week 1

A1 Skills, tactics and training required in different genres of games

Learners should understand the different in-game skills and tactics that occur in various gaming genres in esports.
Different gaming genres.
Communication:
- verbal
- non-verbal.
Physical attributes of esports players, e.g. coordination, reaction, dexterity.
Different skills in game genres:
- macro, e.g. map awareness, rotational play, objective control, ability timers
- micro, e.g. individual mechanical play, ability to hit skillshots, reaction times.
Different training methods.
Positional advantages and disadvantages.
Knowledge of in-game roles and skills, e.g. characters, abilities, movement.
Adapting to game development changes, e.g. updates, season changes, meta changes, patches.

A2 In-game skills and strategies

Links to Learning Outcomes		Links to Assessment criteria
Learning aim A: Understand strategies and training requirements associated with in-game skills		A.P1 Explain the different in-game skills, strategies and training requirements used in esports. A.M1 Compare different in-game skills, strategies and training across different types of games A.D1 Evaluate practices used in different in-game skills, strategies and training across the different genres of games.

Learning aim A: Understand strategies and training requirements associated with in-game skills

A.P1 Explain the different in-game skills, strategies and training requirements used in esports.

A.M1 Compare different in-game skills, strategies and training across different types of games

A.D1 Evaluate practices used in different in-game skills, strategies and training across the different genres of games.

Anonymous Assessment - Learners assess an anonymous piece of work containing deliberate mistakes against given success criteria.