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Hello fellow player. If you are just joining the scene or have been playing and looking to get to the next level I hope to be able to help you increase efficiency. Well I may be a Rocket League player I am looking to be more general in my tips. The blog will look into the daily grind and peer into what I’m doing to get better and better. Finding ways to become a better player overall and how to handle situations such as using social media to get your name out there and how to interact in a team. This blog will explore all of these aspects and many more to become the next top player.

Esports and Time Management- Intro Techniques to Success

As I spoke about in the previous article, the main struggle of a rising Ethlete is is the balance of work and play. Most commonly is having to deal with school work. Ideally we would have all the time to practice our game bit this is never the case. I typically aim for 2 hours a day and even that is hard to achieve at times. My largest secret that usually gains me time is to first off eliminate “Negative Time” and then to also knock out my school work for the week.

Getting motivation to actually do my homework without the push of an incoming deadline is more difficult then it sounds, but doing work early makes for a less stressful life. If there is something I want done early I find it hard to get the motivation to start. The overcome this I have come up with a technique where all I have to do is open up the the homework assignment, print it out, whatever it is, just have it accessible. I don’t tell myself I have to work on it that very moment, but its open and ready for when I do. Typically, then I will look away and something else and eventually I will just start working on it since it is open. This system has opened more free time then expected and just so happens to work for me. Perhaps this system or something else will work for you, but getting work out of the way for later in the week is a large part of my productivity for practice.

Esports and the Necessity of Time Management- Negative Time

Being part of the quickly growing Esport industry is exciting and may seem very daunting when trying to mesh into the community. It is the young man’s game with the average ethlete barely being out of highschool by the time they enter into the pro scene. However, for them and us more average people who have started on the journey a little later than them the balance of one’s lifestyle is key to finding success. Life does not stop when we pick up the controller to practice and can cause conflicts in and out of the game. The most common thing is being able to keep up with school requirements. As a current college student there is almost always a paper or quiz the next day. Homework may seem like an obstacle in our dreams but it still serves a purpose. Having a back up plan when we don’t get a sponsor is important. A more optimistic approach to homework is that it teaches you discipline. Now that’s not very exciting and beneficial as it is to be disciplined and get the work done ahead of time. That discipline may carry over to our practice efficiency and all that but… I just wanna play video games and not have to worry about second order homogeneous equations. School still takes priority over video games until you see the paychecks from your Twitch career or Redbull sponsor. On top of that you still have to have a social life, interact with your family, shower, eat, sleep, watch the Mandalorian, work a job, and not to mention still get in enough practice to become the next gaming sensation. With 24 hours each day it quickly begins to feel like there is not enough time. That’s where the secret of time management comes into play. This article is just the start of maximizing your time.

A concept I came across at college is my idea of “Negative Time”. In between classes and during my free time there are moments that are purely wasted. The times where you are not doing anything. This “negative time” is what eats the time in the day. The 10 minutes of laying on the floor, the wondering around before your homework, the just sitting at your desk spinning your mouse around. These small moments of nothingness add up quickly. They have the benefit of letting your brain relax a little but sometimes they are purely worthless. Recognizing this negative time is the first step to taking control of your time. Doing this will help your life overall and leave you more time to be productive. Negative time is not the same as some of the actions we call wasting time. Such as watching Netflix, playing video games, other hobbies, talking with friends, or napping. These activities are in your free time and serve another purpose. Negative time is the time in between doing anything or well you think about how to start doing things.

Seeing these negative moments and working on being better about getting things done will help increase you productivity and allow you to become more efficient in the things you do. Next time I will be talking about ways to overcome procrastination.