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Why Skill Alone Won’t Grow Your Coaching Career career coaching communication performance personality practice professionality well being

Let me say something that might feel uncomfortable.

Most esports coaches are working hard to get better at coaching. And that is great.

But most of them are also invisible. And that is the real problem.

Because here is the truth: the managers and players who hire coaches do not always choose the ...

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Why Great Teams Don’t Avoid Conflict career coaching communication performance personality practice professionality well being

Conflict shows up in every team. Miscommunication, frustration, and disagreement between players. And dealing with it is part of the job.

But here is the thing: most esports coaches see conflict as something to shut down or avoid.

And that is where things start to break.

Because conflict is not t...

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Why Great Coaches Don’t Treat Players the Same career coaching communication performance practice professionality well being

You spend a lot of time thinking about your team. The roles, the positions, the strategies. How everything fits together inside the game. And all of that matters.

But here is the thing: most esports coaches are not actually coaching a team. They are coaching a roster.

And that difference is bigger...

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The power of positive language in esports coaching communication gameplay performance practice professionality well being

The Words You Use Are Already Coaching Your Team (Whether You Mean To or Not)

Let's talk about something most coaches completely overlook.

Not strategy. Not practice structure. Not player development timelines.

Words.
The language that you use.

All day, every day.

Specifically, the rules, agreemen...

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10-week Roadmap To Become a Better Esports Coach career coaching communication performance personality practice scrims well being

Let me ask you something: how much time have you spent watching coaching videos, studying gameplay footage, reading up on the latest strategies, and still feeling like something is missing?

I get it. I've been there.

The truth is, information alone won't make you a better coach. What actually move...

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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 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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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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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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