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Top 5 Mistakes Esports Coaches Make - What Coaching Is Not career coaching communication professionality

What separates great esports coaches from those who just point out mistakes? How do you go from being an amateur coach to a professional who truly impacts players and teams? Let’s break it down.

The truth is, most esports “coaches” aren’t actually coaching. This problem affects not just amateur coa...

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The Real Role of an Esports Coach: Beyond Just Game Knowledge career coaching communication gameplay performance professionality

Esports coaching is more than just knowing the mechanics of a game. Many aspiring esports coaching professionals focus heavily on game-specific knowledge, thinking that understanding every detail about their game will make them great coaches. However, while game knowledge is essential, true coaching...

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The Essence of Esports Coaching: Evolve or get left behind. career coaching communication performance practice professionality scrims well being

The Essence of Esports Coaching: Evolve or get left behind.

Esports is evolving, and the most educated coaches will rise to the top.

Currently, most esports coaches are ‘grinding’—repeating the same routines season after season, hoping that trial and error will eventually lead them to become world...

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How To Run An Effective VOD Review coaching communication gameplay practice professionality scrims

 

As a part of esports coaching, the odds are that you have conducted or at least witnessed a VOD review at some point. VOD (Video On Demand) is a term that depicts when you go through deep analysis of games previously played by your team to detect flaws and make moves for possible improvements. Wi...

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How to structure your coaching and make yourself clear career coaching communication performance well being

All the best coaches in Esports (and the world) have a skill in common. This skill isn't particularly flashy or exciting. However, it's a true cornerstone of all great coaches who have mastered this skill. It's their ability to bring structure and clarity to their coaching.

In this blog, you'll lea...

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How to deal with high ego players coaching communication performance personality well being

Have you ever coached a player who doesn't respond to your suggestions, listen to what you say, or take your feedback on board? No matter what you coach him on, he always believes that he knows best, whether it's about strategy, tactics, champion picks, or any other aspect of the game.

Whether you ...

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How to help your players handle loss and setbacks coaching communication gameplay performance personality practice well being

Every team loses and experiences setbacks. That's simply the nature of esports and competition. This blog will discuss how you can help your players recover from losses and setbacks.

An example of a setback that we collectively experienced was COVID. It made the world stand still for almost two yea...

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4 coaching styles that you want to switch up for the most impact coaching communication personality professionality well being

One of the most significant issues within esports today is the lack of flexibility that coaches have in their coaching style. Too often, players are coached in a way that doesn't suit them, causing them to feel demotivated and frustrated, and as a result, they underperform in practice and competitio...

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How to motivate and stimulate your players for more success coaching communication performance practice well being

As an Esports coach, a crucial part of your job is motivating and stimulating your players to do what they need to do to grow. You want them to engage in the right behaviors. Reaching their next level depends upon it, and therefore, so does your success as a coach.

To succeed as a coach, you want t...

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The 4 Stages Of Teaching Anything As An Esports Coach coaching communication professionality

How amazing would it be if you could teach anything on any level to your players as an esports coach? First, we will dive into the 4 stages of competence so you know on what level your players are, and then we will introduce the 4 stages of teaching anything that will level up your coaching and lear...

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