Sverdlovsk esports student league - reserve of the Sverdlovsk region national team

Relevance. The first official competitions of the Sverdlovsk region in computer sports were the 2019 Sverdlovsk Region Cup in computer sports. Teams consisting of 5 people were allowed to participate in competitions in the Combat Arena discipline, in the form of the DOTA2 program. 8 teams took part in the competition, and 3 teams in full were the teams of Yekaterinburg universities. This is a very important point, since without the participation of university teams, athletes of the Sverdlovsk region would not be able to meet the discharge standards, since in accordance with the requirements of the Unified All-Russian Sports Classification (hereinafter EVSK) for the sport of computer sports, at least 6 teams are required to perform discharge standards.The purpose of the study was to quantify such a trend of mass sports as student computer sports. Methods and organization of the study: as a result of the analysis of data on the composition of the teams participating in the Sverdlovsk Region Cup (hereinafter CSR) in computer sports in 2019-2023 according to the combat arena discipline, in the form of the DOTA2 program and the identification among them of the national teams of educational institutions participating in the Sverdlovsk esports Student League, as well as the data are compared with the number of participating teams SCSL in the specified program type.The results of the study and their discussion. Low motivation of athletes remains among the main problems in student computer sports, as well as high-achievement computer sports. Not all gamers are esports players. By participating in competitions, they try to become them, but the goal of a gamer is to enjoy video games. And the main motivation of a gamer when entering computer sports is the desire to earn income in the form of cash prizes.Conclusions. To increase motivation, the following solutions are possible: Divide the WKSL into two parallel tournaments for university and university students. To supplement the current EVSC in computer sports with the possibility of fulfilling the discharge standards for the winners of regional physical education events.