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CS:GO and Rocket League coaching teams finalized

We have finalized the recruitment of our CS:GO and Rocket League coaching teams, this closes a long run of us learning about the games in more depth and discussing it with many coaches that were interested in our project. We managed to find 5 coaches which had the same vision as us and trusted us to work together to start producing training methodologies

, Co-founder of Icon for Valor Esports
Valor Esports
on November 10, 2020
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    Hi guys! I wanted to read on the forum for a long time, what is it like to assemble a real team with your personal trainers? It always seemed to me that it is too difficult, because you need to put a lot of effort, time and money into it. I think so because I've seen a lot of people on different forums like https://globalcsgo.com / they talked about how they tried to create amateur teams, but they didn't succeed. However, your intentions look serious and you have thought everything through well. I think you will succeed. Good luck!

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      Hey! We found it really difficult to assemble teams. There are many motivated amateur esports athletes out there but it's a small portion of the gamers. It is very difficult to reach them as you get lost in the wave of all the non-serious gaming players and when you find them, most of the time their schedules don't match. The other problem we found is that even for players who dream of becoming pros, they don't treat their game as a sport yet. Meaning that they don't practice at a regular time, they are not willing to put scheduled training time in their calendar and they would classify esports training as a "fun" activity which they would prioritize below other "fun" priorities. Something that would never happen with traditional sports.

      That's a lot of complaining haha.

      It has been a fun journey though, learned so many things, met with many talented players and we now have a strong team of talented coaches which we trained to adopt traditional sport methodologies. We are currently switching our target to an already built organization amateur and semi-amateurs to support their coaching needs and provide them with affordable professional support. We will be back on the "massive" gamer market but at this moment it forbid our small team to focus on products that would enhance player performance.

      I hope that answered the question, even though it was a bit more of an update on our progress.

      Did you try to build your own amateur team or had the idea to do so? Would love to hear your gaming story! :)

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    Do you still have a csgo roaster? How much time did it take you to recruit all five players? And the last question, does the coach actually have such a significant impact on the players? Or is it only about their skill and knowledge of the game? I actually think that coaches have insane importance for counter-strike players. I have also tried to become a professional counter-strike player, but I failed to deliver higher. After that, I haven't played cs for more than five years. I had downloaded it a couple of months ago, and I was surprised by how the https://skincashier.com/blog/csgo-ranks works. It seems like it went from bad to terrible.

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      We are currently building a 12 weeks test program and are onboarding semi-amateur, high school, and university teams to help us develop further our approach. We are currently not focused on recruiting as many players as we can, as we want to make sure we find the right MVP version of our methodology. As our goal is to help young players become professional or collegiate players, we want to make sure we at least have a decent coaching approach to make an impact on their rank and ultimately their life, as these young athletes are working for their dream.

      At this stage, our coaches make the biggest impact on the skill and knowledge area, as they teach players how to play properly. But they also work with our players on non-gaming skills such as competitive mindset, mental reset, communication skills, ... We ran a few 1 months programs and most of our players did rank-up while being within the program, some of them who were actually stuck in Silver 1.

      I'm really curious about your story of trying to becoming a professional CS:GO players. I was in a very similar situation as a kid. A few questions come to mind: When was it? Did you spend a long time trying? What level did you reach and what was your biggest achievement? What did you feel were the reason you did not succeed?