“Everybody has the will to win. Only a few people have the will to prepare to win.” – Reddit user “Hellfirelord” shared this quote when talking about the athlete’s training journey to success.
E-sport training nowadays
Esports today is recognized by the world community as a competitive achievement game. Moreover, E-sports is not inferior to traditional sports in terms of severity, even more in certain respects. However, the career age of professional League players only lasts up to 8-9 years, while regular athletes can play 10-20 years.
Hellfirelord shared that he is a passionate League of Legends trainer and has spent many years researching this game. He admires the success that players have achieved today, especially the Korean and Chinese gamers.
It’s no coincidence that the LCK and LPL win the majority of international titles, while the West is still nostalgic about Fnatic 2011. Most of the players playing in China and Korea spend 10-12 hours a day practicing.
Each rank session, they spend 100% of their time practicing. Each moment, each processing phase is used by them to practice habits and discover new skills. The moment Akali reworked, Faker kept picking this champion, whether practicing or streaming. While waiting to find a match, he took advantage of reading pre-season equipment instead of playing “weird” games as usual.
Effort and being strict with yourself has become a habit of the Asian players. SN Huanfeng rushed to practice after Worlds, while champion DWG Ghost just took a moment to rest and then went back to the computer room at Gaming House.
Sports Fields – No pain no gain!
Hellfirelord also talked a lot about the role of exercise in traditional sport. He talked about futsal football, a very high-paced form of indoor competition. Its intensity and speed have turned goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into the hero of Germany at World Cup 2014. Neuer played futsal football, his training intensity and reflex speed was much higher than the goalkeeper in ordinary subjects.
So is the League of Legends players. Living in an environment of stress training makes them gradually different. Behind smooth handling, classy outplay are sweat and hundreds of hours sitting by the computer.
Knowing putting yourself in a harsh environment will soon help you achieve success. Hellfirelord goes on to give the example of tennis. He told about a training ground in a cold climate that was considered “collapsed” because of lack of facilities. What one cannot expect is that this training ground has produced more female tennis players in the top 20 than all the tennis clubs in the United States combined.
Only a few people planned to win. The LPL and the LCK are probably the ones who aspire to win League most. Training will take the trade-offs, health, relationship, and more things. But in order to win the championship, they willingly force themselves to sacrifice it and the price is completely worth it.
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