Open Access
Perspective
A Parallel Approach to Performance and Sport Psychology Work in Esports Teams
by Matthew Watson*, Callum Abbott, Ismael Pedraza-Ramirez
*Correspondence to Matthew Watson, German Sport University Cologne, DE
Email: matthew.watson@stud.dshs-koeln.de
Email: matthew.watson@stud.dshs-koeln.de
Received: 22 Dec 2020 / Published: 21 Apr 2021
Abstract
Prompted by the paucity of existing literature on best-practice approaches to applied sport psychology in esports, this perspective paper proposes a parallel approach involving separate roles for a sport psychologist and a performance coach on the same esports team. We briefly outline a number of key practical and ethical considerations that underpin this approach as well as applied sport psychology work in esports more generally.
Keywords:
Sport psychology