Careers Cut Short – The Real Toll of Unhealthy Habits in Esports
Careers Cut Short - The Real Toll of Unhealthy Habits in Esports Every day, millions of kids throughout the United States play video games. Some are just letting off steam or goofing off with friends, but many are trying to gain skills and learn valuable lessons that may help them with their secret desire to one day go [...]
Collegiate Esports. An Insider’s Guide for Parents
Collegiate Esports. An Insider's Guide for Parents Following the framework of traditional sports, over 300 educational institutions have started developing their own esports programs. Schools are creating esports arenas and recruiting talent from all over the world to compete in their varsity esports teams. With no common framework to follow, no two programs are alike. Some schools invest [...]
Esports and Children’s Development
Esports and Child Development Starting Out What is esports impact on children's development? As someone involved in Esports in my younger years, it was difficult to gain proper support from my parents. They didn’t believe it possible to make a living simply playing video games, and it seemed the rest of the family agreed. As I got older [...]
Esports Industry Recap
Esports Industry Recap The esports industry has made some major moves in the last several months. We’re here to break down some of the biggest changes and give you the highlights. Netflix Moves Into Gaming The media giant announced in its second-quarter earnings report that they plan to move into gaming by starting with ad-free games [...]
Esports Players – Examples of S.M.A.R.T. Goals
S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Esports Players S.M.A.R.T Goals for esports players come in various formats depending on what needs to be achieved. Here are two examples of initial goals we'll use to walk through this process: I want to win a tournament. I want to improve my performance. This is a typical approach to creating goals, but both are [...]
Full Sail Hall of Fame
Should You go to the Event? Full Sail students and alumni, from all over the world, accomplish many great feats. The Full Sail Hall of Fame celebrates the epitome of such accomplishments; an event dedicated to bringing back the best of the best to speak about their experiences and help students reach brighter futures in their specialties or [...]
Getting Recruited in Esports
Getting Recruited - An Esports Journey "Esports is a fast-growing sport at the college level, with more and more schools adding varsity esports teams..." Getting recruited in esports starts early. With your child being in middle- or high school, you may be thinking, “I really wish that they would participate in more athletic activities, the scholarship opportunities [...]
Goal Templates for Esports Coaches
General Goal Planning and Tracking Templates for Esports Coaches These S.M.A.R.T. goals templates can be used to plan a project goal and one or more objectives. Say what your main goal is in two or three sentences to make sure it is clear. Then, use the S.M.A.R.T. process to write down the steps, measurements, tools, and other details. [...]