Ben Godfrey & A Game Changing Tip for Champs

[00:00:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Hello Foodies, welcome back to Food and Review Shorts, another episode of Food and Review Shorts.

[00:00:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Today is Thursday, October 3rd and today we'll talk to Ben Godfrey SPC, tell you to do the

[00:00:18] [SPEAKER_00]: marquee matchup and give you several quick tips for weekend league number one.

[00:00:24] [SPEAKER_00]: So let's dive into Ben Godfrey first, shall we?

[00:00:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And to do that if you are of course on the live show or on the YouTube version of this

[00:00:34] [SPEAKER_00]: or even on Spotify these days, you can join in on screen, you can watch the video and you

[00:00:39] [SPEAKER_00]: can actually check it out.

[00:00:40] [SPEAKER_00]: So Ben Godfrey and I have to admit on the first stop when I saw this card, I didn't think much

[00:00:48] [SPEAKER_00]: of this card.

[00:00:49] [SPEAKER_00]: So his defending stats, let's have a look here, will seem rather weak for a central defender,

[00:00:56] [SPEAKER_00]: but I will tell you that I will advise to just do him.

[00:01:01] [SPEAKER_00]: It's pretty simple.

[00:01:02] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a couple of reasons.

[00:01:03] [SPEAKER_00]: First of all, he's pretty easy to link.

[00:01:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, Serie A and of course his nationality, but also because he can play on a whopping three

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_00]: positions.

[00:01:14] [SPEAKER_00]: He can play left back, he can play right back and he can even play center defender.

[00:01:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Not the only player that can do that, but left and right and center is pretty stand out to me.

[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_00]: But something that really stands out and this one is actually one of the first cards and maybe even

[00:01:34] [SPEAKER_00]: the first card in total, but I'm not quite sure that has a rule plus on all the positions he can play in.

[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_00]: So if we checked out the rules on center defender, he's got a defender plus on right back, he's got a fullback plus

[00:01:49] [SPEAKER_00]: and on left back, he's got a plus fullback plus as well.

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_00]: So a roll plus on all positions he can play.

[00:01:57] [SPEAKER_00]: So for 28,000 coins, you get an easy to link player that can play on three different positions and can be set on a roll plus.

[00:02:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Also, he could get some upgrades as well.

[00:02:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And Ben Godfrey today shows me that first impressions about a player card aren't always correct.

[00:02:19] [SPEAKER_00]: And for me, that's why I give Ben Godfrey a big thumbs up.

[00:02:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's quickly dive into the marquee matchups today.

[00:02:30] [SPEAKER_00]: And you know, normally when I go to the marquee matchups so far, we have had two already.

[00:02:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I say just to make sure to try.

[00:02:40] [SPEAKER_00]: You can gamble at this stage of the game.

[00:02:42] [SPEAKER_00]: There's plenty of gold cards that are worth something.

[00:02:44] [SPEAKER_00]: So why not do it?

[00:02:46] [SPEAKER_00]: So this week, I won't run through them all, but there's one that stands out to me,

[00:02:51] [SPEAKER_00]: and that is the Panitinikos versus Olympiakos.

[00:02:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Because you need a Greek player in that team.

[00:02:59] [SPEAKER_00]: And those aren't really common, which means there's a good possibility to sell the Greek players you might happen to have.

[00:03:06] [SPEAKER_00]: For a pretty good price.

[00:03:08] [SPEAKER_00]: When the ESPC hit, they were up for about some 4K, I thought the minimum one.

[00:03:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So coming back to the marquee matchups themselves, it's almost like I said, always a good thing to just complete them.

[00:03:19] [SPEAKER_00]: This week is no different from that.

[00:03:22] [SPEAKER_00]: So this marquee matchup, I'd say just do it.

[00:03:26] [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you get lucky.

[00:03:27] [SPEAKER_00]: If you are lucky, just send us a message of the big pool in the socials.

[00:03:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Go at FFoodieReview on our socials and we might share them, of course.

[00:03:38] [SPEAKER_00]: What do we have left is, of course, the weekend.

[00:03:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Tomorrow is the first day of our weekend league.

[00:03:46] [SPEAKER_00]: And I thought it'd be a good idea, or actually I also got recommended to finally talk about some of these tips, to give you some tips.

[00:03:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And I have to admit, I've done like dozens and dozens of FAQs.

[00:04:02] [SPEAKER_00]: We did tutorials.

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_00]: We did master classes with organizations, with teams, with clubs on the topic.

[00:04:08] [SPEAKER_00]: But in today's show, I just wanted to highlight a couple of those tips.

[00:04:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Some will sound familiar, probably, if you ever listen to a show I did.

[00:04:16] [SPEAKER_00]: But I'm sure there's at least one that's probably very new for most FC players.

[00:04:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Be mindful though, these are focused on the mental side of foot and gems.

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's mostly because I expect it to be tougher than ever.

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think it's good to start prepping players for that.

[00:04:35] [SPEAKER_00]: But we'll definitely come back with gameplay tips too in the near future.

[00:04:40] [SPEAKER_00]: So, let's start, shall we?

[00:04:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Tip number one.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Tip number one is that basically you have got time, even if you think you haven't got time, which is usually what I think before I start a weekend league.

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_00]: So, a weekend league is now 15 matches.

[00:04:56] [SPEAKER_00]: We don't know the exact time windows yet, which is also a bit weird.

[00:05:00] [SPEAKER_00]: But let's assume we have three days to play, okay?

[00:05:03] [SPEAKER_00]: So, that's five matches a day, which nets around two hours of play a day, including some DCs, can't find an opponent, you need to walk around, etc.

[00:05:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So, there's no need to rush game.

[00:05:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Even if you don't have time, the way the current format is built, where you get a tier higher reward for every win.

[00:05:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And you don't drop back in ELO if you quit out every match.

[00:05:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, not every match, but when you quit out, you don't count as a loss for your ELO.

[00:05:31] [SPEAKER_00]: This means that every match matters.

[00:05:34] [SPEAKER_00]: So, take your time, schedule that time, plan each match or split them up in the sections with like maximum of two or three matches.

[00:05:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And it should be actually very doable time-wise and stress-wise.

[00:05:48] [SPEAKER_00]: This weekend, I said I have an extremely busy weekend.

[00:05:51] [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't think I can actually play, but when I started planning it, for example, I realized that in the hour that the show is exporting and doing all the technical work behind screens on Friday evening, I can actually play two matches, at least maybe even three.

[00:06:09] [SPEAKER_00]: That is already 20% of the week at League done.

[00:06:12] [SPEAKER_00]: You wake up half an hour early, that's two matches done.

[00:06:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Something like that.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_00]: If you schedule it, you should be able to do it.

[00:06:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I would advise against playing more than two or three matches in a row because one mentality.

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll talk about that soon.

[00:06:25] [SPEAKER_00]: But also, it's just a long shit.

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a tough match.

[00:06:29] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a tough game so far.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_00]: You have to be focused.

[00:06:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's better to play 10 matches focused, I think, in this year.

[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_00]: And we see that results players coming up.

[00:06:38] [SPEAKER_00]: These players that come up aren't the players that grind out the game, play 30 in a row, win 30 in a row.

[00:06:43] [SPEAKER_00]: That's hardly doable.

[00:06:45] [SPEAKER_00]: So players that set aside the time for it will perform better.

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_00]: So it's better to play just 10 and get the most of those 10 and you get rewards anyways than to try to force 15 but end up with a net worse result, which is very likely to happen when the competition is really tough.

[00:07:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Also, stress-wise, probably better if you just schedule it.

[00:07:06] [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have to think about it all because you know when you're going to play.

[00:07:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Pretty doable.

[00:07:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Talking about stress, tip number two is stress is good.

[00:07:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, most of the tips of the day will lean into stress.

[00:07:21] [SPEAKER_00]: So stress can be good and stress can be bad.

[00:07:24] [SPEAKER_00]: But when humans usually experiences good stress, you will get the ability to get extra focused, be faster, be smarter, notice things quicker and profit from stress.

[00:07:36] [SPEAKER_00]: You can run faster by chase by beer, for example, if you run than if you go and run for a beer, which sounds the same, but you don't want a beer chasing.

[00:07:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, at least most will run faster away from a beer than towards getting a beer from the fridge.

[00:07:52] [SPEAKER_00]: But you get my point.

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_00]: When you're in danger, you get good stress.

[00:07:55] [SPEAKER_00]: That stress helps you to perform better.

[00:07:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So getting a little bit of pressure is usually better for performances.

[00:08:03] [SPEAKER_00]: But how do you make sure the stress you get is the good stress?

[00:08:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, we always start when we start training like e-sporters or players that really want to perform well by trying to avoid bad stress as much as we can.

[00:08:20] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's 100% going to be a part of this weekend link.

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_00]: You will face disconnects.

[00:08:26] [SPEAKER_00]: You will face hate messages.

[00:08:29] [SPEAKER_00]: You might face a big loss now and then.

[00:08:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And much, much more toxic things like holding the ball, celebrations, you name it.

[00:08:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So here's a couple of quick tips to make champs a safer zone versus at least the bad stress, right?

[00:08:45] [SPEAKER_00]: The first one is disable the Xbox, the PlayStation, PC messages.

[00:08:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Or even like turn them on friends only, for example.

[00:08:54] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a 10-second adjustment to the settings.

[00:08:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And even if it's just for the weekend, it's no biggie.

[00:09:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Because no message that's going to be sent is going to give you good stress.

[00:09:06] [SPEAKER_00]: It's not going to give you an addition to the good stress.

[00:09:12] [SPEAKER_00]: It might be a very nice message, but it can also be a message that will tilt you and cause you bad stress.

[00:09:17] [SPEAKER_00]: And even if it's a nice message, read it when you finish the weekend leak and respond very nicely back after the weekend has been completed.

[00:09:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's still perfectly fine.

[00:09:30] [SPEAKER_00]: If I get a message a week later saying something, thank you for the match, but I forgot to answer, I'd still be far more happy than watching this message during a game or after a game and seeing some shithousery, if I can say that.

[00:09:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And be a little bit annoyed by it.

[00:09:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Starting a new game annoyed, new match annoyed is definitely not the way to do it.

[00:09:51] [SPEAKER_00]: The second thing to avoid bad stress is to disable celebrations.

[00:09:57] [SPEAKER_00]: So basically you can see only your own players when an opponent is celebrating.

[00:10:02] [SPEAKER_00]: They might celebrate, but you won't see it.

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_00]: So we made a quick tutorial about the video settings.

[00:10:07] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you go to youtube.com slash for a review, if you don't know exactly how to do it, it's an easy setting.

[00:10:13] [SPEAKER_00]: You can just change it.

[00:10:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Also very important, after every match you've played, move around.

[00:10:22] [SPEAKER_00]: And I know we're coming back into the area where you say, but I don't have time for that.

[00:10:26] [SPEAKER_00]: But even if it's just for a couple of minutes, a quick water run to the fridge, for example.

[00:10:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Because if we as humans experience stress, and this is just science, we need to move.

[00:10:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Like it's the old hunter days.

[00:10:39] [SPEAKER_00]: If you get chased by that bear, you want to go and move.

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Because if we can't move while having stress, we build up stress.

[00:10:47] [SPEAKER_00]: You're not going to be sitting down with that bear is getting close.

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Why, right?

[00:10:50] [SPEAKER_00]: You need to release the tension and run away.

[00:10:53] [SPEAKER_00]: So movement is actually the easiest and most efficient way to do it.

[00:10:59] [SPEAKER_00]: And to be fair, with so little matches to be played over a weekend, if you split up in like an hour or two hours every time, you play two or three matches, everyone should be able to just move around a little bit.

[00:11:11] [SPEAKER_00]: And if you think, yeah, I mean, this sounds a little bit hokey pokey, John.

[00:11:15] [SPEAKER_00]: If you think I'm rambling, try to remember a moment where you were really stressed out and you stayed put.

[00:11:21] [SPEAKER_00]: You stayed in your seat and you were stressed out.

[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe at your job or you're sitting or maybe at school or playing foot even.

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: You're really getting frustrated by what's going on.

[00:11:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And you clench your fist.

[00:11:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And the first thing that you want to do is basically smack a wall or toss a controller through the window.

[00:11:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Because energy, when stress builds up, needs to leave your body.

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_00]: And move in.

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Even if it's just a walk, it releases that energy and makes you focus for the next one.

[00:11:47] [SPEAKER_00]: You get rid of the bad stress.

[00:11:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Or you need to release it.

[00:11:50] [SPEAKER_00]: That's why a deer runs away from a hunter, for example, and then falls asleep.

[00:11:56] [SPEAKER_00]: It needs to recharge.

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_00]: And honestly, just going for a walk to get a drink is a far healthier and cheaper way to move, like to stay fit and to stay mentally healthy during the way.

[00:12:11] [SPEAKER_00]: It's better.

[00:12:11] [SPEAKER_00]: And also controllers are like getting really expensive.

[00:12:14] [SPEAKER_00]: So I wouldn't recommend throwing in control anyway.

[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Quickly turning back into good stress.

[00:12:20] [SPEAKER_00]: How can you control stress to make it work for you?

[00:12:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, there's like, I was thinking about this show and there's dozens and dozens of methods.

[00:12:29] [SPEAKER_00]: We've been, I've been training myself those for years.

[00:12:32] [SPEAKER_00]: We've been talking with football clubs.

[00:12:37] [SPEAKER_00]: We've been talking with high athletes about it.

[00:12:40] [SPEAKER_00]: And there's one method, which I'm just going to say today, which is a very easy method, which is used by many, many people with far stressful, more stressful occupations than playing weekly league.

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_00]: And all these occupations actually need good stress to perform better.

[00:12:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So think about athletes.

[00:13:01] [SPEAKER_00]: The method is actually based on boxing.

[00:13:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Firefighters, policemen, and even the Navy SEALs use this method.

[00:13:10] [SPEAKER_00]: And you can do this method behind your desk, just playing foot.

[00:13:15] [SPEAKER_00]: So, and we've been teaching this to e-sport athletes for, I think, at least three years now.

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And everyone says and start, hey, this is a weird thing to do.

[00:13:24] [SPEAKER_00]: But once they get going, they love it.

[00:13:27] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's going to be a part of your foot habits or maybe even your life habits.

[00:13:31] [SPEAKER_00]: It is called box breathing.

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_00]: This simple technique will calm you down, lower your blood pressure, increase your focus and help you optimize your peak performance.

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_00]: How to box breathe.

[00:13:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, now it's time to just learn how to box breathe, right?

[00:13:48] [SPEAKER_00]: You breathe in through your nose to completely fill your lungs with air and count to four.

[00:13:53] [SPEAKER_00]: So you push your air into your belly.

[00:13:56] [SPEAKER_00]: You hold your breath for four seconds, trying not to inhale further or exhale.

[00:14:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Then you relax your jaw and you exhale slowly through your mouth for four seconds.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Like you're fogging a mirror, for example.

[00:14:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Then try not to inhale for four seconds again.

[00:14:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And repeat those steps.

[00:14:14] [SPEAKER_00]: So you breathe in four seconds.

[00:14:16] [SPEAKER_00]: You hold four seconds.

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_00]: You breathe out through your mouth for four seconds and you hold for four seconds.

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_00]: You can also imagine a box by four, by four, by four, by four.

[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_00]: That's how they breathe.

[00:14:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Firefighters actually count to four when they start training this.

[00:14:32] [SPEAKER_00]: They count to four when breathing in, hold four seconds, breathe out, four seconds, breathe out.

[00:14:37] [SPEAKER_00]: You can do this everywhere.

[00:14:39] [SPEAKER_00]: And repeat steps one to four.

[00:14:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Keep counting to four until you feel relaxed and more focused.

[00:14:45] [SPEAKER_00]: And the next time you feel stressed or out of breath, take 30, 60 seconds maximum to focus on your breath and your mindset.

[00:14:56] [SPEAKER_00]: And at the start, if you're not training, if you don't have the time, you feel stressed or you can't do it yet.

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_00]: If four seconds is too much, it's just okay with practicing with just two seconds or three seconds in the beginning to set yourself up for success.

[00:15:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Once you get the hang of it, you can increase your count to four.

[00:15:14] [SPEAKER_00]: In foot, you can do this on several occasions.

[00:15:17] [SPEAKER_00]: So when a match is loading, leave the intro running and start doing it.

[00:15:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Right?

[00:15:22] [SPEAKER_00]: During halftime or the passes you're taking.

[00:15:26] [SPEAKER_00]: After a match, before you take that quick walk and once you practice it even more, you can do it during the action.

[00:15:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, fire workers, Navy SEALs are trained to box breathe during the action.

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_00]: And same goes for actually boxers.

[00:15:39] [SPEAKER_00]: And they always train, good boxers always train box breathing during calming down workouts.

[00:15:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Like after they have the good workout, they start box breathing when doing the calming down workout.

[00:15:52] [SPEAKER_00]: For fire workers, it even saves oxygen and the SEAL keeps himself calm while doing it.

[00:15:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So imagine you being stressed and watch, mind your own breathing, right?

[00:16:03] [SPEAKER_00]: It's often very quick.

[00:16:04] [SPEAKER_00]: It's very high in your chest.

[00:16:06] [SPEAKER_00]: And if you can control that, you will make things around you.

[00:16:09] [SPEAKER_00]: You'll be more in control for you too.

[00:16:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you want to try it, try it for even if this weekend you start or when you're playing rivals, try it before and after a match first.

[00:16:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Try to make this your own.

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_00]: That's actually all there is to it.

[00:16:23] [SPEAKER_00]: It's just count to four, keep counting to four, count to four again and keep breathing.

[00:16:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Everyone can breathe.

[00:16:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Everyone can count to four.

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a pretty easy way and it's a very transformative way to control the good stress in your body and make it work for you.

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, I know this can all sound a little woozy.

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_00]: So don't worry.

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll get back into the gameplay tips soon enough.

[00:16:48] [SPEAKER_00]: But these are some of the tips everyone can incorporate in their food routine.

[00:16:53] [SPEAKER_00]: And I will guarantee you this will make your weekend league if you combine all these tips much more enjoyable too.

[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll have many, many more shows.

[00:17:04] [SPEAKER_00]: So there's plenty of time.

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_00]: And of course, we'll share our gameplay tips whenever we can too.

[00:17:08] [SPEAKER_00]: And if you are curious about these methods, how you can incorporate them, how they are a part of our food coaching methods as well, like mental training is one of our three pillars, for example.

[00:17:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Check it out at foodcoaching.com or just reach out if you have any questions or interest.

[00:17:25] [SPEAKER_00]: That's basically all there is for me.

[00:17:27] [SPEAKER_00]: No much content today, but I thought I might give you some tips.

[00:17:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I'll be back tomorrow with Chris and Yngwie.

[00:17:35] [SPEAKER_00]: And of course, Road to Knockout team number two.

[00:17:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Have a great day.

[00:17:40] [SPEAKER_00]: And just leave me just with one thing left to do.

[00:17:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And that is to drop it.