Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Michael Geoffrey Trotter¹  Remco Polman²  Kabir Bubna³  Matthew Watson⁴ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia, Berwick, VIC, Australia;The International Federation of Esports Coaches (IFoEC), London, United Kingdom;The International Federation of Esports Coaches (IFoEC), London, United Kingdom;Department of Performance Psychology, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany;

关键词: skill acquisition;    esports;    coaching;    ecological dynamic approach;    talent development;    constraints;    affordances (ecological psychology);   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191801

 received in 2023-03-22, accepted in 2023-04-17,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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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