Academy players always fast trainers?

[Shire]

I've been getting crap younglings for long.
Today i actually got one that I consider keeping,
a 80% GK. Haven't had a decent scoutgk in ages and tired of just relying on luck.

So are they always fast trainers or is that random?

[goldsilvy]

The only way is to check through training I suppose.

Give few training sessions and see what the ratio of % skills gained vs condition loss is. Shouldn't take more than 150% of condition to assess the quality of your new youth.

AI described the process more in-depth in one of his guides.

[skrrr]

i've kept (fairly casual) stats of the token costing academy players since they changed the prices. so far i've had 13 players. i've just counted how many green packs they need to go from 80% to 100%. the margin of error is about 3-4 packs since some may gain the 6th star with 10% condition left and others with 80% left. anyway, i have no idea if/what this tells about anything.

8T.....6 players 71 74 80 76 75 77 ...avg 75.5 green packs
10T...2 players 67 70 .....................avg 68.5 green packs
12T...4 players 73 76 76 73 ............avg 74.5 green packs
14T...1 player 72 ..........................avg 72 green packs

[gogs67]

i've kept (fairly casual) stats of the token costing academy players since they changed the prices. so far i've had 13 players. i've just counted how many green packs they need to go from 80% to 100%. the margin of error is about 3-4 packs since some may gain the 6th star with 10% condition left and others with 80% left. anyway, i have no idea if/what this tells about anything.

8T.....6 players 71 74 80 76 75 77 ...avg 75.5 green packs
10T...2 players 67 70 .....................avg 68.5 green packs
12T...4 players 73 76 76 73 ............avg 74.5 green packs
14T...1 player 72 ..........................avg 72 green packs

If it's the same as the old version then they all train at roughly the same rate (your stats seem to confirm this).
The difference in the tokens is down to the starting level, the higher the cost the higher level the youth player is to begin with.