Esports Camps and Esports Performance Academy have teamed up to bring premium coaching to Esports and Competitive Gaming. The partnership kicked off in early April through free digital coaching sessions in League of Legends for competitive and developmental players. These sessions have been lead by Andrew Cooley, Co-Founder and CEO of EPA. Andrew Cooley’s background includes over 15 years in multiple levels of Esports, ranging from: competing at a pro/semi-pro level, coaching, player management, and Esports businesses management. He adds, “You see articles regularly about professional players retiring early from pain or burnout, poor coaching infrastructure and methodology, bad mental health, and so many other negatives that players are experiencing as a result of a lack of knowledge or mishandling of situations.
By teaming up with Esports Camps, we are able to collectively have a positive impact on the development of players and coaches from the grassroots level, all the way to the semi-professional level, in multiple esports titles across the country.
Together, we can make massive strides towards the betterment of the developmental infrastructure that will enable the next generation to have more stability in any career within esports.”
In it’s 3rd year of running Esports camps ESC has learned the value and positive impact of good coaching. Good coaching is more than just talking about the game, it requires an awareness of individual strengths and weaknesses and the requisite drills and skill development to build on strengths and improve weaknesses. Good coaching also identifies and addresses the needs of the Esports athlete on a holistic level: skill development, mental and physical health, communication and teamwork.
Justin Hoeveler of Esports Camps says, “We are still early in the developmental infrastructure of gaming and Esports, the idea of “coaching” is still a bit of a foreign concept to some passionate gamers. We think there is way to game smarter instead of longer, to build habits that will sustain performance over a longer period of time while promoting individual performance in other areas of life. The EPA team has demonstrated their ability to enhance player and personal performance, we’re thrilled to help bring their coaching acumen to more gamers.”
Esports Performance Academy will be assisting Esports Camps in the design of its national network of official League of Legends Camps. These camps are to take place in some of the greatest LAN centers in the country including: OS NYC, The Cleveland Cavaliers Legion Lair, Mamba Sports Academy etc. ESC remains hopeful that it will be safe to run physical camps in late July as planned but it is prepared to operate the same camp in a digital format if necessary. (There is also a rumor of some dedicated #valorant training coming soon):
Players, coaches and parents interested in camps can visit Esports Camps or call 1–800–645–3226
About Esports Camps:
Esports Camps (ESC), headquartered in San Rafael, California is America’s leading Esports camp network. Esports Camps are designed to bring young players together to learn new skills, train as a team and grow the community.
We are running esports camps with some of the best venues, teams, coaches and events around North America. As new dates and locations become available, signup to be the first to know.