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His IS and JS would be about equal if you did 1v1 F and then ID and JSF last. But for U21 specific purposes, they are going to want his ID greater than his IS anyway. You will still build elastics that will help ID before you train it specifically, and once ID is high enough, that will help your IS pop faster as well. I probably went too far on 1v1 Forwards for an entire season. I would do it until handling is 9-10 range for a PF though, and then swap to ID. This way, you will still have time in his 21 year old year to train IS as well. But, I’m willing to bet that the U21 coaches will tell you to train IS last. The best bet, is reach out to them now. In my experience, they are fast to respond and very helpful. I have a SS potential player on the team this year, although he is on the deepest part of the bench, he still made the team! 😁

Last edited by AIRFORCE1 at 4/12/2021 11:53:45 PM

I think the build of an U21 player is totally dependent on the perspective you're viewing it from.

I'm the England U21 coach so from that point of view, I want someone with as high primaries as possible in his desired position so I have solid options filling the positions on the team. I agree with AirForce that from a training perspective, I'm more interested in ID and RB than IS, I want that trained last if I could have it my way. For a Guard I'd want high OD and then PA for Point Guards and JS/JR for Shooting Guards, as expected.

Looking at it from a different angle as a manager of my own team, I'm ALWAYS training 1v1 forwards for the whole of their first season, no matter the trainee. I think the added bonus you get from the elastic effect is worth spending time building a trainees HA, DR, IS and JS. With the added extra of a youth trainer, you can get upwards of 20+ pops a season, which is a staggering amount. For your own team you also want more rounded players and starting off with 1v1 allows this.