Ep. 18 – Kubz on Academy, coaching, and player development
The True Sight Podcast by Oracle's Elixir
English - February 04, 2021 15:17 - 55 minutes - 49.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kublai "Kubz" Barlas, head coach of Golden Guardians Academy, shares about his progress with the team, coaching in EU vs. NA, learning from Reapered, and more.
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Show Notes
0:00 Intro
1:20 Settling in with Golden Guardians Academy
2:40 Does Kubz prefer working in player development?
10:40 Teaching comms vs. teaching mechanics
13:50 How good is the level of play in Academy in 2021?
16:00 Are LCS orgs getting better at using Academy to develop talent?
18:20 What does "success" look like for GGA in 2021?
20:15 Academy/amateur format and LCS org involvement and success
27:50 Learning to coach LoL
34:53 Coaching in NA vs. EU
43:40 Listener questions
44:05 AngusLockhart: Are GGA players meant to compete for LCS spots, or is it more of a long-term project?
46:20 SeeEl: How can an aspiring coach "get good"?
50:00 How does Kubz approach VOD review?
52:25 JustCasual: What's it like working in a large staff like GG have?
54:30 Outro