Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research
Esports is a growing phenomenon that is capturing the attention of individuals worldwide, and has grown to provide professional and lucrative careers for those who reach the upper echelons. One question that arises, is how esports athletes develop the necessary skills required to improve and compete...
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| description | Esports is a growing phenomenon that is capturing the attention of individuals worldwide, and has grown to provide professional and lucrative careers for those who reach the upper echelons. One question that arises, is how esports athletes develop the necessary skills required to improve and compete. This perspective piece opens the door to skill acquisition within esports and how research through an ecological approach can benefit researchers and practitioners as they understand the various perception-action couplings and decision-making challenges faced by esports athletes. We will identify and discuss what constraints look like in esports, the role of affordances, and theorize the implementation of a constraints-led approach in contrasting esports genres. As esports is technology-heavy in nature and generally sedentary, the use of eye-tracking technology is argued to represent an effective method to better understand perceptual attunement between individuals and teams. Future research into skill acquisition in esports is needed to develop a clearer picture of what makes the greatest esports player so great, and how newer players can be developed effectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66755c1831ab43219d64ab937851a83d2023-05-10T04:25:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11918011191801Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future researchKabir Bubna0Michael Geoffrey Trotter1Matthew Watson2Matthew Watson3Remco Polman4The International Federation of Esports Coaches (IFoEC), London, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenThe International Federation of Esports Coaches (IFoEC), London, United KingdomDepartment of Performance Psychology, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, GermanyInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia, Berwick, VIC, AustraliaEsports is a growing phenomenon that is capturing the attention of individuals worldwide, and has grown to provide professional and lucrative careers for those who reach the upper echelons. One question that arises, is how esports athletes develop the necessary skills required to improve and compete. This perspective piece opens the door to skill acquisition within esports and how research through an ecological approach can benefit researchers and practitioners as they understand the various perception-action couplings and decision-making challenges faced by esports athletes. We will identify and discuss what constraints look like in esports, the role of affordances, and theorize the implementation of a constraints-led approach in contrasting esports genres. As esports is technology-heavy in nature and generally sedentary, the use of eye-tracking technology is argued to represent an effective method to better understand perceptual attunement between individuals and teams. Future research into skill acquisition in esports is needed to develop a clearer picture of what makes the greatest esports player so great, and how newer players can be developed effectively.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191801/fullskill acquisitionesportscoachingecological dynamic approachtalent developmentconstraints |
| spellingShingle | Kabir Bubna Michael Geoffrey Trotter Matthew Watson Matthew Watson Remco Polman Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research Frontiers in Psychology skill acquisition esports coaching ecological dynamic approach talent development constraints |
| title | Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| title_full | Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| title_fullStr | Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| title_short | Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| title_sort | coaching and talent development in esports a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research |
| topic | skill acquisition esports coaching ecological dynamic approach talent development constraints |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191801/full |
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