Team Training (01/06/2008 04:24)

Team training stats is a very Important part of the game - You will not do well if your Team Training stats are not high

Keep your team Training stats secret. It will allow you to surprise other teams in League/Cup games

Team training stats are trained by selecting a particular stat in the Team training section of ML. They are trained during every training session twice a day

Team Training stats are also trained during the Training Camps five times a season. In my opinion this is the most important reason for a Camp

Although the Four main Stats are Attacking, Defending, Understanding and Teamplay, The rest are all important and should not be neglected

The Training Facility Upgrade allows you to get higher values for all Team Training stats so Upgrade it to excellent as soon as you can (See Upgrades Blog Entry)

Purchasing players will drop each team stat over 70 by 1 for each player bought - so purchase players wisely once you have bought your initial squad

Be careful of using Rest too often in Team stats. Although it restores your Fitness quicker, the price in drop in team stats makes this an Expensive option

Lets have a look at the Individual Stats and their Importance

Attacking: This influences the attacking ability of your team

Defending: This influences the defensive ability of your team

If you plan to use Attacking or Defending Pressure in Team stats make sure that these two stats are as high as possible

Understanding: This influences your team's ability to adapt to playing different Styles and Formations. Note that players with High perception is also needed to succesfully change tactics frequently

Teamplay: This influences your team's ability to perform as a team

Freekick: This influences the success in taking freekicks of your team. This could be an important source of goals so keep this one High. I think it also influences your team's ability to defend freekicks so a low value could cost you

Corner: Once again is vital in Taking and defending Corners. Could lead to that critical Winning/Losing Goal

Throw-in: Influences the ability of your team to use throw-ins as an attacking or defensive option

Offside: A high value is vital if you plan to use the offside trap Tactic, but a low value will result in your attackers being caught offside frequently when in goal scoring positions

Penalty Kick: Influences the abilty of your players at taking penalties. This can be vital in Penalty shoot outs during Cup games and Play offs for Promotion/Relegation

Morale: A very Important stat. Often makes the difference in the outcome of games. Winning League and Cup/Custom Cup games will improve Morale, whilst losing these games reduce Morale. The better vthe team is that you beat the better the increase in Morale and the reverse applies when Losing a game. Morale is the only stat that gets reset to 50 during season change and that makes it very Important to improve it as soon as possible at the start of a new season. The Best way to do this is by sending your team on an overseas Training Camp. This will boost the Morale by 10-15 points. Be careful of training Morale during your daily training sessions as it will quite often cause your other stats to deteriorate if you persist in doing it for too long. Use one block for Morale during first few training sessions if you cant afford a Training Camp, but I dont recommend doing it

A Frequently asked Question is how high should my team stats be?

The obvious answer is as High as possible - I suggest the 4 Main stats should be above 90 whilst the rest should be 80-90. Try to keep the difference between the Highest and Lowest stat to 10 points or Less

Increasing the stats is a slow process and will take many seasons. Buying too many players at once will driop all values and it will take a long time to build them back so buy wisely

Build your stats gradually, not neglecting any of them for a long period

As mentined before Training Camps is one of the Best opportunities to build team stats, so always select Hatd Intensity for a camp

You should use an Overseas camp for the first 3 camps in a season and even the Fourth camp if you are involved in a Cup Final or Playoff games