I had this discussion with a EBBL coach the other week. And he was stubborn. Try train OD or PS on a 200cm or bigger player. I tried to train Craig Thom this season on OD, trained him 1 position and trained like 10 weeks OD this season. Ooooh and I have a level 6 trained. He popped once! So I will change to 1 position big training soon, to make sure not to waist his talent.
No, you did not train Craig Thom 1 position for "like 10 weeks". No way an 18 yo would only pop once in 10 weeks 1 position training with a level 6 trainer.
Really don´t understand why you would say something like that. Being the NT-coach and probably quite influential in the forums.
I have a 24 yo 2.11 tall that popped every 3-4 weeks in OD. last pop this season took 5 weeks. But I have only a level 5 trainer. But in total this season he´s had 7 pops in outside skills.
training a tall players guard skills is hard if not close to impossible. Training atrocious passing to mediocre (and this is low for the NT) takes a season. One position. Training a guys handling and passing from atrocious to mediocre takes 2 seasons.
This is also totally wrong. Atrocious to mediocre = 4 pops. For 18 yo 1 position training you should not count on more than 9 weeks training. Probably less. And since you´d most definately´d get at least 1 pop in Handling from training Passing that many weeks, you definately wouldn´t need more than 6 7 weeks of handling training to also reach mediocre in handling.
I have a 2.08 tall 18 yo right know, that´s had 4 passing, 2 OD, 2 HA, 2 DR 1 JS unfortunately he did not have any pops last friday :(
And no, I´m not interested in taking over the English NT.