3 Steps to Enter a Flow State When Gaming (Science of Flow)

How do pro gamers like S1mple, Tenz, or Hiko enter a flow state and achieve hyper-focus? Well, the science of the flow state comes down to a few simple steps!

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[NAVIGATION]
00:00 - What is the Flow State?
2:36 - How Do We Access Flow?
6:09 - Cultivating Focus
7:53 - Brain Boosting Exercise
8:43 - Food For Flow
11:00 - The 3 Steps for Flow

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[eathletelabs]

Do you guys have any extra tips for getting into flow? Let me know what you think...

[deshkhandekar]

Soo....
Eat right
Exercise and

Yoo...so my parents were trying to make me an esport pro player all along?!

[Inevitable_Prophet]

I have a theory. In my experience my flow state is generated by a mix of confidence, positivity, keeping a level head, and staying focused. I haven't achieved flow state often but when I did I noticed an immediate change. I was more calm and collected it felt like I was watching a pro player but it was me playing. Dont doubt yourself even for a second it will break the flow, have confidence and trust in yourself and your teammates. ignore the worries. flow state will come naturally just focus on your task.

[agarion]

Meth for dopamine
Ectacy for serotonin
Lsd for creativity
Weed because I feel like it
Got it boss, on my way to the big leagues

[JacobErkhesbileg]

Gaming for me is venting out my inner anger and depression that helps me alot. I always get excited for this kind of videos. It always helps me to see how all the info he gives is so true.

[courtcrea.]

Routine:
1. Exercise (High intensity cardio workout / run) 8:00
2. Meditation 7:05
3. Protein intake or Dark chocolate (70% or higher) 9:00

[XxLeAdFaRmErxX]

have experienced flow state many times in gaming career it legit feels like a different person playing. but one tip i have for everyone what i would do to help with aim under stress was do a few pushups and squats before doing any aim training to get the heart pumping and get used to aiming while bpms rise. combine this with learning to control your breathing while stressed as fast as possible and keeping a cool head will do wonders

[gabesweats]

so i excercise, meditate and then eat chocolate and it's a dub?

[redzigzag]

I remember the first 2 times that I enter the flow with both happening while I was playing BO2.

first time was playing battle royale and running around with duel revolvers and getting 20+ kills and no deaths.

The second was hard point and I ended up with a 39 kill streak with no deaths using just a shotgun and sniper .

The FLOW is some serious shit

[HNTAutumnleaf]

I have a trick to know for certain if you are in flow and can help you to practice to get into flow. Just play a playlist of music and if you get into flow you wont notice even if youre 5 songs in. And you wont remember hearing any of them. I did it in cod bo3 cause you can just get vibe and the environment is great for flow.

[sungjinwoo]

I've been in one before and it's TRUE time seem to slow my surroundings blacken and blur and the only thing in focus is what my body's goal needs to accomplish. The mind is strong and this flow state is only scratching the surface..

[bice]

I searched up how to get in the flow state for school and now I’m here

[shieldsmixz]

this guy really deserves more subs, the quality of his videos are really good and are what you can only see on channels with millions of subscribers

[kannonfps]

Through csgo and r6 i've experienced the flow states many times, like it's said in the video most of the time it was in "desperate" situation
suddenly the time feel slower, you don't fear anything but at the same time you are still cautious of your environnement, every little sound pop more and every bit of information gather faster and you start hitting shot that blow your mind when you go back to them, naughty 180's, wall bangs etc

a clutch situation become easy even tho your entire team say gg in the chat, this feeling is the best feeling in all games cause you can see how far you can go and how good you can be

[eitanl]

In my experiece when you have flow, you get a feeling like you know exactly what to do.

[morienopi]

When I try to keep focused and happy, I sometimes find myself slipping into this state of mind, popping off. This has only happened to me whilst gaming, a thing I love dearly. I just wish I can get into this state whilst doing things I hate: studying.

[dr.ozitron]

I changed game speed to %70 while playing Rocket League "free play".. After that, I played 3v3 match. First it was faster. Then it becames slower and slower. I guess 3 times slower. The feeling was AMAZING... I think changing gamespeed helps to change your brains time sense...

[shimy]

I always go into flow state than after I realize it stops

[SuperRajeshkumyoutub]

I am so happy your vids are free because this information is so valuable it usually isnt free

[Dryztan]

I experienced this once. Right after a power nap I played a game. I noticed that my aim got better. At first I thought it was because I got sleep but I saw a random video about flow state and I thought it was just some random make believe info but I realized it was real when I experienced all the signs mentioned. I felt empty or nothing when I was playing. I just let my mind and body do the work. No distractions, no feelings, just do.