EHM The Blue Line

Hey!

Ive never really cared that much about the training aspect of the game.
I always sign good coaches, and assign them to the areas they are good at, but...

Ive always been using a downloaded schedule for training, which only has three sub-schedules
* Goalies
* Defenders
* Forwards

Although it has given me good results in training, I want to try create a more focused (and hopefully more effective) schedule.

Ive read around the forums here and on SI Games, and I have gotten plenty of ideas, but I was wondering if the all-mighty Blueline has some advise to give me. Im especially interested in how many intensive/medium/light I should put in one schedule in order to prevent the players from dropping down dead on me. Is 3 intensive + 3 mediums (+1 none) too much? - Resting them for a day or two when they have <90% condition.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Lidas,

I'm currently using a highly modified version of something B.Stinson came up with. You can find a great thread on practices here:THREAD. The post from B.Stinson I was referring to is right here: POST.

Some of my general theories:
* I never put goalies on any kind of Offensive practice. I don't want any of my netminders touching the puck outside of the crease, so they get zero offensive training. The focus for goalies is conditioning and defensive skills.
* Watch each and every player to determine the best practice type to choose. B72's attribute tracking sheet is going to make a huge difference here for me. As I'm sure you know, each player has a certain amout of potential assigned to them when the game begins. Player X could turn out anywhere from a 4th line energy guy to a 2nd line sniper - it all depends on practice. Sometimes your inital thoughts about what skills to focus on for a particular player might need re-working. For example, an offensive player with declining defensive attributes would be better placed on intensive defensive training and medium offensive training, even though he is a scoring forward. This will hopefully keep his offensive attributes steady or rising, while working out his sub-par D numbers.

My best advice: frequent adjustments are key.

I use 3 intensive + 3 medium + 1 none, and it works fine for me. It's a good compromise between raising attributes without tiring the players too much and avoid having too many injuries.

I generally let my players rest while they are under 85%. Else, they have to sweat. I also give them some days to rest during long stretches without a game, ie at least 4 days without a game, which occurs mainly around the all-star game, and one or two other times during the season. I also give them a rest before each playoff round and tone down the practice intensity a bit sometimes...sometimes not!

Hey shadd666

Sorry but i missed something what means 3intensive + 3medium +1none. My approach to pratice is 85% and checking attrib. and making some changes. Do you create schedules and save them?

Yes there are schedules to create in the practice area. For each type of practice you can adjust what they do in them.

Ok I did not mention this when I posted..but I am sure there are about 1000 threads on practices and stuff on this site. Please perform a search for

1. practice tips

2. training tips.

3. Read the knowledge base threads.

This question has been asked and answered 1000 times. And yeah, I know relax batdad. Thread locked.