Esports Academy

SGS Sport is one of the leading Further Education Sport Providers in the UK. Throughout our history a number of athletes have gone on to represent their country in Olympic, Paralympic or International Tournaments. Additionally, a number of athletes have gone on to achieve professional contracts enabling them to play at the highest level of their Sport. Other positive destinations include of athletes going on to play at the highest levels of semi-professional or University Sport in the UK and abroad. All candidates for SGS Sport must be on a full-time course at SGS College. We offer a range of educational and vocational opportunities such as A Levels and Vocational Qualifications across our WISE and Filton Campuses.

About Us

Whether you are a top-level player or you just want to give something a go, you can get involved in our Esports Academy. We provide coaching for players and teams of all levels.

The primary goal of the Esports Academy is to promote and nurture talent and to provide our young players with a platform to develop vital skills and gain experience competing in grassroots esports.

The SGS Esports Academy takes a holistic approach to developing aspiring professional players, providing them with the knowledge and skills to improve their performance in-game, whilst educating players on the importance of social and psychological factors and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Players will have access to a varied programme of in-game skills training, communication and team building exercises, performance analysis, health & fitness workshops and psychological skills training programmes.

This will inspire and promote learners not only with an interest in becoming a professional player, but also those passionate about coaching, with the opportunity to assist our head coaches in planning and designing bespoke sessions.

Players will be given the opportunity to find their place within grassroots Esports and begin developing their brand and player reputation through interactions with professional players and scrims against other tier 3 and tier 2 teams.

We also promote our learners with the opportunity to take ownership of the production and social media for the Academy, developing the technical and specialist digital skills required to support even more pathways into the Esports industry, such as Shoutcasting, Production and Broadcasting, Live-streaming and Content Creation.

Join the Firstshot Esports Academy

We are currently fielding teams that compete in the British Esports Student Championships, which is a national tournament for schools and colleges across the UK.

The tournaments run across four Esports titles:

• VALORANT
• Rocket League
• Overwatch 2
• League of Legends

Throughout the year there are also opportunities to enter other Tier 3 tournaments, playing against top teams in the country and internationally.

Top level coaching