retired_Kam_macca

What tips do people have for those of us who want to create our own schedules from scratch without just importing someone elses creation? How do you decide on what intensity a training category should be set to, what should the overall intensity be kept to or when should a regime be slackened off or increased, when should light, medium or heavy settings be used etc. I'm interested in seeing other peoples thought processes as they setup their schedules instead of just blindly copying what someone else does or says to do.

retired_mikela619

From what I have gathered, a generally good idea is to not let the overall intensity go above Heavy, and even then the most you want to be is maybe one click into heavy. If possible for fitness and injuries its best ot maybe keep it at the end of the medium scale.
As for what categories, just spread them out according to which stats your regard most important and try to make sure no one area is more than heavy so as not to over-do it.

FoRenSiC

Do you guys usually make training harder in pre season or easier?

retired_ezekiel91

I usually look for the natural fitness of my players before i devide them up into easier or heavier training scedules.

theking91

I tend to split training into about 10 categories. Tactical, Ball control, Strength and Aerobic training never drop below medium. Attacking is only light for Defenders. I usually adjust them so that the overall intensity is the maximum possible of medium, i.e. the last click before 'Heavy'.

This is how I normally set-up training regimes.

Defenders: Concentrating on Strength, Aerobic, Tactical, Defense, with some Ball Control and Shooting as well (to help with heading & composure respectively)

Full Backs: Mainly concentrates on Strength and Aerobic (stamina and pace), Tactics and Set Peices. Everything else, except Shooting, is roughly medium

Defensive Mids: Concentrates on Tactics, Defense, Strength, plus medium Ball control and Attacking.

Central Midfielders: Concentrates on Tactics, Attacking, and Ball Control, with medium Strength and low-medium Defense and Aerobic.

Wide Midfielders: Concentrates on Tactics, Attacking and Set Peices. Everything else is roughly medium, except from Shooting and Defense which are a bit lower. This regime is used for your Beckham type wingers, i.e. those that don't hit the byline with pace and trickery.

Wingers: Concentrates on Aerobic, Ball Control, Attacking and Set Pieces. With medium Shooting, Tactics and Strength. No Defense training.

Attacking Mids: Concentrates on Attacking, Ball Control and Tactics, with medium Strength, Aerobic, Shooting and Set Peices. Light Defense training.

Strikers: High Aerobic, Ball Control, Tactics, and Shooting, with medium Strength and Attacking. No Defense and light Set Pieces

Target Man: Concentrates on Strength, Aerobic, Tactics and Ball Control. Medium-high Shooting, light Attacking and Set Pieces.

I keep an eye out for anyone who is "Unhappy at high training workload" and put them in a slightly lighter version of the schedule they are already in. Hopefully that'll sort your team out. In terms of Pre-season, I generally up the Fitness aspects of the shedule, and drop down the others to compensate.