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Subject: [Change] Tragic skill for a junior leaving academy
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How do you recognize a slow pace? will it just walk?
How many speed levels can be seen on the display in YS?
How many speed levels can be seen on the display in YS?
Imagine every youth player would have at least 1 as pace (for example), than 0 does just simply by definition never occur and you effectively just narrow down the range of possible values for a skill. I don't see that this improves the game at all. As Borkos said "0" means the worst possible skill level for a professional player, not "0" as in "the pace / velocity is actually 0; does not move at all. How can he be so slow after being in a youth academy?".
The fix is easy in their system: starting level in pace should be at least 1. one line of code. fixed.
But It's always the same old story. Three or four years ago, I asked devs to just tweak a few settings to cut down on the random flood of tragic juniors we get every week. It would have taken just two or three lines of code to fix. So what did the devs do? They proposed a complete overhaul that never happened.
But It's always the same old story. Three or four years ago, I asked devs to just tweak a few settings to cut down on the random flood of tragic juniors we get every week. It would have taken just two or three lines of code to fix. So what did the devs do? They proposed a complete overhaul that never happened.
This means that the Sokker academy is the worst school in existence because it cannot improve players' weaknesses, even after 28 weeks. 28 weeks, imagine... Which should be the primary goal of a school, something that unfortunately Sokker doesn't know how to do or doesn't want to do.
Sokker has its own kind of logic. That said, I feel that you should at least be able to train your youth players according to their orders, but in a more general way. F.e. a striker should train its striker skills faster than the other skills, and a defender should train it's defender skills faster than the other skills. A mid, should on it's turn train all 5 mid skills faster than striker, BUT slower than a defender or a striker in regards to their primary skills. At least this gives purpose to the youth matches.
Here is the reality:
Young football talents face a difficult challenge. They must balance the demands of the sport—including both schoolwork and training—to ensure they have promising future prospects even after their football careers have ended. For the most elite players, in particular, this constant balancing act between academics and football is extremely difficult to manage.
In football academies around the world, players' athletic abilities are put to the test. These assessments measure their speed and agility, their dribbling proficiency, their ball control, and their juggling skills.
The test results—recorded on standardized assessment sheets by highly qualified youth coaches (including national youth team coaches)—provide these experts with additional information. Thanks to their professional expertise, this data can be synthesized to create a comprehensive overall profile of each player. Throughout this process, providing individualized support to each talent remains of paramount importance. Should test results fail to meet expectations after a certain period, it becomes clear which specific areas require additional training. Subsequently, during further scouting sessions at specialized performance centers, these areas are examined in detail and subjected to a rigorous evaluation based on predefined talent criteria.
As part of this process, the players' talents are continuously evaluated with almost meticulous precision; the corresponding test results are documented in a comprehensive development and performance profile.
After a specific period has elapsed, a decision is made regarding which young players will receive specialized support and which will not. The parents of those players who were not selected—because their performance did not meet the required standards—naturally discuss the next steps jointly with the youth coaches and at least one youth psychologist. During this discussion, the coaches and the psychologist emphasize once again that it is by no means a catastrophe if these young talents—who did not advance to the next stage of the development program—are no longer considered for specialized support. This certainly does not mark the end of their potential careers as professional footballers. This is exactly what everyday reality looks like in professionally run elite football academies—explained as simply as possible!
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Young football talents face a difficult challenge. They must balance the demands of the sport—including both schoolwork and training—to ensure they have promising future prospects even after their football careers have ended. For the most elite players, in particular, this constant balancing act between academics and football is extremely difficult to manage.
In football academies around the world, players' athletic abilities are put to the test. These assessments measure their speed and agility, their dribbling proficiency, their ball control, and their juggling skills.
The test results—recorded on standardized assessment sheets by highly qualified youth coaches (including national youth team coaches)—provide these experts with additional information. Thanks to their professional expertise, this data can be synthesized to create a comprehensive overall profile of each player. Throughout this process, providing individualized support to each talent remains of paramount importance. Should test results fail to meet expectations after a certain period, it becomes clear which specific areas require additional training. Subsequently, during further scouting sessions at specialized performance centers, these areas are examined in detail and subjected to a rigorous evaluation based on predefined talent criteria.
As part of this process, the players' talents are continuously evaluated with almost meticulous precision; the corresponding test results are documented in a comprehensive development and performance profile.
After a specific period has elapsed, a decision is made regarding which young players will receive specialized support and which will not. The parents of those players who were not selected—because their performance did not meet the required standards—naturally discuss the next steps jointly with the youth coaches and at least one youth psychologist. During this discussion, the coaches and the psychologist emphasize once again that it is by no means a catastrophe if these young talents—who did not advance to the next stage of the development program—are no longer considered for specialized support. This certainly does not mark the end of their potential careers as professional footballers. This is exactly what everyday reality looks like in professionally run elite football academies—explained as simply as possible!
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