Player Development

New players arrive with their current level of skill (actuals) and the projected level of their maximum skill (potentials). Just as in real lifelife, some whenplayers prospects don't always match their scouting reports,do not all CSFBL players will reach their full potential in all ratings, while others may exceed them.those initial expectations.

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The path of a whole,player's development is based on multiple factors:

General individual development, peak, decline tendencies. Rating-specific development, peak, decline tendencies. Low Minors bonus for players in low minors at the end of season flip. Random diceroll that can nudge a player's development higher or lower for that year.

Development, Peak, Decline

Players develop and decline in predictablesimilar patterns. CertainSome skills (like Speed) tend to peak early, while other skills (like Specialty) maytend to take longer to develop. A player's development, peak, and decline ratings can modify that pattern - by speeding up or slowing down the rate of development, by shifting peak years earlier or later than average, and by speeding up or slowing down the rate of decline.

IndividualOn average, players maywith fallmiddle intoof the road development ratings will get to within at least 4 pts of their potentials on 3 out of 4 ratings, and stay near those peaks around 4-6 years, with 60% of players getting to all of their potentials.

As of August 2022 update, in addition to a player's overall tendencies, they will have rating-specific development, peak, decline tendencies, which effectively make it so any type of career is possible. On the whole, ratings will still develop in predictable patterns, orbut mayon bea entirelycase-by-case unpredictable.basis, Someone playersrating may peak veryearlier early,than someexpected, muchor later;one somerating playersmy maydevelop declineless early,than somethe much later. Some players may never reach their potential others.

As a result of all this, each player will have a life cycle that you'll have to figure out and take advantage of, as certain skills grow and other skills decline.

Low Minors Development Bonus

EachAt season,the start of each preseason, players in Low Minors get a small boostbonus to development.development Playersof ateach otherrating. That levelsboost dois notreduced getwhen thisa bonus.rating gets to the league average - thus Thus, players that need the most development will benefit from the Low Minors the most.

NoteNOTE that- once a player leavesplays lowin minors,a game, he may nevercannot go back to Low Minors. If you wish to move a player that hasn't played from AAA to LMs, please contact your commissioner.

For more information on Player Development check out August 2022 Slides....