Squad training level
Your players will develop as they play matches or train with B team.
There are 5 different training levels you can set for your whole team:
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Basic training. Poor training level with a goal of keeping the current squad level. Players' skills will drop at slower rate.
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B-team growth. Decent training for A squad and great for B. It has negative impact on players' form.
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Fitness training. Decent training both A and B squads with the benefit of reducing injury chance during matches.
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Match form. Great training for A squad and decent for B. This training will help improve the form of your players.
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High intensity. Incredible training for both A and B squads, but it increases injury chance.
The above training levels come with a certain benefit or penalty each. When you change the training level for the whole squad -
the effect will take place the next day. That means you have to change the level one day before if you want to get
the effect in your matches.
The additional effect (chance for change in form or injury reduction) affects only players that play a match.
Basic training is an exception and all players have reduced skill drops.
Individual training
You can also set 2 different ways to train each of your players: default and skill training.
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Default training. You can trust your coaching staff to go through appropriate routines for each players' position and the players will develop organically. You don't have control over which skills are being developed, but you can be sure the player will develop naturally in the skills that will be useful to him.
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Skill training. You can also set training focus on one specific skill. This will make that skill develop at extra fast rate and can be perfect to fine-tune your players. However, this type of training has lower overall output than the default training as all other skills develop at slower rate.
Even though the default training has bigger training output overall, from financial perspective it is sometimes beneficial to train individual skills instead. Since different skills affect player's price in different ratios (i.e. handling doesn't affect the price of FC at all, but makes a lot of difference for GKs), sometimes it's better to focus on improving one important skill than it is to develop player organically.
If you don't want to think too much about it and micromanage individual players, you can be pretty sure that default training is doing a good job at developing your players. As a rule of thumb, improve individual skills if the player needs them but they're quite low, or if you want to fine-tune your player for certain position.
What affects training?
Your players are more than just a bunch of skills. They have personalities and preferences that will affect their behaviour on and off the field. There are several things working in the background that affect player's growth.
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Training level. The level of training investment defines how far a player can grow. For example, a poor training level won't be enough to train your players to 4 or 5 stars.
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Potential and club fit. Each player has hidden potential and how well they fit with your club - the way his personality matches or clashes with the rest of the team. This is not shown anywhere in the game but higher performance range might indicate higer potential.
How to train your players?
Your players will develop as they play matches or train with B team.
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Playing a game today.
Players that played a game today will get a boost to their selected training type if their overall skill level is below certain number of stars (depending on your training level and players' potential). This training is faster the higher your training level for the team, and it's a great way to pull your undeveloped players to be capable first team starters.
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B team training.
Players in your B team don't need to play a game to get training, but they are welcome to play as this training stacks with 1-day training.
B team training will improve your players only to a limit of approximately 2-3 stars (depending on his potential and your selected training level). An icon will be shown when he outgrows B team. Due to high intensity of this training the players will lose match sharpness much faster than they normally would. This training is intended to prepare your youngsters and undeveloped players for first team football.
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Played a game within last 3 days.
This is a standard training and players that are in your A squad and that played at least one game within the last 3 days will get it. It is a slow but reliable training that can, with basic rotation, cover your whole team. It doesn't have any limitations in terms of stars or skill levels, and it doesn't depend on your selected training level. This is the default development for every player. It stacks with 1-day training (but not with B team training).
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Losing skills.
Players also lose skills daily. The skill drop is random but the chance is increased for older and injured players. For the most part, players will be net positive with training gains, but some are simply too old or won't be able find their footing in your club no matter what you do... Don't take it personally.