What is the best way to train team bonuses?
Here are my thoughts. Team bonuses training is a necessary evil. Every day we have to train players with non-optimal drills just to keep the bonuses on 10%. How to reduce the negative impact of those non-optimal drills on the team?
1) We need to do it only with bench and/or reserve players, not with the main squad. The main squad is too precious to waste their condition on these trainings.
2) We need to reduce the amount of involved players to the minimum of 8 men. We need to train a group of players that meets the requirements for every bonus: 4 attackers, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 8 players in total; all at the same time. AFAIK, the amount of people doesn't matter as long as those requirements are met: training 16 guys will give the same bonus progress as 8. Also, for those who doesn't know: M*, AM* and ST are attackers; DMC, D* and GK are defenders; DMC, M* and AM* are midfielders.
3) Don't use 2x bonus training. We have limited amount of ad videos per day, and every time we spend them on bonus training, we are not getting one green pack. Unacceptable!
4) We have to train our group with drills that will provide those bonuses for the minimal condition loss. This is the most difficult and interesting part.
The higher the bonuses, the slower our progress. We all are hardcore managers here (haha!), so let's only talk about going from 8% to 10%. After some tests I came to this recipe:
Warm-up, 2x Skill drill, 2x Video analysis, Warm-up. Repeat 4 times.
Warm-up, 3x Skill drill, Video analysis, Warm-up. Repeat 2 times.
Each drill costs 0.75% condition; so it is 0.75 * 6 * (4 + 2) = 27% condition loss for the group of 8 players.
This is the most efficient way to train your team bonuses from 8% to 10% that I've found.
And now the promised contest.
Can you find the better set of drills? In other words, how to train bonuses for less than 8 * 27% = 216% condition in total? Remember, from 8% to 10%, and no 2x bonus training!
But I don't want you to struggle for free. The winner who will find the cheapest way will receive a prize. And not some virtual in-game BS, but a real life BS xD A real thing that you will be able to hold in your hands.
I am currently on vacation in Rio de Janeiro. People here love football so much, they play volleyball on Copacabana beach without hands, like true footballers =] And they are pretty good at this!
So I'm going to buy a little souvenir here that I will send via post to the victor to any country in the world. It won't be something precious, but wouldn't it be cool to get a present and a postcard from Brazil?
Let's solve this together!
P.S. It is sunny and hot here =P The ocean is beautiful and girls are shiny (or vise versa).