How much do pros practice? - Page 7

Snowbear

Korea (South)1925 Posts

April 09 2012 16:17 GMT

#121

I'm seeing this as a "how much do you study for school" question. We all know that people like to say they study much less then they actually do. I am 100% sure that stephano does a minimum of 8 hours a day. If you don't practice hard you just don't cut it vs the very best. Every korean that is doing well trains at least 8 hours a day. There is no one with so much talent that they can practice 4 hours a day.

Everything else that is being told is just a lie imo.

Gosi

Sweden9072 Posts

April 09 2012 16:19 GMT

#122

On April 10 2012 01:04 MrTortoise wrote:
Lots of claims about korean practice sessions

where is the evidence?

I strongly think a large part of their success is about how they train.

Just spending time doing something DOES NOT make you better (unless you really suck at it) ... you will have a natural limit that is nowhere near your real potential. The trick is getting the most out of your time to get you closer to it.

So I really think that 5 hours playing + 2-3 hours on practise would be FAR more productive.

Moreover you show me someone who is really working 10 hours a day everyday ill show you someone working far less than their best or someone who is about to burnout. 10 hours a day is stupid ... training is about directed intensity.

You are wrong. The more games you play the more in-game situations you expose yourself to and the more times you have gotten yourself into X situations the better reaction you will have when you get into that situation again the next time. And by playing Starcraft you will NOT have a limit. Mechanics is something that you will never get perfect and by grinding 10-12 hours a day you improve your multitasking, mouse accuracy, screen switching, reflexes, unit movement better than someone that only play 5 hours. You think someone like Messi got sick ball control by just going to practice a few hours a week? No, it's from constantly playing football all day everyday and hard work.

There just is no shortcut to success, work hard and you will get results.

jaminski

England84 Posts

April 09 2012 16:20 GMT

#123

most pros do 8++ hours a day unless ur stephano then its 3-4 or not even that !!! :/

jdsowa

405 Posts

April 09 2012 16:22 GMT

#124

With Koreans taking most major foreign tournament prize money, there is not much hope for the development of serious foreign talent. If you're a foreign gamer, you can't outpractice the Koreans. And you likely don't have better practice partners. So what's the point in throwing away your life on this game?

SYGY

Canada88 Posts

April 09 2012 16:22 GMT

#125

I was told by ClashMercy that it was around 20+ games everyday.

JiYan

United States3668 Posts

April 09 2012 16:25 GMT

#126

at least for brood war, i think most teams have an 8-10 hour practice regimen with a few hours available for off-racing / custom maps gaming.

Flightan

France147 Posts

April 09 2012 16:27 GMT

#127

I don't know why people keep saying Stephano practices 4h/day when he said himself that he practices a lot more (8h+).
That was just when he still had school.

IMoperator

4476 Posts

April 09 2012 16:27 GMT

#128

On April 09 2012 23:18 firehand101 wrote:

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and please, please do not listen to this clown

o i was talking about foreign pros not koreans