When I was in the sixth grade, I had my first experience with choking. I was at a track meet watching the 4 x 100 meter relay. One team had an amazing start and quickly took the lead. They held a comfortable lead for the first three hundred-meters and seamlessly passed the baton onto their […]
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Emotions and TSM
Emotions can play a big part in our ability to perform. Many times they can assist in pushing a person to victory and at other times they may be the reason why we lose. Properly handling emotions can be difficult both after a loss as well as a win if we are left feeling emotionally […]
Locodoco’s brilliance vs Samsung
Today I wanted to talk about a brief interview that coach Locodoco gave the broadcasting team during Team SoloMid’s matches versus Samsung White in the quarter-finals of the League of Legends World Championships. In case you are unable to watch the video, here is the statement: “Going into the games our prep was, ok we win one […]
What is eSport psychology?
Athletes strive to be the best. Whether that means beating others in competition or besting themselves, they are constantly training to achieve victory. At the end of the day, however, one athlete or one team is the ultimate victor. Coaches and other athletes examine the training methods used by the winners to determine what the […]
Multi-Action Plan
Mind games consulting recommends the Multi-Action Plan (MAP) developed recently and trialled relatively successfully with Italian Olympic shooters.1 The MAP combines theoretical elements from many previous successful models of intervention, notably the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach,2,3 the Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning (IZOF) model,4,5,6,7,8 and the Identification-Control-Correction (ICC) programme.9 In the MAP model, the ideal state for […]
League of Legends relegation stress
What a week! Personally I’m happy it is over and that my favored team remains in the LCS. However as stressful as it was for me, it seems from how the players are talking it was immensely stressful for them. Several comments in particular stood out to my “sport psychologist” trainer side. One was CLG, […]
Throwing the game – how to avoid choking under pressure
This past month marked the 6th season of the IEM world championships and brought many of the world’s best Starcraft 2 athletes together in Hannover to compete for the Intel Masters 2011 trophy. The finals were, in many peoples’ minds, a dream rematch of the IEM Cologne finals between the fantastic protoss player SK Gaming’s […]