Esports Psychology and Mental Skills Training
Who Am I?
My name is Dr. Jon Fledzinskas. Please just call me Jon! I’m a licensed psychologist in California (#33071) and use tools and principles of sport and performance psychology, combined with my expertise in human cognition, emotion, and behavior, to provide private, personalized coaching for esport players, teams, and coaches.
What is a Sport and Performance Psychologist?
Sport and Performance Psychology is a branch of psychology that attempts to understand how psychological factors impact our performance in competitive environments, including how we think, prepare, respond, and grow through challenge and competition. To be called a sport or performance psychologist, one must be a licensed, doctorate-level psychologist in their state and have received specialized training in both clinical and sport psychology.
Applied Esports Psychology is the application of performance psychology theories, research, and techniques to help improve the wellness and performance of players and coaches in competitive gaming. In my role as an esport psychologist, I examine players’ unique backgrounds, thought processes, behaviors, and the systems and games they compete in. I then help them create concrete goals, habits, and habitual processes that can improve their communication, confidence, concentration, and much more.
What Services Do I Offer?
Mental Skills Training and Performance Excellence
Mental Skills Training is when I work directly with players or teams and train them to improve their mental game to give them a competitive edge. Examples of skills players learn:
Managing Tilt
Maintaining Confidence
Setting Effective Goals
Dealing with Pre-performance Anxiety
These skills are used by some of the best esports competitors in the world!
Team Building and Culture Development
If your esports team is struggling to find success or running into roadblocks, you may be facing problems such as:
Improper Player Development
Poor Leadership and Communication
A Lack of Team Values
If these are common problems for your team, you will benefit from my team building groups that can help you build a better team culture!
Coach Consultations
To be an effective coach, you must always consider how to reach individual players and the team as a whole. Coach consultations can help coaches understand why certain players are struggling, what their coaching needs are, and how to approach their players effectively. As a coach you are a leader, a guide, and a role model, and you may be dealing with problems related to your team’s culture, a lack of tools to effectively manage and motivate all players, or other problems related to the team working together as a unit. Let me help you understand your needs as a coach!
How Do You Know if You Need My Services?
Some players or coaches may need brief advice or guidance; others may require a few weeks of working together with me to develop their own top tier mind.
Click the above image to download my Esports Referral Guide for Players, Teams, Coaches, and Organizations. This document will help you understand what services I offer and how I can benefit you or your team / organization.
Click the above image to download my Esports Mental Wellness and Performance Checklist for Organizations.
This checklist is for organizations wondering if they have enough resources for proper player support.
How to Contact Me
I offer a free 20-minute consultation for players, teams, coaches, and organizations wanting to discuss my services via phone, Discord or Zoom. Click here to schedule via Calendly or use the form below to send me an email.