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Get in the ring.

Training Muay Thai in Bangkok now, realized deeper how unbelievably important good coaches / mentors are 2 sessions and already feel like I’ve progressed more than I did in all of last month 1on1 work with someone who knows what he’s doing >> genuinely skyrockets in all fields

First you must define what is a good IGL to know who is and who isn’t one In my eyes a good IGL is first of all a good leader - a charismatic trustworthy rolemodel who thinks and does “bigger”, creates and maintains good relationships with his teammates, keeps his cool and communicates effectively etc Then specific ingame skills - adaptability is the most important one which essentially is just intelligence to identify the situation correctly followed up with creativity to come up with a good solution. Awareness, initiative and having a calling system is in there too obv. Now, from the outside - it is impossible to know who is a good IGL and who isn’t, by outside I mean spectating a game without comms. I do believe you can watch 1 VOD from player/coach perspective with comms vs a T1 team and have a good idea of the IGL’s skill as you’ll be able to see a lot of what i’ve listed up there if you’re genuinely paying attention to everything that comes out of his mouth and the way it comes out. Bonus points if you are losing in that VOD It’s true tho, for the outside person the only measureable metric is indeed winning which is extremely unfortunate as like he said - you won’t know who gave the call / comm / info and the pre-game preparation that went into it that was perhaps done by the duelist or coach etc… I believe that from watching voice comms you can’t really tell much, tho from an interview I think you can tell a lot more, even just his behavior in the interview and the way he talks tells a lot about his personality if you’re observant. You can always just talk to him (if you have access) and ask him about how a map should be approached or how a team should be built and see the answer there… Also of course you can always ask players who played with him, coaches who worked with him and perhaps outsiders like managers, performance coaches etc but they themselves also need to know who is a good IGL and have experience working with other people to be able to compare to and also be unbiased… Thats mainly it, I’m the best IGL, bye

Think about this Your objective is to become a T1 player, a pro player? How many are there in the world? How many of the gamers are T1/pro players? 0.1%? Probably less? Meaning that by definition you are trying to become a 0.1% player / person - meaning you have to do more, have to do better and have to do different than the other 99.9% If everyone is trash comming - don’t If no one is doing extra work - do it If no one lives the athlete lifestyle - do it Simple

Fear is often just a misuse of the imagination We fear, worry and stress about what is yet to come and by default anticipate the worst possible outcome Perhaps it’s an evolutionary defense mechanism, but imagine rather than anticipating worst possible outcome you switch to best

VALORANT is a game where the "it" factor is everything the "it" factor is knowing when to push a bit further when lurking and when to wait, it's knowing when to bait your teammates when needed, knowing when to countercall your IGL and knowing when it's worth sticking to the call even tho it's questionable as it's more important for everyone to be immersed than to change for a slightly better plan the "it" factor is when to push through smokes and when not, the "it" factor cannot be created out of thin air, it may be hidden and need some light shined at alongside some minor tweaks but you either got it or not - similarly to what I've written on my last substack post. The "it" factor is understanding that being "good" in VOD review (AKA saying my bad) is useless if you don't go out and actually fix the mistakes as the only thing that will forever matter in ANY sport is what happens on game day From a tactical standpoint - VALORANT is above all a game of creativity and intelligence - which can be translated into adapting in game

The champion’s path is one of battle against himself rather than a battle against any opponent - he is the one and the only one who can get himself to actualize the vision he has cultivated in his mind - sure the opponents may serve as momentarily motivations, but he decides how far he will go and to what heights his potential will be reached.

The VALORANT skill that will get you to Franchising

Proper Economy in VALORANT

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This is the first player I see doing that, I talked about using DMs to practice comms exactly the way he’s doing it in my communication video youtu.be/mEXJQgtWzKc?feature…

How to analyze enemy comps and build a game plan around it LIVE must for IGLs - but for all other players as well