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How to Network in Esports as an Esports Coach (And Coach Better Teams) career communication personality

You’re an outstanding coach. You know every nuance of the game, you analyze scrims down to the millisecond, and you create detailed plans that genuinely improve your players. Yet you find yourself stuck in coaching low-tier teams, landing only minor try-outs, or working for free. You grind every day...

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How to Land an Esports Coaching Job With Your Portfolio career professionality

Your esports portfolio is not what you think it should be.
 
Where many people focus on who you are, instead, demonstrate how you do things. 
 
Over the years, I have spoken to hundreds of esports coaches, all with a different story. But at the same time, it is a potato pataato situation, similar storie...

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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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5 tips to help players that are having a bad day as an esports coach coaching performance professionality well being

Esports requires players who can perform at their best every day. However, even the best players can have a bad day, which can affect their performance and morale. As an esports coach it's your responsibility to provide support and guidance to help your team members overcome any obstacles they may f...

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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 build new habits and overcome bad habits coaching performance practice scrims well being

In this blog, we're going to teach you how to build new habits and overcome bad habits to help your players perform more consistently and at a higher level.

We're all creatures of habit. You, me, your players, everyone. So, what are habits anyway? Habits are the day-to-day choices and activities we...

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