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Building High-Performing Esports Teams
Borko is a Sr. Manager and Performance Coach at Overactive Media, Canada’s largest esports ownership group. Borko and his family, originally from Bosnia, lived for some time in Serbia before immigrating to Canada when he was 9. Practicing sports and collective games quickly broke the language barriers Borko had when he arrived in Canada. Fast forward many years, his passion for sports and high-performing athletes made him a perfect fit to mentor and coach competitive gaming athletes.
Throughout our conversation, we explored Borko’s background in traditional sports and how that experience served him to help esports athletes perform at their best. We talk about his approach to the mental and physical preparation for esports and gaming, the necessary elements of a healthy, high-performing environment, and the challenges of coaching esports athletes from different backgrounds and latitudes worldwide.
Resources:
Visit the Overactive Media website: https://overactivemedia.com/.
Connect with Borko on social media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borkopopic/?originalSubdomain=ca
Twitter: https://twitter.com/borkopopic?lang=es
Full Episode Breakdown:
1:13 – Borko talks about his relationship with traditional sports and how they helped him create friendships and integrate into the Canadian community.
5:32 – Borko talks about his first steps as an assistant coach and his passion for working with high-performing athletes.
9:34 – Borko talks about Overactive Media and its approach to gaming and esports.
14:07 – Gary and Borko discuss the importance of physical preparation for esports athletes.
19:46 – Borko talks about how he optimizes non-competitive days with his athletes.
24:17 – Borko describes the guidelines they use at Overactive Media to coach their athletes and why he prefers to avoid one-size-fits-all solutions.
