Play friendlies, get the maximum out of trainings

Training in hattrick work like this:

1. You pick a skill you want to train
2. Players that have played in that position last week (between last training update and this one) will increase in skill
3. Some positions are fully compatible with one skillset, some are moderate compatible, some are not compatible
4. Different skills are harder to increase than others

This means in short tems, if you do not play friendlies, half of your potential training session goes to waste. So play friendlies every week. I know I repeat my previous posts, but this is important.

Training type analysis

Playmaking increases:Playmaking

Position	Effect	Minimum time
Inner midfielders	100%	8 weeks
Wingers	50%	16 weeks

Short passing increases:Passing

Position	Effect	Minimum time
Inner midfielders	100%	5,5 weeks
Wingers	100%	5,5 weeks
Forwards	100%	5,5 weeks

Through passes increases:Passing

Position	Effect	Minimum time
Defenders	100%	6,5 weeks
Inner midfielders	100%	6,5 weeks
Wingers	100%	6,5 weeks

I only mention these for now, as these are the ones important for the long time strategy of building midfielders.

Minimum time

I will get back to your staff shortly, but this indicates the least amount of time from one player increases in skill, till that same players increases again (which is called a pop in hattrick terms). But beware, all skills does not raise the value of the player in the same way. A player popping in playmaking will get you better revenue, than one popping in passing. Hence the difference in time, for balance.

It also assumes that your main coach has a solid training skill, that he has 9 assistants, and that the player is 17 years old. For each year older the player gets, the total time to pop increases by 8%. And the less good your trainer is, the slower they learn. So getting a solid coach will increase your revenue, but will be too costly the first season.

Skill level also matters when discussin pop’ing time. The general rule is this; the lower the current skill, the faster the player will improve. A study of this can be found at: http://www.home.no/frag2/trainingsystem.xls. If it doesn not make sense now, don’t worry. We will come back to training times and details in more detail later. (- Thanks to ErewashValley for imput.)

Summary

I have gone through how training works, who gets training, and at what effect. Now you know enough to look at getting some players which will take the least amount of time to pop. Cause thats where the money is.

Long term strategies, your best friend and worst enemy

Before you go on a shopping spree, you will need to have a long term strategy to guide you. Your money at hand will be limited, which will make your decitions extremely important i order to succeed. At any point in the game actually, you should ask youself; what is my long term strategy and how am I following that strategy now.

There is no need to beat around the bush, your nr. 1 primary goal should be: $$$$$$$$. There is nothing else actually. Money makes the world go round, as it also is in hattrick. The goal of your strategy should be, how can I earn the most money. I play games to win. Those who play for fun, can certainly join and be left behind in their glory. Forget how can I win matches, focus on how can I earn money.

You are ready to promote when promotion does not affect your trainees

Trainees is the most common term for players you buy and expect to sell to raise more money. Talenting if you like. And the type and number of your talents / trainees, depend on your strategy.

So how do I choose strategy

I cannot dictate how you like to play football. You might have a preffered tactic; you might have a background from a specific position; you might even have a preffered style of play. I will say this though, when you start up your team, you will need to win some matches, and you need to sell your promising youngsters to strengthen your team. To win matches you need strong midfielders in lower divisions. This is why I suggest to start building around that.

Does age matter?

Yes! Age does matter. In the grand scale of things a 19 year old and a 27 year old with the same skillset will perform exatcly the same. So in performance, age doesnt matter. Is the price for a player aged 19 and 27 with the same skillset the same? Hell no! A 19 year old will be much more expensive. Why? Because a 19 year old will train much faster than a 27 year old. And you need your players to train fast, in order to sell them for a nice profit, and improve your team. This is the name of the game. The younger the player, the faster he trains, and the more profit you will get from him.

Trainees

In many strategies you are offered advice to buy 17 year olds, train them in the same thing until he reaches 21 and sell him. The reason behind this advice is that at the age of 21 is training speed will drop significantly. Although this can be considered a good advice, its not the best way to go about it. These are some reasons why this is not the best idea:

1. It takes a loooong time
2. Its quite boring, you want to have action, not wait for 4 seasons before getting anywhere
3. 17 year olds are quite expensive. You need to go down significantly in primary skill, before you can actually buy a player you can afford.
4. You are adviced to get a passable 17 year old, but you are not experienced enough to know the difference between a good passable player, and a bad one. I will explain how TSI can help you with that later, but for now, thats not the way to go
5. You are looking for fast money, not ALOT of money in 4 seasons.
6. The best profit is players that are 19 – 20 year old, and go from solid to excellent within a couple of trainings, AND have a decent passing skill (passable or better). You can make 3 000 000 in two weeks off these players. But note also that you wont get there now. I will create an entire post about beginning strategies and transfers (and yes it does involve young players with passable playmaking skills because thats where you need to start).
7. Even though you need a long term strategy, you also need room to manouvre

Formation

In order to get the most out of your players (first team and trainees both), you need them all to play every week. you can arrange friendlies once every week. Do so. Every week. From now until eternity. It doesnt take long. Choose a formation, and stick to it. I reccomend 3-5-2, as it will give room for 5 midfielders, and you can more easily win the posession and create the most chances, and you can have 3 inner midfielders in your first team and reserve team (a total of 6) players with maximum training each week, and 2 wingers in both teams (a total of 4), to get 50% training effect, each week. That is 10 players total. Potentially 10 players with the ability to generate 3 000 000 each week. you wont be so lucky, but that is the goal anyway. 10 players to help you generate money in the beginning. Thats a good start.

Training

I will keep the training post short for now, but select playmaking with 14% stamina training. That will raise the stamina of all the players that matter over time, and those you train quite fast (since they are young). You need to keep this type of training for a while.

Now you are set for a strategy that will bring income, its time to look at some other aspects of the game you need to look into.