The Mindgames Podcast by Weldon Green

Weldon Green
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eSPORT PSYCHOLOGY call in a question about sport psych, esport, coaching, or high performance to a MSc. sport psych trainer w/ 4 years experience winning championships in professional esport.

  1. 20/11/2023

    WoW cutting-edge raid UI distractions, losing momentum, and ADHD athletes 🎮 AskWeldon 283

    The Mindgames Program ► https://www.patreon.com/MindGamesWeldon/shop Discord ► https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/MindGamesWeldon SUPPORT Join as member on Patreon, YouTube, or Twitch. Benefits: ► Membership Chat on Discord ► Mindgames Program included (free access) PODCAST QUESTIONS Call in on Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindgamesweldon Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 02:17 Is it better to condition yourself to distractions or reduce distractions? 12:06 How to deal with losing momentum, feeling outpaced, and faster decision makers 26:50 Differences of athletes with ADHD, and accomodating trainings ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7e4l60NFTnT4w5qa2ClOY4?si=364870dd23e84529 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  2. 20/09/2021

    Decompressing from tilt, and when to meditate 🎮 AskWeldon 282

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Live training ► https://gamersensei.com/senseis/mindgamesweldon Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 02:03 When working on tilt, do you need to decompress first? 06:31 Should we meditate at the beginning, middle, or end of a coaching session? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  3. 18/09/2021

    Limit Maximum on Sport Psychology in WoW Raiding

    Subscribe to Max's channel here https://www.youtube.com/c/LimitMaximum TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:45 Weldon’s start in OG esport 04:30 Max would be a teacher outside of WoW 05:15 Max’s identity shift from Player to 21st-man Raid Leader 07:15 How RWF 21st man Raid Leading is like American Football 07:40 The 21st man in WoW versus 6th person in LoL or CS:GO 09:33 Good players are not automatically good coaches 12:10 Why sport psychology is more important in esport than traditional sport 14:50 Max meeting sport psychology trainers at 100T and Team Liquid 15:20 Esport is ahead of traditional sport in sport psychology 17:00 Gaming houses get a bad rap 18:15 Max explains the difference in skill profile between RWF, MDI, and PvP 23:10 What kind of raider could transfer well to PvP. How you click your mouse matters! 26:25 The first hurdle Limit had to jump over to stream RWF 27:55 What a RL should say to support players getting reemed by Twitch chat 28:35 Limit’s unique guild mindset 29:50 Why Limit is like the St. Olaf Choir 31:35 Max insists there has to be a culture of skill parity for his culture to succeed, and he was a vocal performance major 32:35 How the RWF is like speed running 33:45 How Echo’s culture is different than Limit’s 35:35 If Max is tilted, the pull will fail. That’s a different person in each guild. 36:45 Internal performance is probably identical in top guilds 38:05 Informal Team Role Mapping for elite esport teams and now Max is going to do this with Limit 43:30 Max 3 years ago in limit wore too many hats 46:10 How to identify informal roles as a sport psychology trainer 47:20 Max knows how much each of his guildmates is worth, especially Shakib 47:25 Shakib’s role on limit 48:00 Max is going to analyze his guild roles now 49:00 Bad team members don’t make it to limit’s level 51:00 Max thinks echo chambers are dangerous 52:45 Conflict is essential in high performance teams 55:30 RESETTING BETWEEN PULLS 59:45 Consistent breaks between pulls 1:03:05 This is why we have incorporated more breaks 1:03:05 FFXIV has different raiding culture than wow 1:05:00 We don’t want to be the guild that sleeps and then the boss dies 1:05:10 Why we stopped chain pulling 1:06:05 Why space between pulls matters for the brain to raise the importance of each pull 1:09:10 Why VoD review might work well for learning in esport 1:10:45 Why Max uses VoD review 1:11:45 For the amatuer players 1:13:05 When should, or how should, we take improvisational breaks? 1:16:10 Identify why you need a break, and tailor the break to fit it 1:17:25 Swedish Female Soccer and Esport Injuries 1:21:00 You can raid with a teammate for years and never know them 1:22:05 Team Building means getting to the point where you would bench yourself for being bad before hiding your mistake to protect yourself 1:24:00 Should we walk to the venue? Why were the morning pulls better when we walked to the venue? 1:29:00 Reaction speed is not as important in wow 1:30:45 Does sleep help motor learning? 1:33:45 Sleeping during a season, versus sleeping during a tournament like RWF 1:37:55 The best pulls of our day are the first ones before lunch 1:38:55 Maybe more gamers have ADHD 1:40:30 When to call it as a raid leader 1:40:45 What went wrong with our 20 hour Uldir raid 1:43:15 Keeping clean comms as a raid leader 1:50:45 Max’s worst moment in all of sponsors 1:52:18 START OF QA

  4. 16/09/2021

    You know what you are doing wrong, but can't fix it! Sport Psychology for esport Improvement 🎮 AskWeldon 281

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Live training ► https://gamersensei.com/senseis/mindgamesweldon Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 00:15 How do I actually fix the things I know I'm doing wrong in-game? 08:36 What are some resources to get started on sport psychology for esport? 13:49 Where to find a program for daily mindfulness and one-on-one instruction? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  5. 27/08/2021

    Adrenaline for esport performance, how to get good sleep, & coaching with conversation (vs lectures) 🎮 AskWeldon 280

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Live training ► https://gamersensei.com/senseis/mindgamesweldon Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 02:10 How do I coach more dialogically rather than lecturing? 13:08 Correlates of sleep quality other than evening routine 21:57 Is adrenaline useful in esport? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  6. 17/08/2021

    Coaching in-game decision making, automating new abilities & keybinds, and who to become 🎮 AskWeldon 279

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Live training ► https://gamersensei.com/senseis/mindgamesweldon Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 01:57 As a coach, how do I help players create 11:03 What type of mindfulness would you use for whom? 22:09 How do I know who to become? 26:29 How do I make a new ability or keybind automatic? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://anchor.fm Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  7. 17/08/2021

    Burnout in esport, roomate life advice, and tips on mindfulness & breaking into esport 🎮 AskWeldon 278

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00 Introduction 01:34 Why can't I get my thoughts to fully go away when I meditate? 09:55 How to break into esport as a mental consultant 15:50 Life advice! Keep roomates for finances or move out for independence? 23:06 How can I improve my understanding of burnout in esport and design a system for my players? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

  8. 15/03/2021

    THE key thing PROS have that novices don't - Why I coach pros differently 🎮 AskWeldon 277

    TRAINING The Mindgames Program ► https://mindgames.gg Ask A Question by calling in on ANCHOR: https://anchor.fm/weldongreen JOIN MY DISCORD!! Ask a question there (or use #AskWeldon on Twitter): https://discord.gg/0fmDROEblvfN4NQS Today's Questions: 00:00​ Introduction 00:15​ What type of game do you recommend to invest time getting good at? 11:08​ Mindfulness training a novice vs a pro 20:20​ Is gratitude conditioning used with pros? 26:12​ How do you start implementing mindfulness into the game instead of sitting down and meditating? ---- The #AskWeldon show is about performance psychology and esports. Weldon Green is the sport psychology trainer for esports athletes and is focused on helping them optimize their game, learn faster, stop tilting, and get in the zone. ----- 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mindgamesgg Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mindgamesweldon Podcast: https://mindgames.gg/podcast Blog: https://mindgames.gg 🤳 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mindgamesweldon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindgamesweldon

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