Starter's Guide

This page is a great summary with the basics of what you need to know to get started. You can find more detailed info in various other pages in this wiki, but these are the essentials to getting started.

Getting a Team
There are three types of teams you can coach, SBA (pro), CSBA (college), and Circuit 21 (arcade).

For SBA and CSBA, click the tab at the top of the page that says Teams after clicking on the league you want. All teams are listed here and any available teams will either have the option to purchase using Tokens or will have the option to pick up for free for one season.

For Circuit 21, after going to the Circuit 21 page click the My Teams tab. From there you should see an option to create a team. the first team is free and additions teams can be created by using cards.

Making a Player
The first stage of a player's career is High School. All users are allowed to make one free high school junior (the starting point of a player's lifetime) and can make additional players using tokens. To make a new player, click on the Players tab and then click on Create a Player. At this point you will be taken to a screen where you can begin building your player to your specifications. For more details check out the Player Guide.

Controlling a Team
Once you are the coach of a team, there are some basic strategies you need to set up. These are detailed in full in the Coach Guide. Basically, the most important thing to do when you take over a team is to go into your team management page and click through all the different settings to set strategies to how you want them. This includes your starting lineups, shooting settings, what offenses you want your team to run, etc. After doing this, it's a good idea to try and run some exhibitions to see what might need to be adjusted in your settings before you play any real games.

Watching Games
The easiest way to find games that are going on right now or have finished recently is to click on the league you're interested in and then clicking on "SBA on SSW" or "CSBA on SSW". The league name obviously changes depending on which league you clicked on. From this page you can click the watch button for any game and immediately jump into watching it from the beginning. For more details on what's going on while you watch a game, check out the Game Viewer article.

Currency and Cards
There are a couple main currencies for the game. Card Points are used for purchasing packs of cards and using the auction house. Player Dollars are used for everything related to improving your player. Tokens are used for everything else including making players and acquiring teams.

Cards are used to get upgrades and extras for a cheaper cost than buying them straight up. Card packs give you good value for your points and allow you to buy/sell cards in the auction house to get even more value for your points.

Getting Involved
There are many ways to get involved in the community here. The first is participating on the forums, it can start with a simple introduction and then weighing in on team rankings, ideas for improvement, etc can be a great way to start joining in and letting your voice be heard. You can also join a posse to help get yourself started by getting some guidance from site veterans. Another great way to get involved is by joining the SSW Skype group. The Skype group is just a text chat that allows users to interact and discuss things more quickly than in the forums. For access PM any of the site mods or admins and we will get you added to the group.