Off To A Flyer: RCD Mallorca - Training The Troop's

By Luke - Football Manager HUB and Luke's Stories of An FM Addict

Welcome back to my blog - OTAF! Today is my third and final blog with my Spanish side RCD Mallorca and today it's all about training; before we start if you've missed my previous blogs I'd recommend reading them too!

Role's or Attribute's?

Individual training can be a tricky one: do you train role's or attributes? There is no right or wrong answer, it depends on the player and situation! I tend to train my weaker players into a role: my better, stronger players at attributes. I do this for a few reasons:

When you train a player at a role it increases several attributes.
If a player is an accomplished player he doesn't need to work on his whole game; just bits of it.
If a player needs to work on one thing it's quicker to just train that attribute.

So, here are a few examples!

I opted to train Alex Vellejo as a 'Anchor Man' because despite it being his best role he isn't actually that great in it!

Alex Gejio is a slightly more difficult proposition but I opted for training his first touch as it is way behind what it should be!

Last but not least, Marco Asensio! A hot prospect playing for his local club, I wanted to train him as an 'Attacking Midfielder'. It may seem a strange move as it isn't his favoured position but an 'AM' is used a lot more then anything else so it'd be more helpful to train him up their! He's young so it's better to train him up in a role; it makes sure he's more rounded!

Be Proactive!

Squad training is simple: you want to prevent an issue, rather then rectifying one! So the best thing to do with weekly training is to rotate it every week, it'll also keep your players happy. For match training I tend to use my loath and react to who I'm going to face: If I've got Barca, I'll focus on 'Defensive Positioning' and if it's Tenerife I'll opt for an attacking option.