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How to Get Started as an Esports Coach

Learn the basics of how to get started coaching a video game and take that first step!

How to Grow Your Coaching Business

Learn to grow your business, expand your reputation, and increase the value of your coaching.

Scrims - a Constraints Led Approach

CLA is a tool that allows athlete learning and development to emerge as they explore various solutions within their practice environment.

How to Attract Players to Your Coaching Service

Coach Coutu shares his experience in building a thriving coaching service from a beginner freelancer to a successful full-time coach.

How to Know Your Worth as a Coach

Learn how to set your pricing by understanding the value you provide in terms of both time and knowledge.

How to Create a Great VOD Review

Learning how to create a great VOD review is one of the important skills of an esports coach.

Proper Sleep Hygiene for Performance

Learn the proper sleep hygiene that will improve your players’ focus stamina.

Sound Nutritional Habits for Performance

Learn sound nutritional habits to better enable the extreme focus needed to perform and improve at the highest level.

Physical Fitness for Performance

Learn fundamental exercise habits to improve your capacity to take on and overcome tasks.

Building a Culture of Excellence

Building a culture of excellence within an esports org requires a blend of the right ingredients.

Challenges in Becoming an Esports Coach

Becoming an esports coach involves much more than just coaching sessions, it brings a series of challenges related to self-motivation, time management and personal balance that could be quite difficult to navigate.

The Impact of Coaches on Player Development

Coaches play a key role on the development of the players or teams they coach, not only improving their gameplay and helping to achieve their competitive goals but also by influencing their lives and gaming culture.

How to Set Goals as a Coach

Learn about how to help students set achievable goals and the strategies to achieve them.

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Check out other organizations doing great work in the esports coaching space. Get training, join communities, and find jobs!

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NAECAD

The National Association of Esports Coaches and Directors (NAECAD), founded in 2019, is the primary professional organization for competitive esports coaches and directors at all levels of competitive play (club, high school, college, and professional).

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Next Level Esports

Helping esports coaches become more impactful and make more money. By improving your skills and knowing how to position and market yourself, you will create and attract more opportunities. Growing your esports coach career to the next level.

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IESF Certification

"Basics for Esports" is a scholastic esports coaching certification through a collaboration between IESF, NASEF, and Skillshot Media sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City in South Korea. This course will walk you through everything you need to know to launch, grow, and evolve your very own esports program.

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FITGMR

FITGMR, born out of collaboration with Cloud9, provides coach-led performance training tailored to esports athletes' needs via its app and team dashboard, and comprehensive coach development certification and in-game skills clinics developed by tier 1 players.

Building tools for all gaming coaches. Grow and manage your business while maintaining full control over student relationships.

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