Training Center

The Training Center is where the tributes for the Hunger Games practice their skills so they are prepared for the challenges in the arena. There are training stations inside the center; they are based on different skills that may prove to be vital inside the arena including knot tying, edible plants, and using different weaponry. The Careers usually go directly to the weapons station when training starts, implementing the common Career strategy to intimidate the other tributes before the Games officially start. After a period of time, the tributes show the Gamemakers what they're capable of, choosing a particular skill they excel at, and are scored from 1 to 12, 1 being very low and 12 being almost impossible to achieve. Katniss and Peeta were the first to get 12's in the 75th Hunger Games.

Katniss always surprised the Gamemakers when in private sessions. In the 74th Hunger Games, she was innocently shooting arrows at targets. However, the judges were not paying attention, causing her to lose concentration and become angry. She shot an arrow directly to the judges and frightened them all. She then left the room without being dismissed. In the private session with the gamemakers before the 75th Hunger Games, she didn't know what to do, so she tied a noose with a dummy in it and wrote, with berry juice, 'Seneca Crane' - the head gamemaker from the 74th Hunger Games who let two tributes win. This time, Peeta also frightened them by painting a picture of Rue, Katniss's ally in the 74th Hunger Games - a girl from District 11 who also died. Katniss was after Peeta, and when she went in, the place smelt of cleaning supplies. She suspected instantly that they were trying to hide something and that Peeta had done something bad.