Coaches and Training
I’ve made an offer to a coach, what happens next ?
The coach gave you a deadline and so you would have needed to make a bid before that deadline. Generally, the deadlines are the next Monday. The bid is blind and you may be competing against other players. If the trainer accepted the offer he will start on the following Monday, so you have to wait a week before he arrives at your club.
This is well covered in the MZ manual.
[fab] Important note - Since this was produced, Coaches no longer make their decisions on Mondays and come to the club on Mondays. They now answer on Tuesdays and join on Tuesdays. Please read the coach's email to determine what he is doing and when..
My Coach has started and is in the coach list, but I cant see him in the training page
Sometimes the coaches start on the youth training ground. In the training section, select youth and move the coach off the field (remember to save). He should now be available in the main training ground.
How many coaches apply a week?
Up to four coaches may apply in anyone week
I have requested a coach but none have turned up?
Firstly, coaches do not approach you until the week after you requested them. Secondly, coaches may not approach you if you request a too good of a class. Hence, if you a division 5 team don’t expect class A coaches to approach you. Try class D,E or F.
What is the effect of a coach?
A coach increases your the rate of advancement. If the coaches balls are less then the players in the discipline you are training him in then the improvement wont be that great. If however, the coach has more balls then the player then the player has a better rate of improvement.
[fab] It is unclear whether having a coach that has lots more balls in a discipline then a player is any better than a coach that just has one more ball.
Will my players improve without a coach?
Yes they will. Obviously, with coaches they will improve faster.
Does putting more than coach in the same position make a difference ?
No it wont make any difference.
How many players can I put on a coach ?
Although you can put many players on a coach, only 4 of the players will get the benefit of the coach.
I haven't logged in a while and noticed my training has been poor ?
If you have not logged in for more than 2 weeks, your players stop training.
What is the restriction on sacking of coaches ?
You must keep a coach for a minimum of 4 weeks before you can fire him.
Can I get my sacked coach back?
No
One of my players is in training but didn’t appear in the training report
If players don’t appear in the training report and yet they are training (make sure they are on the training pitch), it is because they have reached their maximum in that skill already.
Every player however can go up to 4 balls in every stat so you could always train them on something else.
When does the training report come out ? (UK)
The training report comes out 1:20am. The new coaches that you hired often come available at 12:00am on Sunday so it is possible to place them then and get some benefits from the first day they start (if you like staying up).
My player has deteriorated, why is that?
Players when they get to a certain age start loosing skills. This normally happens after 25 but instances of younger players loosing skills have been noticed as well as well as player as old as 33 still gaining skills. So it is down to the individual. It is believed you can avoid this by removing the player from the training ground, although there is no solid proof that this is true. Placing a player on a station with a coach will reduce the chance of deterioration, and can reverse it. However, there will still come a point when a player is too old for this to work as, even with a coach, his deterioration will be higher than his training gain.
My Coach Has Arrived. What do I do with him now?
You need to place your coach on the training station where he will have the biggest effect. Look at both his best stats and those of the players he is training. For example: If all your passing trainees have 5 or more balls but your shooting trainees only have 3 or more, whilst your coach has 6 balls in both, he would be better training shooting as the gap between his ability and the players is greater. Never leave your coach on the side of the pitch.
I’ve just got my team. Should I sack my starting coach and look for a better one?
No! You will leave yourself without a coach for at least 2 weeks if you do this. You will also be getting rid of the cheapest coach you will ever find. The coach may not have great skills, but he will be very handy when you want to improve players’ secondary skills.
What is a good wage to offer a coach?
There is no real set wage for a coach. There are guides on the MZ page which give an idea of what the lowest amount a coach will accept it, but the top amount depends on the supply and demand in the country you are in, as all managers are competing with each other for them.
I have put my best coach on my player but he still trains slower than the others. Why?
It is possible that the player is either old (27+) or has a low talent in that skill. Try him on a different skill to see if it helps. The talent is a hidden attribute that determines how fast the player learns. It is also possible he is nearing his potential for that skill, as players learn more slowly as their skill gets higher.
My player in the middle of my training list has gained two balls but the ones above him haven’t gained any. Why?
It is highly likely that the player gaining balls already had a partial ball in those skills. A partial ball can be anything from 0.1% to 99.9% of a ball. It is also possible he is training at the same speed as the players above him in the list.
I haven’t gained a ball in 4 weeks. Is my training broken?
No – it just means that your players have all been training in skills where they have a very low partial ball. On the up side, in a few more weeks you should get a rash of new balls as they all reach that full ball at about the same time.
Should I get coaches and if so how many ?
There are many schools of thoughts on training. Here is a summary:
No Trainers at all
Some believe trainers are just a waste of money and with the savings they buy better players - hooper14, Eggchasers, is one that has this view. Given his ranking we must assume there must be some weight to the argument. My main question is whether he feels like this now because to have better trainers than his squad is so expensive that the cost savings are worthwhil - is this still applicable to a new team ?
Cheap trainers - specialist
This is where people get trainers that have a skill concentration in a particular skill. So overall he doesnt have too many balls but has quite a few in one skill. These tend to be not too expensive. Of course you will need lots of them. Potentially one for every skill. Benefit of course it that you can move players to what training you want and get full benefit.
Expensive trainers - Generalist
Here people opt for coaches that are pretty good at most things. These will be very expensive but people tend to have less of them. They will then move coaches from position to position. Less flexibility afforded in training however.
Should I keep rotating the players in training to get best effect ?
It depends on what you are trying to achieve. If you want a player to generally gain balls then rotating them is a good thing to do. The best strategy, especially if its a new team or player new to the team, is to put them in a training position and keep them there until they gain a ball. A soon as they gained a ball in that skill move them on to another skill. You may find that you get lots of balls gained very quickly. The theory behind this is simple, a player may already be a good percentage gaining a ball in a skill already so you finishing the training off. This is why rotating is good but rotating all the time before a player has gained a ball has minimal benefit as you spread your training.
Can Coaches improve ?
Yes they can but very slowly.
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