PEH WEEK 4

• TRAINING AS AN INDIVIDUALS AND AS A TEAM

  • As an Esports team manager, you will be responsible for creating training plans for both individual players and the whole squad. You'll need to assess individuals' skills and weaknesses, assign 'drills' to help them master certain movements, and coordinate teams to work on specific plays.
• PLAYER MANAGEMENT

  • Managing a group of gamers requires a high level of interpersonal skills. If you're just getting started, it's advisable to manage a team locally, since coordinating training sessions with players in various time zones might be challenging.
• Interpersonal skills

  • As with any other team activity, emotions might sometimes flare up - your goal as a team manager is to settle difficulties before they have a negative impact on morale.
• Health and Safety Health problems

  • You must guarantee that your workforce has enough rest, utilizes ergonomic seating, and engages in repeated strain-relieving activities. While sitting, staring at a monitor and repeating complicated hand gestures may cause a variety of
• Finances

  • While the world's biggest Esports teams have the machinery in place to manage payroll and admin, when you're starting out you will need to do most, if not all of this yourself:
• Payroll

  • As your team progresses, they will need to receive their monthly salary as well as any winnings. You'll need a system to pay them by direct debit and keep records.
• Expenses

  • You will also be dealing with several expenses, including competition entry fees, equipment purchase/rental, office space and much more.
• Business Banking

  • Your team is ultimately a kind of business, so you will need to set up a business bank account - this has the added benefit of including your team's title as the named owner, which looks professional to suppliers.
• Accounting

  • As you enter more competitions and your team's income rises, you're going to benefit from using accounting software or outsourcing this task to professional accountants.
• Strategy and team culture 

  • This is possibly the most critical aspect of Esports team management. If your team wants to become one of the game's greats, you must look at the big picture and transform it into something more than a collection of friends competing together. 
• What is the personality of your team? Are you a devoted victor who rules ruthlessly?...

  1. Create a brand and culture for your team
• • Having a distinct style of play is critical for gaining followers

  1. Create a brand and culture for your team
• General Governance - Esports team manager other three (3) administrative tasks


  1. Esports competition entry and planning

  2. Be a personal assistant

  3. Contracts and legal
• Esports competition entry and planning


  • You will not get far in Esports if you do not participate in contests
  • As a manager, it is your responsibility to choose leagues and cups that will enable your team to acquire experience, win prizes, and improve its reputation
• Be a personal assistant


  • Your teams may spend up to ten hours (or more!) every day training, leaving little time for other activities
  • As a team manager, you are responsible for booking train/flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and everything else necessary for your team to perform at its best
• Contracts and legal


  • Especially when the team becomes bigger, it will be critical to have job contracts, sponsorship deals, branding, and other papers reviewed by a solicitor to ensure they are legally sound and safeguard your team
• Advertising in Esports

  • Advertising in the esports and gaming arena ranges from virtual billboards, signs, and sponsored characters inside games to sponsored experiences through platforms such as Twitch and Mixer, as well as influencer marketing of brands by content producers and broadcasters.
  • The world of "esports," or competitive video gaming, is becoming more widespread. According to Newzoo, the esports business will hit $900 million by 2018. Even better, esports programming and events are drawing a very desirable male audience aged 21 to 35.
• In advertising in Esports, what are the three (3) approaches that sponsors are using to find success?

  1. Know your Media Channels
  2. Appeal to the True Fans
  3. Identify Overlapping Interests