Training!

[Poli]

Training, training time is near
I'm logged in, nothing to fear
I've been good, but I can't last,
Hurry, training, hurry fast.

Want a win in my league match,
Want my forwards to improve the attack!
I can hardly stand the wait
Please training don't be late!

Good luck, everyone!

[terpkristin]

w00t! we got a song! :D

/tk

[Poli]

w00t! we got a song! :D

/tk
Punk. :)

[terpkristin]

Bleh training for me.
Expected 2 possible pops, neither came (grr).
Form was +1/-10 in levels. Granted, a lot of that is backups, which haven't been playing lately, but regardless. Worst/only really bad thing is one of my inner mid trainees, due to be sold as soon as he pops, has dropped in form to weak. Stupid punk.

/tk

[Poli]

A forward to passable form, which is a nice thing.

One pop to formidable, which was great news.

[ibnsgirl]

Good day for the Packers!
Form +8/-2 Starting forwards are passable or better.
One pop to formidable and one to excellent. :)

[saintjo]

19 year old canadian with passable winger popped to formidable defending. will be on sale tommorrow.

17 year old that i just bought this morning popped to excellent defending.

[finkenst]

one outstanding playmaker.
for +8 players (9 levels), -4 players (-5 levels)

[Qwikshot]

Titanic 21 y.o. forward...I may put him up for sale tomorrow...

[Vince]

My recently acquired Formidable defender popped to Solid PM today, that was exciting.

In other news, my Supernatural forward got himself up to Passable form, and my World Class middie got himself up to Inadequate form, so things are looking up :)

[sterlingice]

Awaiting one last bump in playmaking but it didn't come. I guess it's next week that the Hippos finally change training.

SI

[TazFTW]

Had 2 pops in passing and a guy bumped up 3 levels of form.

[Raven Hawk]

One 21 year old to Supernatural Scoring.
One 19 year old to Magnificent Scoring.

18 year old trainee to wretched XP.

A great training week for me. :D

[fantastic flying froggies]

No pops, none expected.

Form was an impressive +11/-2. Of course, it allows partly compensate what i've lost the last couple of weeks...

[jddurango]

2 forward pops to Excellent and 2 nice form pops.

great week for the hellraisers.

[the_meanstrosity]

A question for all the training gurus: What's the best way to track your training and then guesstimate when a player will pop? I currently use Hattrick Organizer and Hattrick Coach Professional, but I'm not quite sure what I need to be looking at in these two apps to find this info. Thanks in advance for your input.

[Alf]

I use excel for that. Works pretty well :). You can also use openoffice if you prefer

[the_meanstrosity]

Is there a good link with a reference on how to guesstimate the approximate time it takes to pop?

[sterlingice]

The rule of thumb is this from Hattrix for 17yo's. Add about half a week for each year over 17:

<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="509"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#d9e7ec"><td bgcolor="#d9e7ec" nowrap="nowrap" width="197">skill</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" width="42"> weeks </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" width="266"> trains whom / notes</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#6fa3b9" nowrap="nowrap">http://www.databased.at/hattrick/pix/spacer.gif</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Goalkeeper</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">5 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> with 9 goalkeeping-coaches</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Defending </td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">8 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains wingbacks and central defs the same amount</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> Defensive positions </td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">16* </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains inner-mids, wingers and defenders</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Playmaking for inner-midfielders </td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">7 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> inner-mids get 100% of playmaking training </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Playmaking for wingers</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">14 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> wingers get 50% of playmaking training</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Scoring</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">6-7 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains forwards only </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Winger</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">5 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains wingbacks (50%) and wingers (100%)</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Short Passes</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">5 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains inner-mids, wingers and forwards </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> Through Passes </td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">6* </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains inner-mids, wingers and defenders</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">Shooting for scoring skill</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">* </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains all outfielders that actually played that week</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">Shooting for set-pieces skill</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">* </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains all players</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Set-Pieces</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">2 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"><< regardless of age; trains all players</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">Stamina</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">1-2 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains all players, reduces form of squad!</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">General in matters of » form (http://www.databased.at/hattrick/x-files/pages/file.asp?file=form)</td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#eaf2f7" nowrap="nowrap">1 </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains all that played that week</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">General in matters of goaltending </td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap">* </td> <td class="tiny" bgcolor="#f2f8f9" nowrap="nowrap"> trains goaltenders a bit</td></tr></tbody> </table>

SI

[the_meanstrosity]

Thanks SI. I've heard anything from an extra week per age over 17 to a 10% increase. Is the half a week increase a pretty good measure?

[sterlingice]

Thanks SI. I've heard anything from an extra week per age over 17 to a 10% increase. Is the half a week increase a pretty good measure?
It's probably closer to 2/3rds but the math just starts to get nasty.

Oh, and could you extend a dope slap to John Randle next time you see him. Idiot. We could have used him this year.

SI

[the_meanstrosity]

SI,

It would have been nice to have Randle, but I'm hearing good things about the Green Machine (Clark and Gary). I'll be at the Spring Game this afternoon. I doubt the coaching staff will show us much, but I'm just anxious to sit in the bleachers again and see a few hits.

[Poli]

Slap!