training, set up training and leave it for a while. It is best to choose one skill to train and to stick with it for several weeks. This is because you want to get a coach with unearthly in that particular skill and you dont want to be changing coaches every week. In several seasons, when you get top drawer coaches, who are unearthly in everything (almost) then you may decide to change training skill more often.

What to train? Keeper is good because you only need two trainees, training is quick and you can have older players in all other positions. Good trainees are very expensive and can be difficult to find since you dont really know the talent of players that you buy on the transfer list. But, I think that most managers look at the players that they have, identify the young and talented, and train to their needs. Pace is the most common skill to train and probably the most useful for every player.

All the new users please post your questions (I'm sure you have some)!!! Or PM me, I am willing to teach you the basics. I am also thinking of setting up a newbie guide when I find some time to do it.

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I don't think keeper training is the best option.
If you aren't lucky to get talented keepers, you waste a lot of time.
I think is better to buy 22 defenders:
- 17 yo good pace and defending
- 16yo adequate pace and defending
Buy a unearthly of pace coach from the coaches market and train pace. (wage not more then 10k)
Train pace until you will identify 10 talented defenders. When you find a low talented defender just sell him and buy another one.

When you have 10 talented defenders switch the training to defending, buy a coach unearthly of defending, fire the coach of pace and sell all the rest of the players you trained in pace and are not so talented as the chosen guys.

There are pros and cons to training keeper. For a new team, IMHO, the cons outweigh the pros. Training pace, in whatever way you do it, is a good way to improve your team overall, get a hang for the ins and outs of training, and make a profit while you do it. Personally, I wouldn't do 22 defenders; I'd have a minimum of 3 strikers so that you can inflict scores on bot teams and increase your rating, fan base and sponsorship income. It is imperative that your head coach be unearthly in the main stat, and strongly advisable that he be as cheap as possible in salary. If you're doing it right, your coaching salaries and your player salaries should add up to roughly the same amount.

There are very few pros to training keeper. :) I believe only masochists do it. The only real positive I can see is that it's "low maintenance". As Lovely points out, it's a slow way to improve your team & to fill make money.

We're been fortunate to always have a Canadian manager or two willing to "bite the bullet" for the sake of the NT by training up some Canadians.