Esports Performance: Recent Episodes
Zach "FlyingGazelles" McNair
The field of sport and performance psychology offers many insights into how to get the most out of our gaming experiences, how to improve as competitive players, and how to develop and grow as players and community members. Between competing and coaching, I began exploring the field, diving into the published research and learning more about the human aspect of behavior, habit, and performance. Through this podcast, I want to bring the exploration, coaching, and personal development opportunities to a larger audience so we can all continue to learn about, grow, and improve our performance.
Today we are starting the new year getting a better understanding of motivation. In the future, this will help us set better goals, develop our training regiment, and know what kind of gamers we want to be.
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Welcome to the first episode of Esports Performance where we begin the foundation for growth and performance improvement by establishing what performance is and how we're going to think about it moving forward.
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Motor learning in esports is tricky. We can't rely on drills in the same way as traditional sport, but there are some key pieces of information we can use to augment our practice to improve motor learning and avoid some of the common pitfalls.
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Answering a couple of excellent questions about esport bootcamps and the role that looking at images of nature can play in restoring focus.
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While the brief hiatus was unfortunate, we're back with regular bi-weekly episodes. Today is a bit more information on light and movement that will further help inform your performance habits.
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Stable and healthy growth can be difficult. In today's episode, I want to give a general idea of some of the constraints and challenges you will run into at a given point as a competitor, things you need to prepare for as you move up and push yourself to the next level, and how to do that in a way that will be healthy and sustainable.
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Today we have some incredible questions from Melvin and Aliray in Canada and Artisan in Texas. We take a more in-depth look at training cycles and some of the differences in esports compared to periodization training in fitness, talk about what to do when your teammates aren't taking things as seriously, and coaching multiple genres.
Keep sending your questions in for next month's Q&A episode!
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Today we're talking about what a normal training cycle looks like and diving into some tools to help you identify areas for improvement and set effective goals.
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Today we're talking a bit more about how you can utilize good health practices to improve your overall performance as a competitive gamer with a focus on cognitive function, coordination, and stamina!
Emily Manoogian's Talk on Time-Restricted Eating
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Welcome to our first Q&A episode! Here I'm answering a couple of questions from you, the listeners, and also bringing in a bit of followup to the previous episode. The questions for today:
Why am I struggling with added frustration when playing different roles?
What can I do when experiencing prolonged periods of low performance?
Why do I need a why?
Thank you all for listening!
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Today we're diving into what appears to be a simple question - Why do you play games? The reason this question matters - Everything comes with challenges. Having the motivation to overcome them, and being able to get the most out of your experiences, comes down to understanding the why behind your actions, including gaming!
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Today we're taking a quick look at a foundation principle - What is performance? What does it mean, and how does it relate to gaming? What is diving into performance psychology going to provide you as you continue to grow?
The first monthly Q&A is coming up at the end of May! You can call in your questions through Anchor.fm/esportsperformance, send me a message on Patreon, or submit through this form: https://forms.gle/8wqDzFpgJk5C6yAx9
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Hello everyone! As we delve into the world of sport and performance psychology, I wanted to take the first episode to give a bit of insight into both myself, Zach "Flying Gazelles" McNair, and what you can expect from the podcast as we start looking at what it takes to have a healthy and successful relationship with game.
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