Training and Form

[sbuck143]

Fellow Hattrick addict here -

I've only been playing for a little over a week and am already hooked. I'm not even a big soccer fan, but I am a slave to franchise mode / virtual GM'ing anything. :)

My question centers around training and form. I am training keepers, picking up ones ready to pop off the wire, poppin' em and then turning them out for cash. Currently I have 6 goalie coaches and 1 asst outfielder coach. I noticed that after the training period runs, my players seem to randomly change form. The first period it was 2:1 ratio increases to decreases. 2nd time around it was 50/50. I know all about background form, etc, but I was wanting some empirical evidence from Hat-trickers who have been goin at it longer than I.

Does my having only 1 asst outfielder coach hurt my outfielders form at all? If I only have 6 GK coaches, should I bump my other coaches up to get to the max of 10? I would do this if it ensured a better form outcome after the training period. Also is there anywhere that has a good table of how coaches benefits decrease as you get more of them? I'm thinking about bringing my GK coaches up to 9, but at an extra 4500 a week I'd like to get a more tangible idea of reward vs cost of doing that.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Scott
Hulkamania Running Wild (72224) Div VI.87

[puddleduck]

Glad to hear that your enjoying your new obsession.

First, never ever go over 10 assistant coaches total (outfield + keeper) or you'll lose training for the week.

Expect form to be all over the place. ONe week its + 5, the next -8. Pretty random.

I train playmaking so I don't have any experience with how many outfield coaches you need so I'll leave it for one of the keeper trainers. My keepers form is fine with only one goalkeeping coach.

As for the chart of effectiveness ... nobody really knows the effectiveness formula. Except for economists, which you can calculate based on the return. I saw a chart of that somewhere ... maybe the x-files site that you can find in the links thread.

If coaches follow the same curve then it is pretty much a geometric decline. I think you only get about a 2% increase for the 10th economist.

If you are week trading and getting enough profit to pop your guys in a week then I wouldn't worry about it. GK coaches probably gets you 80% - 90% of the boost that 10 would.