Players (Tennis Club Story)

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Players are the backbone for the tennis club. They coach customers and enter matches to bring fame and money back for the club.

The game starts with 2 starting players, male and female. During creation, male player's type can be chosen from the basic 7 player types. His stat can also be adjusted. The same can be done for females if you chose that instead too. If you chose a male, a female will go on its default name and characteristics. The same also can happen if you chose a female, leaving the male with its default name and characteristics.

Additional players can be recruited via Club Activities. The tennis club can have at most 50 players at a single time.

Any player maximum level is 999.

Age and Gender

Players can be categorized into 3 age categories. Juniors, Normals, and Seniors. Player's gender can be determined by the color of his age icon. Male players will have blue blackground while female players will have red background.

Age and gender can determine whether the player can enter matches or not. Some matches only accepts of specific age category or gender.

Type

There are 20 player types available in the game. Types usually determined how high a stat can be trained. Some types also has some hidden effect.

Player types are important in trainings. By training special combination of player types, training effects can be improved.

In the beginning, only Powerhouse and Technician is the default for you and your team mate. Also available at the start, hearty, strong-willed, speedster and natural coach. Simply which stats you want to get the best out of in this game.

Icon	Name	Description	Effect
	Average		All of their stats increase at about the same rate.
	Hearty		Increased Stamina during a match.
	Technician		Emphasize techniques during the match.
	Strong-Willed		Has high spirit, allowing further chance of winning.
	Powerhouse		Have an increased chance to hit back strong shots. (Hard Hitter Counter)
	Speedster		They reach the balls trajectory quicker than the average player.
	Natural Coach		They are good at instructing at the school.
	Serve & Volley		Their serves are easy to develop, and they can immediately return balls sent their way.
	Counter		They can cover a wide area and make use of opponent's smashes to hit back counter shots. But they may not be that great at coaching
	Stubborn		They are resistant to the effects of Low Stamina. (Can play longer matches).
	Hard Hitter		Their shots are strong and and deep. They force the opponent to stay glued to the court's baseline.
	Defensive		They can cover a wide area and wear down the opponent. Their stamina is their strong suit. Their stamina, spirit, and speed all increase quickly, but they may not have much coaching ability
	Hot-Blooded		They maybe able to trigger an aura easily.
	Cold-Blooded		They help reduce the opponent's motivation in a match.
	All-Rounder		Easier for all of their stats to increase.
	Natural Leader		Increased performance for himself and his partner when playing Doubles.
	Clever		Increase Match XP.
	World Class		All of their stats can rise to a World-Class level.
	Superstar		Drastically increased stats
	Idol		Attracts extra members when doing Club Activities.

Recommendations: Beginners should start with either Powerhouse or Technician unless they're interested in making their player AI Speedy or quick on its feet or Hearty to make it last longer in matches. Avoid Natural Coach unless you want to be a leader of the school and winning matches at the same time.

In New Game Plus, if you're unsure, you can use Natural Leader when dealing with doubles, or World Class and Superstar to be able to defeat the toughest opponents in this game. Otherwise, Stubborn can help slow down your stamina even more. Or use Counter and Defensive to wear down the opponent if they are way offensive. Experiment which type your player AI your going to build up and see which one is going to help (or hinder) your progress until you get the highest score.

Stats

There are 2 category of stats in the game : physical stats and tennis stats.

Physical stats are the player's physical characteristics such as power, speed, stamina etc.
Stats that belong to these category :

• Stamina
• Spirit
• Power
• Speed
• Tech
• Coach

These stats can be improved via training up to certain value. Further improvements can be done by wearing equipments. Consuming items will also increase these stats.

Another set of stats that every players have are the tennis stats. These stats refer to the tennis moves.
Stats that belongs to this category :

• Flat
• Topspin
• Slice
• Drop shot
• Lob
• Serve

Unlike physical stats, these stats can't be improved via trainings. Nor can they be improved via consuming items. The only way to improve these stats is by equipping racket.

These stats are related to the chosen play tactic during the actual tennis match. Using tactic that uses a lot of tennis moves where its stats are highest will improve winning chance by a lot.

Recruitment

Additional players can be recruited via Club Activities. On recruitment, 2-5 random players are generated. They will have random types, categories and equipments. What types that will be available is determined by recruitment method used.

Name	Cost	Available Types	Unlocked
Pamphlets	30	Average Hearty Technician Powerhouse Speedster Strong-Willed Natural Coach
Sample Lesson	45	Pamphlets Recruitment Types + Stubborn, Defensive, Hard Hitter, Hot-Blooded, Cold-Blooded, All-Rounder, World Class	Reach rank C level opponents
Online Ad	60	All	Local Cable TV Sponsor lvl. 2
TV Ad	100	All	Local Cable TV Sponsor lvl. 10

Note :

• Although Online Ad and TV Ad allows to recruit all player types, the chances to get some types are different. TV Ad will have a better chance to get some rarer types such as World Class, Superstar and Idol.

Special Players

Aside from the random generated players, there are some special players that are available to recruit after reaching certain points of the game.
These characters are Kairosoft's recurring characters and mascots such as Sally Prin and King Ackbar.