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Short passes has long been an underestimated type of training and a niche since only about 3% use it worldwide. I have trained Short passes for quite a few seasons now. Before I trained Short passes and Scoring as a combination for a couple of seasons. Furthermore I have used a lot of energy creating the perfect team for Short passes training but that is an on-going project that I guess one will never really finish.
I will try to explain how Short passes training can be done and run through the prerequisites.
Prerequisites:
Several conditions has to be present before embarking upon an adventure of successfull and optimized Short passing training. Short passes training is probably the most demanding type of training for the manager and team. List of prerequisites:
Advantages
I guess it’s time to have a look at the most obvious advantages of training Short passes:
So how’s the economy when training Short passes? There are two very different approaches to training:
When training Short passes you’ve got to have a defensive forward! Such a player is a blessing for Short passing trainers and should be exploited. The economic perspectives of training a defensive forward over a long period of time are questionable - or unknown at best - but that doesn’t lower my enthusiasm. A defensive forward has to be Technical, have a lot of Playmaking and preferably a bit of Scoring and Passing. The ratio between the different skills is for the individual manager to decide. From my point of view a defensive forward is mainly a possibility to strengthen your midfield while maintaining a decent central attack.
Another type of player suitable for Short passes training is Unpredictable + passing. This goes mainly for midfielders and then defenders. Players on these positions require a sufficient level of Defending if they are not to throw the ball away doing poor passes. A sufficient level depends on your league level and is more important for defenders than it is for midfielders. But Unpredictable defenders are an interesting type of player and may create chances in a match and that is worth considering.
Apart from the types of players already mentioned Passing is in some way beneficial for all positions. Midfielders (inner as well as wingers towards the middle), wingers and forwards with Passing will boost your attack rating and thereby save you some money on wages. Defenders use Passing when playing the Counter attacks tactic.
Short passes and the future
It seems very likely that training Short passes will gain in popularity as prices drop on the transfer market and more and more clubs reaches the limit of their wage budget.
I’m very pleased with training Short passes - but as I guess we all do from time to time - I often consider changing to other types of training. In that case training Short passes gives you an advantage, since you can buy your future trainable players early and give them a couple of levels of Passing. This way you’ll get off to a good start with the new type of training.
Written by anderselling, former coach of the Danish National Team (517088)
I will try to explain how Short passes training can be done and run through the prerequisites.
Prerequisites:
Several conditions has to be present before embarking upon an adventure of successfull and optimized Short passing training. Short passes training is probably the most demanding type of training for the manager and team. List of prerequisites:
- Initial capital: A nearly optimized team or a lot of initial capital is needed. Why? Talents suitable for Short passes training are often quite expensive but you need a squad full of these talents to fully benefit from this type of training. Let’s call it seed money. Given time it gets better.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the game is also necessary if you want to train secondary skills. With this type of training you get the possibility of designing ideal multi skilled players and almost infinite tactical freedom. More about these subjects later.
- It may be hard to make the same profit as when using main skill training but that doesn’t have to be a problem.
Advantages
I guess it’s time to have a look at the most obvious advantages of training Short passes:
- You can keep wages down and improve your team at the same time. This should be a welcome opportunity for managers with large expenses for wages.
- Tactical freedom. As a Short passes trainer all tactics ought to be within your grasp. This tactical freedom should and must be utilized. You will also get nice Tactic ratings which is almost like a bonus.
- A very broad squad is an ideal opportunity that should be exploited (cf many players receiving training).
- Lots of skill raises and hence a lot of possibilities to make a good deal on the transfer market. You can always try a high asking price.
So how’s the economy when training Short passes? There are two very different approaches to training:
- Training for the team and your own use. This approach is all about training players that are going to be at the club for a long time. This approach will not result in fine weekly revenues (actually it may not yield any revenues). On the other hand, when you are training Short passes you will typically be training on all outfield players in your squad and thereby maintaining the market value of your players far better than with other types of training. Thereby you are less susceptible to fluctuations on the transfer market.
- Economic training. It would be wrong to mention passive training in connection with training Short passes. Short term training is more accurate. Short term training will typically mean that you train young players one level in passing. It’s all about knowing the transfer market and finding the type of players where one level of passing generates a nice profit. This approach takes a lot of time and has an inherent risk of affecting Team spirit.
- Most passing trainers will probably have a relatively low average level of Experience on the outfield players.
- Training the entire squad can be a problem as long as you are still in the Cup. I personally prioritize winning matches above training and this can lead to some players not being trained optimally. You earn more money playing in the Cup than training anyway and besides it’s a lot more fun.
- See Prerequisites: Initial capital, knowing your way around the game and the transfer market and problems generating revenue.
- Having a large squad means you have to spend more time online. Many players equals many opportunities and you have to monitor the development of your players closely.
When training Short passes you’ve got to have a defensive forward! Such a player is a blessing for Short passing trainers and should be exploited. The economic perspectives of training a defensive forward over a long period of time are questionable - or unknown at best - but that doesn’t lower my enthusiasm. A defensive forward has to be Technical, have a lot of Playmaking and preferably a bit of Scoring and Passing. The ratio between the different skills is for the individual manager to decide. From my point of view a defensive forward is mainly a possibility to strengthen your midfield while maintaining a decent central attack.
Another type of player suitable for Short passes training is Unpredictable + passing. This goes mainly for midfielders and then defenders. Players on these positions require a sufficient level of Defending if they are not to throw the ball away doing poor passes. A sufficient level depends on your league level and is more important for defenders than it is for midfielders. But Unpredictable defenders are an interesting type of player and may create chances in a match and that is worth considering.
Apart from the types of players already mentioned Passing is in some way beneficial for all positions. Midfielders (inner as well as wingers towards the middle), wingers and forwards with Passing will boost your attack rating and thereby save you some money on wages. Defenders use Passing when playing the Counter attacks tactic.
Short passes and the future
It seems very likely that training Short passes will gain in popularity as prices drop on the transfer market and more and more clubs reaches the limit of their wage budget.
I’m very pleased with training Short passes - but as I guess we all do from time to time - I often consider changing to other types of training. In that case training Short passes gives you an advantage, since you can buy your future trainable players early and give them a couple of levels of Passing. This way you’ll get off to a good start with the new type of training.
Written by anderselling, former coach of the Danish National Team (517088)