You had games where you didn't care at all. And you popped off. But why do we play better when we are relaxed? Because just knowing that doesn't help you fix it. Here is what's actually happening in your brain. When the game matters to you, you think on what you are doing, and you try to perform, and that makes you focus on your mechanics instead of the game, and that kills flow state. So the more you need the win, the more that part activates. The more it activates, the more interference you have. The more interference you have, the worse you play. And the worse you play, the more you need the win. That cycle is called the law of reverse effort. The harder you try to play well, the harder the game becomes. You cannot fix this by caring less. You cannot just tell yourself to relax. Your brain knows better than that. What you can fix is what you focus on. You need to focus only on your team and on what the round needs you to do. And when your attention is not on yourself, your brain stops watching itself. Self 1 trusts self 2. Your mechanics run on automatic. You stop playing scared and start just playing. Ask any questions!

But the goal is not to never tilt. That's impossible. The goal is how fast you come back from it. Next Play Speed. Every second you spend thinking about what just happened is a second you're not playing the game in front of you. What's tilting you the most right now? Drop it below 👇

Every time you panic in a gunfight, you're not losing to the enemy. You're losing to yourself. Now you are going to learn how the 7 Laws of the Inner Game can help you not crouch spray and panic anymore. And why once you understand them, your perspective of the game will be completly different. So, the first one is the Law of Presence. Performance increases as thought decreases. This means panic happens because your brain is not in the present moment. The thoughts are what cause you to panic. Its an intrerference. The second is the Law of Emotions. Performance increases as emotion decreases. Panic is a high arousal state. And the Yerkes-Dodson law proves that when your arousal goes too high — your performance drops. This law teaches you how to deal with emotions and how to reset as fast as possible using the next play speed from coach K. The problem is not panicking; the problem is when you don't reset and focus as fast as possible. The third one is the Law of Reverse Effort. This law says the harder you try to play well, the harder the game becomes. Its simple, you panic because you try too hard. You Grip the mouse harder, and your aim becomes shaky. You try to be perfect but thats forcing mechanics, and you need them to flow automatically to reach flow state. This Law helps you fix panic by moving your focus outward — to what the round needs — to what your team needs—instead of focusing on yourself or on the scoreboard. The moment you let your mechanics go with the flow is the moment you will not panic. The fourth one is the Law of Mastery. The game rewards the player who seeks no rewards. You also panic because you're scared to lose RR. You're scared to look bad. You're scared of what the scoreboard says about you. And that fear is the what cuuses panic. This law removes it by changing what you're playing for. If your only goal is improvement — every death will be fine so it stops being scary. The fifth one is the Law of Confidence. This law says the player you believe yourself to be is the player you are going to see.

I have been trying to optimize my performance lately and I am stumbling upon the nutritional side of performance. I want to know what is most optimal to eat before performing in valorant and training in general. Does anyone have good nutritional recommendations?

Most players say they're committed. But they train when it's convenient. They quit the process on a losing streak. That's not tryharding. That's conditional effort. And it's destroying your potential. Because you never fully test yourself because you never fully commit. Not full commitment creates a loop. You are not fully disciplined because you're afraid to truly tryhard. That makes you worse. Being worse makes your motivation lower. Motivation lower less discipline. And most of you only tryhard if you know you can get there. The moment you attach your commitment to an outcome, you're already on the wrong path. "If I get Immortal it was worth it." That's conditional. That's not full tryharding. The players who maintain discipline sacrifice the outcome ENTIRELY. They tryhard on the process like a monk. They don't use Valorant as a reward machine. Be honest, you play for the reward, reaching a rank, going pro, showing someone you can be good... When you remove the outcome, the tilt disappears, the anxiety disppears, the fear of failure disappears... There's no "what if I fail?" because the learning itself is the reward. "Valorant is not life, Valorant is teacher of life." Play like you'd still do it if you never climbed. That's when you become invincible. Because there's nothing left to protect. No Ego.