Toxcatl

[Toxcatl]

Hello Tox, again thanks for your tips.

Some doubts about your training.

DC, is not better pressure game than keeping the line ?.

DRL, the same ... is not better Game of Pressure than Defending the Centers ?. In this case you train a gray as Head and I think that Corners Launcher is not the best option for a DLR, but for an MRL / AMRL, besides that I think that a DLR I prefer to be focused on defending than on the attack.

MC, why Set Piece Delivery ?. Here you train two unnecessary skills like Head and Cross. It does not better complement the Slalom and Long Run trainings, the Video Analysis training that contributes to the Creativity, something that I understand must be very important for an MC that besides his main SA must be the one of Game Creator.

ST, instead of 1-on-1 is not better Skill Drill, that together PG & S and Shooting Tech you train all the white skills (except Positioning).

I take this opportunity to thank your contributions, which are always very enriching

Hi, bendito!

I do not train all the white skills, I believe it's a mistake. I train some skills up to the skillcap, and don't care about the rest of them. I don't use those drills at the same time. I power-train a player only with the first drill until at least one skill is near the skillcap. Then I use the second one, and so on.

DC: Press the Play trains five skills, Hold the Line only two. So if you start with all the skills on 100% and spend the same condition, Hold the Line would train two skills up to 320%, and Press the Play would train five skills to ~190%. If you think it's better, then use Press the Play. I don't know the right answer, but my strategy is minimax, and Press the Play is a terrible drill for that.

My corner specialist is DL/DR, he needs Crossing. Maybe it's better to make ML/MR corner specialists, but I have what I have. Defending Crosses is the best drill for Crossing in this case.
Also, my DL and DR play as DC from time to time, and Heading is not useless in this case. Crossing is, though.
I agree, this position requires some improvements, but definitely not Press the Play. It's a newbie-ish drill, I don't believe it can be good.

My MCs are also ML and MR and they play those positions often. I only give Set-Piece Delivery to my free-kick specialist (MC/MR), because he needs Shooting. And there are just 4 drills for Shooting:
- Pass, Go and Shoot is an awesome drill for any MC, but it's no longer an option, because my player already has 320%+ Speed
- Shooting Technique trains also Finishing and Strength, both useless for MC
- Set-Piece Delivery trains useless Heading, situational Crossing and useful (for MC, but not for MR) Marking
- Wing Play trains useless Heading and Finishing
You see, if not Set-Piece Delivery, then what? It is a bad drill, but everything else is simply worse. The right answer is probably "do not make MC/ML a free-kick spec"? MC/AMC is a better choice probably.
Ather one, MC/AMC, is getting Long Run, and I don't know what will be next. My third midfielder (ML mostly, playmaker) got Long Run -> Fast Counter-Attacks

ST: ST needs Finishing, and I wanted to try Dribbling. The shortest and the fastest way is 1-on-1.
I want to try Positioning, so my second ST is getting Use You Head -> 1-on-1 (again, because 1-on-1 is the fastest way to get Finishing).
I will definitely do Shooting Technique + Skill Drill on the next one. I already tried Shooting Technique, but the player wasn't good, and I started too late.

[Toxcatl]

I do not train all the white skills, I believe it's a mistake.

I changed my mind =]
Now I train all the white skills for a single position equally. I also try to reduce the number of multi-positioned players, and the rest should have similar positions, like DC + DMC.