Guide: Training Your Players

Training is how your players improve. Without regular training, skill values stagnate and player values stop growing. Go to Team → Training to manage it each day.

Training Slots

Each day, you have a set of training slots. Each slot accepts one training program from a specific category:

Building Training Facilities in your stadium complex unlocks extra individual skill slots, one of the best early investments you can make.

Energy → The Key Constraint

Every training session costs players energy. Managing energy is one of the most important skills in goalunited:

• The Physical Therapist replenishes energy over time — hire a good one as early as possible.

• Monitor individual energy levels regularly (Team → Players). Do not let anyone fall dangerously low.

• Players with very low energy underperform in matches and risk injury.

Early in the game, your Physical Therapist is not skilled enough to handle heavy training loads. Avoid stacking high-effort matches and intense training on the same days.

You can exclude individual players from daily training at Team → Training → Individual Values. Use this to protect low-energy players or injured ones while keeping everyone else developing.

What to Train

There is no single correct answer; the best training depends on your squad's weaknesses and your playing style. A few principles to start with:

• Train the skills your formation relies on most. A 4-4-2 with wide midfielders benefits from wingplay training; a possession side benefits from passing.

• Train tactics you actually want to use; leaving them below 60% and using them in matches is counterproductive.

• Form training helps all players perform closer to their potential; useful before a run of tough fixtures.

Some decorations and stadium upgrades grant training bonuses. Check Club → Stadium Complex → Decorations for options.

The Training Bonus

For each training slot, you can watch a short video ad to earn a 5% training bonus for that session. The bonus is tied to the program in the slot; if you swap the program out later, the bonus is lost and you must watch a new ad for the new program.

Set your training programs first, then watch the ads. Otherwise, you risk losing bonuses when you make changes.

Tactics Training Statistics

Check Team → Training → Training Statistics to see exactly how well each tactic is trained. This is where you confirm whether a tactic has reached the 80% threshold needed to use it effectively in a match.