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Does height matter for secondary training?

By secondary training, I mean the improvement of the HN, DV, and ID skills that occurs as a result of OD training. For example, when training Pressure for a PG:

OD improves by ~0.5/week (primary training)
HN improves by ~0.05/week (secondary)
DV improves by ~0.05/week (secondary)
ID improves by ~0.1/week (secondary)

So, does the rate of secondary ID improvement from Pressure training for a PG depend on the player's height?
For example, would a 7'0" player gain more or less ID from Pressure training than a 6'0" player?

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From what I've learned from the forums, the height modifier (coefficient) for OD training is:
6'0" player: 1.35
7'0" player: 0.75

And the height modifier for ID training is:
6'0" player: 0.65
7'0" player: 1.25

Based on that, if both players are 18 years old and training Pressure for PG under a Level 5 coach (with no youth coach or gym):

The 6'0" player would gain approximately +0.65 OD/week
The 7'0" player would gain approximately +0.375 OD/week

But what happens to the secondary ID improvement during that same week?

Would the 6'0" player simply get +0.065 ID, based on the ~0.1 ID secondary training rate?

Or is the secondary improvement also affected by the player's height coefficient? In other words, since the height coefficient for ID training would be around 0.65 for that 6'0" player, would the secondary ID gain instead be +0.04225 ID/week?

Last edited by LynxBK at 8/21/2026 3:13:46 AM

You are saying that TR are only a statistical category you see after the game in the box score, did I understand you correctly?

For me, yes.

Sorry to bother you after few months. I was just going through the Game Manual and a certain line reminded me of our discussion whether the Team Ratings have effect in the calculations in the Game Engine.
So, I found this line in the section Ratings ---> Match Ratings (see the bolded line).
Don't you think that this mean they do in fact work as a modifier in the GE and are not simply a statistical retrospect?

Match Ratings
Each player that has played more than five minutes in a given match receives a rating, with 1 being the lowest. This rating is based on a combination of your player's stats and his overall contribution to the team effort. Note that this has nothing to do with the player's overall skill; if your worst player overall is the best on the court, he'll have the highest rating!

Your team also receives several ratings per match. These team ratings are used in the calculation of what happens each possession.

Yeah I hope someone else will be inspired to join the "discussion" too ... which started as a question btw, so if they do jump in, please refer to my og question (329345.24).

I think it does and also it make sense in "real life" because better boxing out by PF and C creates easy rebounds for the guards.

Does height matter for secondary training?

By secondary training, I mean the improvement of the HN, DV, and ID skills that occurs as a result of OD training

Usually yes, so does elastics.

There is exception in one on one training for height, unless they changed it recently

Hey there, is there somewhere a guide on trainings? I'm training my youngings but I'm wondering if there is a topic that goes more into detail on what is considered a good training plan etc.

I have a question about training minutes.

Right now I have a player with 40 minutes (in green) and one player with 46 minutes (in red) on the week overview page. Both finna train. From my understanding players with green minutes qualify for "full" training and players with red numbers dont.

Whats the deal here?

You are right about the colors. It is most likely linked to the age of your players: the first one is 27 or more and the second one between 20 and 26. Is that correct?