INVITED SPEAKERS

Shifting the Perspective in Esports: Lessons learned while building well-being in high-performance teams

My work in esports is guided by a scientist-practitioner approach, in which my research work focuses on better understanding the interaction of cognitive and psychophysiological factors on esports performance while informing my applied practice. Additionally, I am a specialist in sport and exercise psychology, working with esports players and coaches at the highest level of performance. This work aims to optimize performance while developing health and well-being approaches. Consequently, drawing from my combined work in science and the field, I will present insights that I have gathered throughout the years. I will provide examples of the different strategies implemented to get the buy-in from players and coaches. Those successful and less successful approaches that I use to optimize health and performance. Lastly, I will share my understanding of how to bridge the gap between theory and practice that contributes to the day-to-day in both fields.