League of Legends lessons are not that useful

I recently started playing League of Legends and I occasionally like to watch videos like these:

I find them kind of entertaining, but to be honest I don't think they're that useful to actually improve.

One of my favorite books on "performance mentality" is The Inner Game of Tennis.  The most memorable quote from that book for me is this:

Focus is not achieved by staring hard at something. It is not trying to force focus, nor does it mean thinking hard about something. Natural focus occurs when the mind is interested. When this occurs, the mind is drawn irresistibly toward the object (or subject) of interest. It is effortless and relaxed, not tense and overly controlled.

And actually there's a ton of these little quotable snippets throughout the book.  They all boil down to the same thing in essence: your body intuitively knows how to perform best.  And the best trick you can do is get your mind out of the way.

I think the same is true for gaming too.  Especially because a video game is supposed to be fun.  When I'm playing League, I don't want to be thinking hard about certain macro timings or how I should be positioning relative to my support.  And, honestly, when a tough fight breaks out, you can't really think hard about anything, you have to let your instincts kick in.

Instead, as you play games, you will naturally learn how best to play.  So you will likely learn much of the "essence" of these lessons by just playing the game & having fun with the intent to improve.