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Current Practice and Challenges in Coaching Esports Players: An Interview Study with League of Legends Professional Team Coaches
Abstract
Esports is rapidly growing around the globe. The need for coaching best practice is becoming essential with growing investments in teams and players. In this paper, we investigated the current coaching practices and challenges in League of Legends professional teams by interviewing professional coaches from international teams. Our results showed unanimous agreement that coaching in Esports remains in its early stages, with a need to develop standards for coaching. We were able to understand the role of coaches, their different positions, and their skill requirements. We were also able to learn the challenges players face such as long practice hours, player attitudes, mental stress, and other health concerns such as back and wrist injuries. From the interview, we identified nine aspects of research requiring future studies.
... Por el contrario, dentro de los aspectos negativos, distintos autores destacan las largas horas de práctica a los que están sujetos los gamers (6-12 horas diarias en función del videojuego), aunque no existe un método de entrenamiento que garantice un alto rendimiento en esports (García-Naveira, 2019;Pedraza-Ramirez, 2019;Sabtan et al., 2022). Además, diferentes estudios indican que a mayor dedicación a los esports y videojuegos se asocia con un peor estilo de vida y hábitos menos saludables, observándose una menor actividad física o mayor sedentarismo, aumento de la masa corporal, peor nutrición (horarios, variedad y cantidad de comida, así como consumo de bebidas) y menor duración/ calidad del sueño (somnolencia y variedad de horarios de descanso), desembocando en problemas de salud general (p.ej., obesidad y diabetes), salud física (p.ej., lesión de muñeca, espalda y visión) y salud psicológica (p.ej., ansiedad, estrés, depresión y burnout), entre otros (Bányai et al., 2019;Chan et al., 2022;García-Naveira et al., 2021;Hong, 2022;Pereira et al., 2022;Sabtan et al., 2022;Shulze et al., 2021). ...
... Por el contrario, dentro de los aspectos negativos, distintos autores destacan las largas horas de práctica a los que están sujetos los gamers (6-12 horas diarias en función del videojuego), aunque no existe un método de entrenamiento que garantice un alto rendimiento en esports (García-Naveira, 2019;Pedraza-Ramirez, 2019;Sabtan et al., 2022). Además, diferentes estudios indican que a mayor dedicación a los esports y videojuegos se asocia con un peor estilo de vida y hábitos menos saludables, observándose una menor actividad física o mayor sedentarismo, aumento de la masa corporal, peor nutrición (horarios, variedad y cantidad de comida, así como consumo de bebidas) y menor duración/ calidad del sueño (somnolencia y variedad de horarios de descanso), desembocando en problemas de salud general (p.ej., obesidad y diabetes), salud física (p.ej., lesión de muñeca, espalda y visión) y salud psicológica (p.ej., ansiedad, estrés, depresión y burnout), entre otros (Bányai et al., 2019;Chan et al., 2022;García-Naveira et al., 2021;Hong, 2022;Pereira et al., 2022;Sabtan et al., 2022;Shulze et al., 2021). ...
... Una de las áreas de mejora de los gamers profesionales es el plano emocional, en el que es habitual encontrar a sujetos con niveles elevados de ansiedad y estrés, cuestiones que dificultan rendir y perjudica la salud mental (Bányai et al., 2019;Bonilla et al., 2022;García-Naveira, 2019;Leis y Lautenbach, 2020;Himmelstein et al., 2017;Sabtan et al., 2022). Es posible que el organismo llegue estresado a la competición debido a una elevada dedicación al videojuego y malos hábitos saludables (p.ej., dormir pocas horas, horarios cambiantes, mala alimentación y falta de actividad física), así como falta de habilidades de afrontamiento ante el estrés (p.ej., relajación, parada de pensamiento y autoinstruciones positivas). ...
Los esports, también conocido como videojuegos competitivos, han experimentado un gran crecimiento en los últimos años. Se han realizado varios estudios que examinan los beneficios de jugar a esports, pero pocos han examinado los factores psicosociales necesarios para rendir a un alto nivel y ante situaciones adversas de resultados en la competición. En este estudio, los investigadores intentan identificar fortalezas psicológicas y áreas de mejora de los gamers a través del análisis cualitativo de contenido. Se realizaron entrevistas con cinco gamers y un entrenador de un equipo profesional de Rainbow Six para estudiar sobre sus experiencias tras obtener 6 derrotas en 8 partidos durante la competición. Las entrevistas dieron como resultado tres factores principales: los estilos de vida y hábitos saludables, la autogestión emocional y desarrollo de equipos de alto rendimiento como áreas de mejora. Se concluye que los psicólogos/as en esports deben poder entrar en una relación de consultoría con los clubes para una mejor comprensión de lo que los gamers y entrenador específicamente necesitan desde una perspectiva de mejora del rendimiento y cuidado de la salud mental.
Performance analysis is a well-established discipline in sports science, supported by decades of research. Comparatively, performance analysis in electronic sports (esports) is limited. Therefore, there is an opportunity to accelerate performance outcomes in esports by applying methods grounded in sports science. This study adopted a coach-centred approach to model performance at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. Three expert coaches rated the proposed relationship between 43 variables and match outcomes in professional League of Legends competition using a Likert scale (1–10). The Likert scale was anchored with ‘no relationship’ at 1 and ‘very strong relationship’ at 10. The coaches’ median ratings were calculated for each variable. Variables with a median score ≥6 were retained for analyses. A total of 14 variables were collected from the 2018 League of Legends World Championship (n = 119) matches via video annotations and match histories. Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models with binomial logit link function were implemented with respect to the Blue Side winning or losing the match, and individual teams were specified as random effects. Variables were screened for multicollinearity before using a step-up approach. The best model of performance included Tower Percentage (p = 0.006) and Number of Inhibitors (p = 0.029). This model achieved classification accuracy of 95.8%. While Tower Percentage and Number of Inhibitors contributed to winning or losing, further research is required to determine effective strategies to improve these variables, to understand the relevance of these variables across the complete time-series of the match, and to determine whether performance indicators remain stable across game updates.
Over the last decade, Esports, defined as a form of organized video game competition, has emerged as a global phenomenon. The professional players who compete in Esports, namely, Eathletes, share many similarities with their traditional athlete counterparts. However, in sharp contrast to traditional athletes, there is a paucity of research investigating the factors that influence the performance of Eathletes. This gap in the literature is problematic because Eathletes are unable to make informed and empirically supported decisions about their performance management, unlike traditional athletes. Sleep is an important factor that influences athletic performance in traditional sports, particularly those that require a high level of cognitive demand. Research is yet to examine whether sleep also plays an important function in optimal performance and success of Eathletes in Esports. Accordingly, the aim of this opinion piece is to review the broader sleep and sports medicine literature and provide theoretically grounded suggestions as to how existing findings may apply to Eathletes competing professionally in Esports. Overall, it appears that Eathlete performance may be vulnerable to the deleterious effects of sleep restriction. Furthermore, Eathletes are likely at risk of sleep disturbances due to the unique situations and conditions that characterize Esports.
This project report resents our findings around esports professionals, enthusiasts and fans.
Specially, we have collected different views to esport and how it can affect persons health
when activities in esport get closer and closer to the amounts of hours a professional esport
athlete would use to stay competitive.
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a reliable reflection of the many physiological factors modulating the normal rhythm of the heart. In fact, they provide a powerful means of observing the interplay between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. It shows that the structure generating the signal is not only simply linear, but also involves nonlinear contributions. Heart rate (HR) is a nonstationary signal; its variation may contain indicators of current disease, or warnings about impending cardiac diseases. The indicators may be present at all times or may occur at random-during certain intervals of the day. It is strenuous and time consuming to study and pinpoint abnormalities in voluminous data collected over several hours. Hence, HR variation analysis (instantaneous HR against time axis) has become a popular noninvasive tool for assessing the activities of the autonomic nervous system. Computer based analytical tools for in-depth study of data over daylong intervals can be very useful in diagnostics. Therefore, the HRV signal parameters, extracted and analyzed using computers, are highly useful in diagnostics. In this paper, we have discussed the various applications of HRV and different linear, frequency domain, wavelet domain, nonlinear techniques used for the analysis of the HRV.
This article aims to perform a literature review of the available research that focuses strictly on MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games. First, a review identifying the relevant papers published since 2011 is conducted, exploring them systematically to extract similarities, gaps and main findings. Results show how League of Legends is the most explored game, with player experience and toxic behaviour as popular topics for research. Second, as MOBA games remain underexplored by researchers despite their vast, enthusiast community, as well as projection and influence on contemporary game designers, a proposal on future lines for research is provided.
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