I agree boss Obi. Height plays a big role sa training speed. Some trainings are faster when the trainee is tall, some trainings are faster when trainee is short, and the others where height doesn't matter.
I'll just put this here for everyone that currently, we have general final skills requirements for Seniors team prospects, which are as follows:
a) For scoring guards: at least 14 Inside Shot; at least 12 Inside Defense
b) For defensive guards: at least 12 Inside Defense
c) For bigs in general: at least 10 Outside Defense; at least 10 Passing; It also helps to have decent Handling, which helps in training Outside Defense and Passing via elastic effect
Boss Obi's advice fits well sa ganitong instances. If you have tall guys na maganda na ang guard skills or short guys na maganda na ang Inside Shot at Inside Defense, malaking kabawasan ito sa training weeks, finishing training faster than normal. We've seen lots of trainers struggle in training Outside Defense for bigs, inaabot ng 1-2 seasons para maabot ang target, or worse 3 seasons. Same goes for the guards who are training Inside Scoring and Inside Defense.
Kaya kung may ganyan kayong player/s, i.e. 7'0 SG or 6'0 C, please reconsider training them for our National teams. It really helps to have National team players with more all-around skills. That applies to both Seniors and U21.
- Leo