@sabrefan62 said:
Im not sure there is an exact percentage that they increase performance.

The key in my post was "well rounded." The problem with leadership training for forwards is that it increases average by A LOT so people train it over and over at the expense of the other important attributes. You'll see poorly trained forward with a decent average with 90 leadership and shots, but 45 speed, strength and technique. Those players are worthless on the pitch.

Edited by @sabrefan62 29-06-2013 14:57

ABC DEFG said:
Like @sabre said, I'm a proponent of leadership - in smaller doses though. There are a ton of really crappy high-ish avg (lets say 80 avg) LF/RFs with 90+ leadership and crap stats. They are useless. Or near useless.

However, if part of a balanced training, leadership helps raise the average quickly, which in turn helps in-game performance. And it leads to faster skill acquisition, which is pretty key also.

Again, I'd rather focus on say training Attacking Headers, Beating Markers, and Crossing the Ball for forwards - makes them play in-game better. Throwing in an occasional Penalty Shots is good too, but as long as it's only here and there.


I can't speak much about RB/LB or RW/LW though - I don't train those. But I suppose the same principles apply.