Esports Performance Magazine

Leveling-up yourself is hard work. It takes commitment, time and energy, and often a lot of money. While I can’t magic any of this away, I can make one thing super easy - finding the best support for you. Welcome to the esports performance hub esportsperformancehub.com

If you want more energy in 2026, stop chasing hacks and start with fundamentals: - Sleep before midnight - Eat real food - Lift something heavy - Walk daily - Get sunlight - Reduce screens at night Boring works.

You can choose to be uncomfortable for 30 minutes… or disappointed for the next 12 hours. Do the workout. Take the walk. Make the better choice. Short-term discomfort beats all-day regret.

Underrated life lesson: Confidence is less about knowing you’ll win and more about knowing you’ll bounce back even if you don’t. Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty. Fear loses when you embrace that failure is never final.

self-sabotage is also: - not asking for help - rejecting praise - isolating yourself when hurt - saying “yes” to everything - putting your needs on hold - procrastinating on important tasks - watching too much news - trying to be perfect

recently overheard this: "everything is a win when the goal is experience" and my brain chemistry is forever changed

3 things that help habits stick: 1) Repetition. Habits form based on frequency, not time. 2) Stable context. If the context is always changing, so is the behavior. You need a reliable environment. 3) Positive emotions. If it feels good, you’ll want to repeat it.

Building a team in esports is similar to building a team in any business. If you want it to be effective, you need to hire for both competency and cultural fit. One of my favourite performance models boils things down into just that; competency and the mental game. Culture can be seen as a collective mental game; the operational standards, values and vision that is shared by a team provides a source of motivation, resiliency, energy and creativity. When a team is in sync, it is a powerful driver for results. If you hire individuals that are not able to synchronize with this, their competency doesn't matter, as they will quickly poison the cultural well and no amount of skill will make up for this type of damage. As the well is poisoned, so too will the quality of output amongst those who work on your team. If one member doesn't follow the standards, the standards will begin to lose meaning and others will be more incentivized to drop their standards. As the standards collectively lose meaning, the identity of the team will start to dissolve. As the identity dissolves, so too will the vision and purpose. The final result? An underperforming, unmotivated and dejected team.

To have a long athletic career, you need to love the process. When times get hard, it’s your love of the game that keeps you going.

Faker is integral to T1’s ability to perform at a high level (we saw that when he was injured) I would assume, he provides a lot of the in game direction, shot calling and communication. I wonder if he would have a higher standard of individual play if he didn’t have to do as much in game. He had more teammates that could take the reins. Or His current skillset (because of experience) is more geared towards leveraging said experience to win games.

C’mon O!

Co-Hosting a webinar on weight loss strategies for gamers later today with @HPforGamers. Free and open to all! When: 330pm pdt Where: youtube.com/live/Gzp-CTPbl… Should be fun (and recorded, if you can't make it live).

Hello gamers! Can you help? We could use a few more responses to our survey on health and physical activity 💙 All the info we collect will support the creation of free health promotion resources for the esports community 🔗 unipark.de/uc/esports_hea… #EHealthPlus

April no fools We need coaching certification requirements in esports every year. I am consistently shellshocked over the lack of understanding of the basics of what a coach is supposed to do, responsibilities, leading a team, leading a room etc. (hint: it’s not just teaching a game) I still take USA hockey classes because I learn more from them than anything that exists in esports. Especially when we are talking about minors there is no required certification or training to work with minors. I would be horrified as a parent about having my kid coached by an adult with no formal oversight.

Do things that energize you, avoid things and people that activate you. You’ll get more done and have more genuine leisure time than you ever imagined.

You don't have to be good at everything, you just need to double down on what you're naturally suited for.

👋 Hey esports community! We’re the E-Health Project, an Erasmus+ initiative to support player health and promote an active lifestyle Please help us get started by filling out our questionnaire, and follow along for resources and research 😊 unipark.de/uc/esports_hea… #EHealthPlus

Psychiatrists should talk to you about your physical health. Non-psychiatrists should talk to you about your mental health. It's not helpful to talk about mental and physical health in isolation.

All mental & physical ailments are substantially relieved by a regular circadian rhythm. Bright mornings & days with a lot of movement, focused work & learning, hydration. Mellow nights & in a dark room at night while sleeping. Repeat. If up late, definitely make it fun.

The truth? Most of what’s marketed as “high performance” is just expensive procrastination. Real excellence doesn’t require a sauna, a supplement stack, or a color-coded planner. It requires showing up, every day, and doing the hard stuff. Don’t be fooled by the flash.

You don’t need to spend hours in the gym You can stay healthy by micro-dosing some movement throughout the day Here’s a guide on how you can include more movement into your day and 10 workouts you can do anywhere