Coaching
Coaching has the effect of increasing a player’s performance level and takes place at the beginning of each session. As such, if a player is coached to a new performance level at the beginning of a session then for all games in that session, and subsequent sessions, he plays at that new level. The only time that this level will fall during the course of a season is through injury (see INJURIES) or through the player being a fader [F]. Fully qualified players, who are neither APP’s nor SBY’s, may have their performance levels raised by only ONE level each session. In general, one success point raises a player’s performance level on a one-to-one basis, though GK’s, SW’s, STAR players, and specialist players may cost two or even three success points per performance level. The two tables below shows the Success Point (SP) cost per performance level for every combination of player Type and Position.
Recently discovered APP’s and SBY’s cannot have their performance levels increased until they are fully qualified (i.e. they have played the requisite number of competitive games to qualify into the professional ranks as a level 2 player). As a result these players are usually highly sought after.
Please note that success points must be used in the session that you earn them. They cannot be saved or carried over by any means whatsoever, except for fractions of an SP which will accumulate unless you convert it to cash. Any whole SP’s you have remaining at the end of a session are automatically turned into cash by the computer and added to your club’s cash balance at £100k per 1SP.
PLAYER TYPE - MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE GAIN PER SESSION IN LEVELS.
Normal Player = 1
(APP) Apprentice = 2
(SBY) Schoolboy = 3
(FUT) Future Star = 2
Star = 1
Unqualified = 0
SP’s can also be turned into cash if you so choose, though you must bear in mind that you can convert whole SP’s or fractional SP’s only; you cannot, say, convert 1.75 SP’s to cash and save 0.5 of them. You do one or the other, not both. Another thing to remember about the coaching system is that injured players CANNOT be coached for the duration of their injury.
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