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USA National team

2010-09-16T20:50:15Z

Chaunceymo: adding most recent WC result

The '''USA national team''' represents the [[USA]] in international friendlies and the [[World Cup]].

== Trophies ==
* {{WC3}} Bronze in [[World Cup I]] (21-April-2002)
* {{WC3}} Bronze in [[World Cup II]] (6-December-2002)
* {{WC3}} Bronze in [[World Cup XIV]] (16-April-2010)

== Coaches ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! World Cup !! Manager !! Votes / Visible votes !! Result
|-
| [[World Cup XV]] || [[User:chaunceymo|chaunceymo]] || [[American elections for World Cup XV|119 / 362]] || Qualification (4 out of 7)
|-
| [[World Cup XIV]] || [[GM-emmpee]] || [[American elections for World Cup XIV|? / ?]] || {{WC3}} 3rd place
|-
| [[World Cup XIII]] || GM-emmpee || [[American elections for World Cup XIII|134 / 254]] || Qualification (5 out of 8)
|-
| [[World Cup XII]] || [[User:Polar|Polar]] || [[American elections for World Cup XII|211 / 358]] || Qualification (5 out of 8)
|-
| [[World Cup XI]] || [[User:Cataclysmia|Cataclysmia]] || [[American elections for World Cup XI|? / ?]] || Round III, 4th place in Group 1
|-
| [[World Cup X]] || [[User:rpeters|rpeters]], then [[GM-kevinapps]] || [[American elections for World Cup X|233 / 846]], then: 170 / 846 || Qualification (3 out of 7)
|-
| [[World Cup IX]] || [[User:ThomasRongen|ThomasRongen]] || [[American elections for World Cup IX|? / ?]] || Round II, 4th place in Group 6
|-
| [[World Cup VIII]] || [[User:Lathrop|Lathrop]] || [[American elections for World Cup VIII|243 / 686]] || Round III, 4th place in Group 2
|-
| [[World Cup VII]] || Lathrop || [[American elections for World Cup VII|202 / 752]] || Round IV, 4th place in Group 1
|-
| [[World Cup VI]] || [[User:ArdentEnthusiast|ArdentEnthusiast]] || [[American elections for World Cup VI|202 / ?]] || Round II, 4th place in Group 3
|-
| [[World Cup V]] || [[User:OnionPatch|OnionPatch]] || [[American elections for World Cup V|247 / 943]] || Round III, 4th place in Group 4
|-
| [[World Cup IV]] || [[User:Slashers|Slashers]] || [[American elections for World Cup IV|161 / 478]] || Round III, 4th place in Group 2
|-
| [[World Cup III]] || [[User:bobhemprules|bobhemprules]], then: Slashers || [[American elections for World Cup III|? / ?]] || Round III, 3rd place in Group 2
|-
| [[World Cup II]] || [[User:georgeshook|georgeshook]] || [[American elections for World Cup II|? / ?]] || {{WC3}} 3rd place
|-
| [[World Cup I]] || georgeshook || [[American elections for World Cup I|? / ?]] || {{WC3}} 3rd place
|-
|}

== World Cups ==
{| class="toccolours"
|-
| '''[[World Cup I]]''' ([[georgeshook]]): Q [[World Cup I#Direct Qualification|Direct]] -> II [[World Cup I#Group 3|Group 3]] -> III [[World Cup I#Group 2 2|Group 2]] -> [[World Cup I#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup II]]''' ([[georgeshook]]): Q [[World Cup II#Direct Qualification|Direct]] -> II [[World Cup II#Group 3|Group 3]] -> III [[World Cup II#Group 2 2|Group 2]] -> [[World Cup II#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|-
|   ''[[bobhemprules]] resigned prior to World Cup III''
|-
| '''[[World Cup III]]''' ([[Slashers]]): Q [[World Cup III#Direct Qualification|Direct]] -> II [[World Cup III#Group 4|Group 4]] -> III [[World Cup I#Group 2 2|Group 2]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup IV]]''' ([[Slashers]]): Q [[World Cup IV#Direct Qualification|Direct]] -> II [[World Cup IV#Group 4|Group 4]] -> III [[World Cup IV#Group 2 2|Group 2]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup V]]''' ([[OnionPatch]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup V) - Group 10|Group 10]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup V) - Group 8|Group 8]] -> III [[Round III (World Cup V) - Group 4|Group 4]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup VI]]''' ([[ArdentEnthusiast]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup VI) - Group 12|Group 12]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup VI) - Group 3|Group 3]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup VII]]''' ([[Lathrop]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup VII) - Group 5|Group 5]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup VII) - Group 6|Group 6]] -> III [[Round III (World Cup VII) - Group 1|Group 1]] -> IV [[Round IV (World Cup VII) - Group 1|Group 1]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup VIII]]''' ([[Lathrop]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup VIII) - Group 10|Group 10]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup VIII) - Group 1|Group 1]] -> III [[Round III (World Cup VIII) - Group 2|Group 2]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup IX]]''' ([[ThomasRongen]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup IX) - Group 16|Group 16]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup IX) - Group 6|Group 6]]
|-
|   ''[[rpeters]] removed from office prior to World Cup X''
|-
| '''[[World Cup X]]''' ([[GM-kevinapps]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup X) - Group 13|Group 13]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup XI]]''' ([[Cataclysmia]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup XI) - Group 3|Group 3]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup XI) - Group 1|Group 1]] -> III [[Round III (World Cup XI) - Group 1|Group 1]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup XII]]''' ([[Polar]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup XII) - Group 9|Group 9]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup XIII]]''' ([[GM-emmpee]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup XIII) - Group 16|Group 16]]
|-
| '''[[World Cup XIV]]''' ([[GM-emmpee]]): Q [[Qualifications (World Cup XIV) - Group 4|Group 4]] -> II [[Round II (World Cup XIV) - Group 3|Group 3]] -> III [[Round III (World Cup XIV) - Group 4|Group 4]] -> IV [[Round IV (World Cup XIV) - Group 1|Group 1]] -> [[World Cup XIV#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|}

== See also ==
*[[World_Cup_VI#The_.22Scroll_Wheel_Incident.22|The Scroll Wheel Incident]]

[[Category: National Teams]]

User:Chaunceymo

2009-12-21T19:19:43Z

Chaunceymo:

'''Chaunceymo''' is the manager of [[The Human Paraquats]], currently in US series II.4. He is also the founder of the [[Federation of Football Foodies]], as far as he knows the only English language foodie forum in Hattrick.

[[Category: American Users|Chaunceymo]]

GM-kevinapps

2009-12-17T23:20:29Z

Chaunceymo:

'''GM-kevinapps''' is an [[USA|American]] user. He's the owner of [[Harrisburg Hammers]], a long-time resident of [[IV.63_(USA)|IV.63]], and the <del>current</del> <del>former</del> current owner of former Uber-Winger and current nursing home occupant Bill Spangler. He also lost many NT elections. kevinapps was named [[GameMaster|GM]] during June 2007.

== [[American_elections_for_World_Cup_X]] ==
Some days after the elections, GM-kevinapps was named coach of the USA National Team, despite having lost yet another election. His reign is one of the more controversial as the US National Team for the first time failed to qualify. He is also criticized for lack of communication after the loss in qualification and for not saving important US players.

{{NT-USA}}

[[Category:American Users|Kevinapps]]
[[Category:Hattrick workers|Kevinapps]]

User:Xarn5

2009-12-17T23:17:49Z

Chaunceymo:

User:Chaunceymo

2009-09-24T16:50:06Z

Chaunceymo:

'''Chaunceymo''' is the manager of [[The Human Paraquats]], currently in US series III.3. He is also the founder of the [[Federation of Football Foodies]], as far as he knows the only English language foodie forum in Hattrick.

[[Category: American Users|Chaunceymo]]

Training

2009-05-04T22:58:27Z

Chaunceymo: /* Individual training instruction */

{{Interwiki/Training}}

== Importance of training ==

'''Training''' is one of the most important aspects of a successful [[team]] in Hattrick. By concentrating on training just one [[skills|skill]] for a number of seasons a team can take medium skilled, young [[players]] and train them up to become superstars, who can then be sold for a profit or kept in the team, thus improving the team and helping the team to eventually win [[promotion]].

But the monetary side is only one side of the coin. Each training type also has associated other benefits and disadvantages. For example a playmaking trainer can't train his players efficiently in the later [[cup]] rounds and a goalkeeper trainer is not limited to specific [[formation]].

== Choosing trainees ==

Choosing the correct players to train is a balancing act. There are four factors to consider.
* Main skill ([[goalkeeping]], [[defending]], [[playmaking]], [[winger]] or [[scoring]])
* Age
* Secondary skills, related to the main skill
* Price

There is little to be gained from training players that are not at least [[Denominations#Player_abilities_etc|passable]] in their main skill. For new teams 17 year olds with at least Passable main skill should be considered.
Training a player who is passable or solid in primary skill is not as profitable as training higher skills, but lower skilled players cost considerably less to purchase.
To get some ideas of the cost and profit from various skill increases see
[http://www.lokesoftware.dk/ham/hamtpestats.cfm?Skill=1 HAM Transfer Price Evaluation].

As players age, they decrease in price, so buying slightly older players (e.g. 18 or 19 year olds) is often wise.

The better the secondary skills, the more you will pay to purchase the trainee, but the final selling price will also be higher.

== Training types ==
{{Based_on_research}}
In Hattrick, training takes place once a week. Typically only players who played on certain positions are fully trained depending on the skill you are training. If, for instance, [[forward]]s are being trained then only the players that played as a forward in one of the two games that week receive training. There are 12 types of training. Each have their own potential for generating profit or improving your team. ''Generally the training types that concentrate on one of the main skills ([[goalkeeping]], [[defending]], [[playmaking]], [[wing]]er, and [[scoring]]) are the most popular training types.''

To train the maximum number of players each week it is important to arrange [[friendlies]] where you play your trainees who did not play in the league match in the same week.

Brackets indicate small effects. Double brackets indicate very small effects.
<TABLE>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#dddddd">
<TD>Training type</TD>
<TD>Improves</TD>
<TD>...for...</TD>
<TD>Training speed</TD>
<TD>Max players trained</TD>

<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Goalkeeping training|Goalkeeping]]</TD>
<TD>Goalkeeping</TD>
<TD>Goalkeepers </TD>
<TD>4 weeks</TD>
<TD>2</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Defending training | Defending]]</TD>
<TD>Defending</TD>
<TD>Defenders, Wing backs ((Others))</TD>
<TD>7.4 weeks</TD>
<TD>10</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Playmaking training|Playmaking]]      </TD>
<TD>Playmaking</TD>
<TD>Inner midfielders (Wingers) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>6.3 weeks</TD>
<TD>6 (4)</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Scoring training | Scoring]]</TD>
<TD>Scoring</TD>
<TD>Forwards ((others)) </TD>
<TD>6.5 weeks</TD>
<TD>6</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Crossing (Winger)]]</TD>
<TD>Winger</TD>
<TD>Wingers (Wing backs) ((others))</TD>
<TD>4.4 weeks</TD>
<TD>4 (4)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Defensive positions]]</TD>
<TD>Defending</TD>
<TD>(Goalkeepers, defenders, inner midfielders and wingers) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>14.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>(20)</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Wing attacks]]</TD>
<TD>Winger</TD>
<TD>Forwards and wingers ((Others))</TD>
<TD>7.3 weeks</TD>
<TD>10</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD rowspan=2>[[Shooting]]</TD>
<TD>(Scoring)</TD>
<TD>(Outfielders) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>11 weeks</TD>
<TD>(20+) </TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>(Set pieces)</TD>
<TD>((All who played a game during the week))</TD>
<TD>Pretty long</TD>
<TD>(22)</TD>
</TR>

<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Short passes]]</TD>
<TD>Passing</TD>
<TD>Midfielders, wingers and forwards ((Others))</TD>
<TD>5.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>16</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Through passes]]</TD>
<TD>Passing</TD>
<TD>Defenders, midfielders and wingers ((Others))</TD>
<TD>6.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>20</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Set pieces training|Set pieces]]</TD>
<TD>Set pieces</TD>
<TD>All who played a game during the week, 25% bonus to the set pieces taker and goalkeeper</TD>
<TD>1.3 week</TD>
<TD>22</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddddff">
<TD rowspan=2>[[General training | General]]</TD>
<TD>(Form)</TD>
<TD>(All who played a game during the week)</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD>22</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddddff">
<TD>(Goalkeeping)</TD>
<TD>((Goalkeepers))</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

'''Please note the 'Training Speed' numbers are based on 100% training intensity, 15% stamina training, 17 year old trainees having a skillup from [[Denominations|solid]] to [[Denominations|excellent]], using a [[Denominations|solid]] coach, and 9 [[Assistant coach|assistants]].'''

A very rough rule is that for each year above 17 it takes a half week longer to train a player than stated in the above table. A more accurate measurement is that training time increases by approximately 4% each year above 17 years of age.

Also note that these training speed values are given as an average, and can (and will) vary from player to player. This means, for example, that if the value presented for a given training is 7 weeks, some players will take 6, others 8, but if you look at a large number of players they should average at 7. This might be due to the fact that the player gets a part of the next level after a [[pop]]. When that happens he needs less time to pop again. For example: When the first pop ends up to solid and a very little bit (7,02) he needs more time to go to excellent than when his first pop gives him a bit more (7,12).

There is a MS Excel table (see [[#External Links|External Links]] below) to calculate the length of skillups, taking the various parameters (age, trainer, assistants, skill level, ...) into account.
It's based on > 400.000 data samples provided by the the [[Hattrick Organizer]] users.

== Training efficiency factors ==
=== Effect of stamina training ===
The amount of training that you devote to [[stamina]] will cut into the amount of skill training accomplished each week. You will have to balance the amount of stamina training you need to maintain your preferred squad level (as well as any added stamina for trainees).

=== Effect of coach ===
To achieve the optimal training time requires a [[coach]] with solid coaching skills.
A coaching level below that lengthens training time. A general rule of thumb is one extra week for every level below solid, although this rule is not so accurate with the faster training types.

[[Denominations#Coach_skills_/_Form_/_Leadership|Excellent]] coaches train slightly faster than solid ones by roughly half a week but are generally seen as too expensive to be profitable in the long term.

=== Effect of player age ===
Young players train much faster than old players. To achieve the optimal training time, many managers prefer trainees between the ages of 17 and 20, with 17 or 18 the best age to start training. Clubs at higher series levels may prefer to train older players at a higher skill level in order to remain competitive in both the league and the cup.

Older players are slower to train, and a good rule of thumb is one half extra week for every year older than 17. More precisely, training becomes approx. 4% slower for every year above this (also called trainings speed depreciation).

As a player reaches 27 his abilities may start to decrease. This process doesn't occur constantly, and there is no guarantee it will happen at all. Typically, very small decreases occur for players around 30, considerably larger leaps for players around 35. For some reason, these decreases in abilities always surface on Mondays. Certain skills are harder to maintain as players grow older — scoring ability is the hardest to maintain, whilst goalkeeping is the easiest.

=== Effect of assistants ===
[[Assistant coach]]es also help with training. A team may only have 10 of any one type of [[staff]]. However assistant coaches and [[goalkeeping coach]]es are treated as one type, so a team may only have a combined total of 10 coaches. Typically non-goalkeeping training teams employ 9 assistant coaches and 1 goalkeeping coach. It is believed that a goalkeeping coach helps to maintain the [[form]] of the keeper. Other people prefer a 8 to 2 split between coaches.

Some users claim it is possible to have 11 coaches without seeing any ill effects, but many users have lost a week of training when trying this.

It is not always in a team's best interest to hire all the possible assistants. The effect of each additional assistant decreases fast. The effect of additional assistants most probably follows a square root dependence, just as economists do. Hence four assistants improve the training twice as much as only one assistant does, and 9 assistants improve the training three times as much ( sqrt(9) vs sqrt(4) vs sqrt(1) ).

Another model suggests that each additional assistant coach is worth 50% of the previous. If that is the case then you get something like this:

1 = 100%
2 = 50%
3 = 25%
4 = 12.5%
5 = 6.25%
6 = 3.125%
7 = 1.5625%
8 = 0.78125%
9 = 0.390625%
10 = 0.1953125%

Example: Having 5 GK coaches instead of 10 will slow GK training all the way from solid to divine by 1 week only. This is approximately 2 years of real time!
To get that one week advantage, it will cost you: 104 weeks * 5 assistants * 1500€ every week = €780.000

New clubs and clubs in financial difficulty should always bear this in mind when trying to make savings.

* For more information, see: [[Staff]]

=== Training intensity ===
Most team managers agree it is best to train at 100% intensity. The benefits are clear in that skills increase more quickly, and there is also the likelihood of better [[form]].

Unfortunately, there is also an increased chance of [[injury]].

== When to cash in ==
{{Based_on_opinion}}

In most cases [[transfers|selling]] trainees at age 21 is the best way to maximise profit. Once a player hits 21 years old, he begins to train at a noticeably slower rate compared to a younger player.

With particularly high skilled players, especially [[National Teams|National Team]] players, training can be taken on further, but in general the financial returns decrease beyond the age of 21.

It is also worth noting it is possible to overtrain a player, and make him unsustainable in the long run due to the extremely high [[wages]]. The recent market deflation also makes selling unprofitable after 21.

== Advanced training ==

* [[Skill trading]] - Primarily refers to buying players believed to be close to "popping", ideally within one to two weeks, benefiting from market inefficiency in valuing partially trained players. This approach is difficult with any skill other than goalkeeping, due to the inexact correspondence of [[TSI]] to player skills.

* [[Osmosis training]] - Up to global season 34, every player in a team got at least a bit of training, even if they didn't play at all. Many teams profited from this by buying a lot of players (up to 50) and waiting for a pop in a few weeks while doing nothing. But from season 35 every player needs to play at least once in a week to get the minimum training, effectively decreasing the profitability of this technique.

But it could be that the goal of maximizing profit is a goal that does not optimise the team over time. Some users believe it is better to develop your own players to advance in the series system, rather than to optimise economical goals. It is after all a football manager game!

== Individual training instruction ==
On the 3rd of July 2008, Hattrick announced that Individual training instruction was available. This means you may exclude up to three players from getting any training (except Stamina) at all from playing a game. The main point of this feature is to avoid paying excessive salaries for players that are already very highly skilled. You access this feature from your Training page.

Individual training has a very different meaning in a [[Youth Academy]]. If Individual training is selected, each player randomly gets a small boost to a relevant skill, eg- keepers will increase keeper, defense or set pieces, while a midfielder will increase playmaking, passing, defense or set pieces. The owner has no control over which skill gets chosen, though, and a skill that is already capped may get picked, resulting in no training for that player. Individual training is rarely used as result of this random factor and the extremely slow speed at which it operates.

== See also ==
[[HTs_on_Global/Training]]

== External Links ==

* [http://trainingspeed.freehostia.com/ Hattrick training speed calculator]
* [http://bobymoore.blogsome.com/category/tips/tips-training/ bobymoore's blog advanced articles on competitive training]
* [http://www.flattermann.net/downloads MS Excel table to predict the skillup length (TrainingspeedFormula.xls)] by [[User:flattermann|flattermann]]

[[Category:Training|*]]

Training

2009-05-04T22:57:50Z

Chaunceymo: /* Individual training instruction */

{{Interwiki/Training}}

== Importance of training ==

'''Training''' is one of the most important aspects of a successful [[team]] in Hattrick. By concentrating on training just one [[skills|skill]] for a number of seasons a team can take medium skilled, young [[players]] and train them up to become superstars, who can then be sold for a profit or kept in the team, thus improving the team and helping the team to eventually win [[promotion]].

But the monetary side is only one side of the coin. Each training type also has associated other benefits and disadvantages. For example a playmaking trainer can't train his players efficiently in the later [[cup]] rounds and a goalkeeper trainer is not limited to specific [[formation]].

== Choosing trainees ==

Choosing the correct players to train is a balancing act. There are four factors to consider.
* Main skill ([[goalkeeping]], [[defending]], [[playmaking]], [[winger]] or [[scoring]])
* Age
* Secondary skills, related to the main skill
* Price

There is little to be gained from training players that are not at least [[Denominations#Player_abilities_etc|passable]] in their main skill. For new teams 17 year olds with at least Passable main skill should be considered.
Training a player who is passable or solid in primary skill is not as profitable as training higher skills, but lower skilled players cost considerably less to purchase.
To get some ideas of the cost and profit from various skill increases see
[http://www.lokesoftware.dk/ham/hamtpestats.cfm?Skill=1 HAM Transfer Price Evaluation].

As players age, they decrease in price, so buying slightly older players (e.g. 18 or 19 year olds) is often wise.

The better the secondary skills, the more you will pay to purchase the trainee, but the final selling price will also be higher.

== Training types ==
{{Based_on_research}}
In Hattrick, training takes place once a week. Typically only players who played on certain positions are fully trained depending on the skill you are training. If, for instance, [[forward]]s are being trained then only the players that played as a forward in one of the two games that week receive training. There are 12 types of training. Each have their own potential for generating profit or improving your team. ''Generally the training types that concentrate on one of the main skills ([[goalkeeping]], [[defending]], [[playmaking]], [[wing]]er, and [[scoring]]) are the most popular training types.''

To train the maximum number of players each week it is important to arrange [[friendlies]] where you play your trainees who did not play in the league match in the same week.

Brackets indicate small effects. Double brackets indicate very small effects.
<TABLE>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#dddddd">
<TD>Training type</TD>
<TD>Improves</TD>
<TD>...for...</TD>
<TD>Training speed</TD>
<TD>Max players trained</TD>

<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Goalkeeping training|Goalkeeping]]</TD>
<TD>Goalkeeping</TD>
<TD>Goalkeepers </TD>
<TD>4 weeks</TD>
<TD>2</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Defending training | Defending]]</TD>
<TD>Defending</TD>
<TD>Defenders, Wing backs ((Others))</TD>
<TD>7.4 weeks</TD>
<TD>10</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Playmaking training|Playmaking]]      </TD>
<TD>Playmaking</TD>
<TD>Inner midfielders (Wingers) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>6.3 weeks</TD>
<TD>6 (4)</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Scoring training | Scoring]]</TD>
<TD>Scoring</TD>
<TD>Forwards ((others)) </TD>
<TD>6.5 weeks</TD>
<TD>6</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Crossing (Winger)]]</TD>
<TD>Winger</TD>
<TD>Wingers (Wing backs) ((others))</TD>
<TD>4.4 weeks</TD>
<TD>4 (4)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Defensive positions]]</TD>
<TD>Defending</TD>
<TD>(Goalkeepers, defenders, inner midfielders and wingers) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>14.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>(20)</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>[[Wing attacks]]</TD>
<TD>Winger</TD>
<TD>Forwards and wingers ((Others))</TD>
<TD>7.3 weeks</TD>
<TD>10</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD rowspan=2>[[Shooting]]</TD>
<TD>(Scoring)</TD>
<TD>(Outfielders) ((Others))</TD>
<TD>11 weeks</TD>
<TD>(20+) </TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddffdd">
<TD>(Set pieces)</TD>
<TD>((All who played a game during the week))</TD>
<TD>Pretty long</TD>
<TD>(22)</TD>
</TR>

<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Short passes]]</TD>
<TD>Passing</TD>
<TD>Midfielders, wingers and forwards ((Others))</TD>
<TD>5.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>16</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Through passes]]</TD>
<TD>Passing</TD>
<TD>Defenders, midfielders and wingers ((Others))</TD>
<TD>6.8 weeks</TD>
<TD>20</TD>

</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ffdddd">
<TD>[[Set pieces training|Set pieces]]</TD>
<TD>Set pieces</TD>
<TD>All who played a game during the week, 25% bonus to the set pieces taker and goalkeeper</TD>
<TD>1.3 week</TD>
<TD>22</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddddff">
<TD rowspan=2>[[General training | General]]</TD>
<TD>(Form)</TD>
<TD>(All who played a game during the week)</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD>22</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top style="background-color:#ddddff">
<TD>(Goalkeeping)</TD>
<TD>((Goalkeepers))</TD>
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'''Please note the 'Training Speed' numbers are based on 100% training intensity, 15% stamina training, 17 year old trainees having a skillup from [[Denominations|solid]] to [[Denominations|excellent]], using a [[Denominations|solid]] coach, and 9 [[Assistant coach|assistants]].'''

A very rough rule is that for each year above 17 it takes a half week longer to train a player than stated in the above table. A more accurate measurement is that training time increases by approximately 4% each year above 17 years of age.

Also note that these training speed values are given as an average, and can (and will) vary from player to player. This means, for example, that if the value presented for a given training is 7 weeks, some players will take 6, others 8, but if you look at a large number of players they should average at 7. This might be due to the fact that the player gets a part of the next level after a [[pop]]. When that happens he needs less time to pop again. For example: When the first pop ends up to solid and a very little bit (7,02) he needs more time to go to excellent than when his first pop gives him a bit more (7,12).

There is a MS Excel table (see [[#External Links|External Links]] below) to calculate the length of skillups, taking the various parameters (age, trainer, assistants, skill level, ...) into account.
It's based on > 400.000 data samples provided by the the [[Hattrick Organizer]] users.

== Training efficiency factors ==
=== Effect of stamina training ===
The amount of training that you devote to [[stamina]] will cut into the amount of skill training accomplished each week. You will have to balance the amount of stamina training you need to maintain your preferred squad level (as well as any added stamina for trainees).

=== Effect of coach ===
To achieve the optimal training time requires a [[coach]] with solid coaching skills.
A coaching level below that lengthens training time. A general rule of thumb is one extra week for every level below solid, although this rule is not so accurate with the faster training types.

[[Denominations#Coach_skills_/_Form_/_Leadership|Excellent]] coaches train slightly faster than solid ones by roughly half a week but are generally seen as too expensive to be profitable in the long term.

=== Effect of player age ===
Young players train much faster than old players. To achieve the optimal training time, many managers prefer trainees between the ages of 17 and 20, with 17 or 18 the best age to start training. Clubs at higher series levels may prefer to train older players at a higher skill level in order to remain competitive in both the league and the cup.

Older players are slower to train, and a good rule of thumb is one half extra week for every year older than 17. More precisely, training becomes approx. 4% slower for every year above this (also called trainings speed depreciation).

As a player reaches 27 his abilities may start to decrease. This process doesn't occur constantly, and there is no guarantee it will happen at all. Typically, very small decreases occur for players around 30, considerably larger leaps for players around 35. For some reason, these decreases in abilities always surface on Mondays. Certain skills are harder to maintain as players grow older — scoring ability is the hardest to maintain, whilst goalkeeping is the easiest.

=== Effect of assistants ===
[[Assistant coach]]es also help with training. A team may only have 10 of any one type of [[staff]]. However assistant coaches and [[goalkeeping coach]]es are treated as one type, so a team may only have a combined total of 10 coaches. Typically non-goalkeeping training teams employ 9 assistant coaches and 1 goalkeeping coach. It is believed that a goalkeeping coach helps to maintain the [[form]] of the keeper. Other people prefer a 8 to 2 split between coaches.

Some users claim it is possible to have 11 coaches without seeing any ill effects, but many users have lost a week of training when trying this.

It is not always in a team's best interest to hire all the possible assistants. The effect of each additional assistant decreases fast. The effect of additional assistants most probably follows a square root dependence, just as economists do. Hence four assistants improve the training twice as much as only one assistant does, and 9 assistants improve the training three times as much ( sqrt(9) vs sqrt(4) vs sqrt(1) ).

Another model suggests that each additional assistant coach is worth 50% of the previous. If that is the case then you get something like this:

1 = 100%
2 = 50%
3 = 25%
4 = 12.5%
5 = 6.25%
6 = 3.125%
7 = 1.5625%
8 = 0.78125%
9 = 0.390625%
10 = 0.1953125%

Example: Having 5 GK coaches instead of 10 will slow GK training all the way from solid to divine by 1 week only. This is approximately 2 years of real time!
To get that one week advantage, it will cost you: 104 weeks * 5 assistants * 1500€ every week = €780.000

New clubs and clubs in financial difficulty should always bear this in mind when trying to make savings.

* For more information, see: [[Staff]]

=== Training intensity ===
Most team managers agree it is best to train at 100% intensity. The benefits are clear in that skills increase more quickly, and there is also the likelihood of better [[form]].

Unfortunately, there is also an increased chance of [[injury]].

== When to cash in ==
{{Based_on_opinion}}

In most cases [[transfers|selling]] trainees at age 21 is the best way to maximise profit. Once a player hits 21 years old, he begins to train at a noticeably slower rate compared to a younger player.

With particularly high skilled players, especially [[National Teams|National Team]] players, training can be taken on further, but in general the financial returns decrease beyond the age of 21.

It is also worth noting it is possible to overtrain a player, and make him unsustainable in the long run due to the extremely high [[wages]]. The recent market deflation also makes selling unprofitable after 21.

== Advanced training ==

* [[Skill trading]] - Primarily refers to buying players believed to be close to "popping", ideally within one to two weeks, benefiting from market inefficiency in valuing partially trained players. This approach is difficult with any skill other than goalkeeping, due to the inexact correspondence of [[TSI]] to player skills.

* [[Osmosis training]] - Up to global season 34, every player in a team got at least a bit of training, even if they didn't play at all. Many teams profited from this by buying a lot of players (up to 50) and waiting for a pop in a few weeks while doing nothing. But from season 35 every player needs to play at least once in a week to get the minimum training, effectively decreasing the profitability of this technique.

But it could be that the goal of maximizing profit is a goal that does not optimise the team over time. Some users believe it is better to develop your own players to advance in the series system, rather than to optimise economical goals. It is after all a football manager game!

== Individual training instruction ==
On the 3rd of July 2008, Hattrick announced that Individual training instruction was available. This means you may exclude up to three players from getting any training (except Stamina) at all from playing a game. The main point of this feature is to avoid paying excessive salaries for players that are already very highly skilled. You access this feature from your Training page.

Individual training has a very different meaning in Youth Academies. If Individual training is selected, each player randomly gets a small boost to a relevant skill, eg- keepers will increase keeper, defense or set pieces, while a midfielder will increase playmaking, passing, defense or set pieces. The owner has no control over which skill gets chosen, though, and a skill that is already capped may get picked, resulting in no training for that player. Individual training is rarely used as result of this random factor and the extremely slow speed at which it operates.

== See also ==
[[HTs_on_Global/Training]]

== External Links ==

* [http://trainingspeed.freehostia.com/ Hattrick training speed calculator]
* [http://bobymoore.blogsome.com/category/tips/tips-training/ bobymoore's blog advanced articles on competitive training]
* [http://www.flattermann.net/downloads MS Excel table to predict the skillup length (TrainingspeedFormula.xls)] by [[User:flattermann|flattermann]]

[[Category:Training|*]]

Global

2009-04-30T02:53:50Z

Chaunceymo: adding information and image

In [[Hattrick]] '''Global''' is a blanket term used to refer to the entire game, as opposed to only a single country. For instance, [[Canada|Canada's]] Season 15 is the [[Global Season]] 27, since this is the 27th season for the entire game, but only the 15th Canadian season.

"Global" is also used to refer to the Global (English) [[conference]], where the most commonly heard phrases include [[English only in Global]], xxxx is [[evil]] and the ever popular [[idea]] threads. The Global conference is known for having an extremely high volume of posts and new threads, of which an extremely low percent are intelligible or relevant.

Artist's conception of the Global conference:

[[Image:Global.jpg]]

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[[Category: Game Concepts]]

File:Global.jpg

2009-04-30T02:53:14Z

Chaunceymo: Artist's rendition of the Global conference.

Artist's rendition of the Global conference.

Passing

2009-04-22T21:57:15Z

Chaunceymo: adding some information on TDF passing contribution, and passing's positive effect on salary vs. rating

{{Interwiki/Passing}}

The scorer gets the credit, but the player giving him the decisive pass is just as important. Both forwards and midfielders profit from being good at this.

[[Inner midfielder]]s, and [[forward]]s contribute to the central attack rating by their passing ability. [[Winger]]s played offensively, normal or defensively use their passing to contribute to side attacks. There is some debate about the contribution of passing on a winger towards middle, with most people believing it aids central attack.

Passing is also very important for use with [[tactics]]. It helps to compute ratings for [[Counter Attack]], [[Attack on Wings]] and [[Attack in the Middle]].

A forward with [[defensive]] orders will contribute more of his passing skill to attack ratings than a forward with normal orders. This is further enhanced for a defensive forward with the [[technical]] specialty, to the point that it becomes that player's "primary skill", contributing more than any other skill to the team's ratings.

{{Based on opinion}}

In terms of the difference passing makes to your ratings, it is estimated that about 3 levels of passing will equal one level of scoring on a forward, or one level of wing on a winger.

What you should keep in mind with this exchange ratio is, if we look at the rules, that passing on a forward doesn't contribute to the wing ratings. Furthermore it's not clear whether passing on a [[Forward_toward_wing|forward toward wing]] is shifted to the wing attack.

Another downside of passing compared to scoring is that it doesn't contribute to the [[Special_events#Goal_special_events|long shot]] event. It also doesn't improve the chance of scoring on several other [[Special_events|special events]].

Passing does, on the other hand, assist in salary management. The difference in salary between two similarly-rated forwards, one with excellent scoring and disastrous passing, the other with solid scoring and weak passing, is negligible. However, the salary difference between an extra-terrestrial scorer with disastrous passing and a supernatural forward with solid passing is very significant.

[[category:Skill]]

User:Chaunceymo

2009-04-21T22:12:25Z

Chaunceymo: hi, I'm me

Manager of [[The Human Paraquats]], currently in US series III.5. He is also the founder of the [[Federation of Football Foodies]], as far as he knows the only English language foodie forum in Hattrick.

Kraftworks Union

2009-04-21T22:09:35Z

Chaunceymo:

'''Kraftworks Union''' is a [[federation]].

Own motto: ''The first rule of Kraftworks is that there is no Kraftworks.''

Recently the federation's motto has taken on an air of truth.

[[Category:International Federations]]

User:Xarn5

2009-04-21T21:15:47Z

Chaunceymo: hunt obsession

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'''Xarn5''' is the nickname of the owner and manager of the Hattrick team, [[X-steppers]].

His main goal as a coach is finding a suitable guy to make an honest woman out of [[Sydney Hunt]]. He has on more than one occasion said that he will hire 255 doctors in the eventuality that Miss Hunt is injured, and series rival [[The Human Paraquats]] have sworn to make this happen.

[[category:American Users|Xarn5]]