Ranked Coaching
One-on-one VOD review and live coaching across Valorant, CS2 and League of Legends with a rank-verified coach.
60 min · from A$85
Fitzroy · Melbourne
Where Melbourne comes to compete.
InnovativeForgePro is a purpose-built esports arena on Smith Street — 32 tournament-grade PCs, a soundproofed scrim room, and coaches who have played on the national stage.
Open 7 days · 10am–11pm
Our mission
Serious practice, without the ego.
We built InnovativeForgePro for the players Melbourne kept overlooking — the ranked grinders, the weekend five-stacks, the kids who wanted a real place to improve. Every seat runs 240Hz, every scrim is reviewed on tape, and every player leaves with something to work on.
What we run
Programs built around real progression.
Drop in for a casual session or commit to a full competitive block — pricing is in AUD and every program runs out of our Fitzroy arena.
Team Bootcamps
A full weekend of structured scrims, macro sessions and demo review for your five-stack in our private scrim room.
Sat–Sun · A$240 per team
Weekly Tournaments
Thursday-night open brackets with casted grand finals, cash prize pools and seeding that actually reflects your level.
Thu 7pm · A$25 entry
Casual Arena
Walk-in access to a tournament-grade rig, peripherals of your choice and the fastest fibre in the inner north.
Per hour · A$18
Selected results
Teams that trained here, and what happened next.
A few of the players and squads who put in the hours at Smith Street.
Team BootcampFitzroy Foxes — Valorant
A collegiate five-stack came in ranked Gold and left the block placing top four at the Oceanic Collegiate Cup after six weekend bootcamps.
Top 4Oceanic Collegiate Cup
Ranked CoachingJai N. — CS2 Ranked Climb
Twelve weeks of VOD review and utility drills took a plateaued rifler from 12k to Faceit Level 9 with a documented aim workflow.
+2,900Elo gained
Weekly TournamentNorthside Open — League
Our Thursday bracket grew from 8 to 64 registered players in a season, with casted finals streamed from the arena floor.
64Peak entrants
Youth ProgramSmith Street Academy
A ten-week after-school squad for under-16s focused on communication and healthy practice habits, run with parental sign-off.
38Junior graduates
Your coaches
Coached by people who have actually played.
Hover a coach to read how they got here.
Former Oceanic Challengers analyst. Marcus runs our aim and macro curriculum and still reviews every bootcamp demo personally.
Marcus Vale
Head Coach · Valorant
Ex Faceit Level 10 rifler turned coach. Priya specialises in utility timing, mid-round calling and the mental side of ranked.
Priya Deshpande
CS2 Coach
A former solo-queue Challenger jungler, Leo breaks the map into habits players can actually repeat under pressure.
Leo Tanaka
League of Legends Coach
Keeps the 32 rigs at 240Hz and the schedule running on time. Hannah ran grassroots LANs across regional Victoria for six years.
Hannah Ford
Arena Manager
From the community
What players say after a block with us.
Real feedback from the Fitzroy arena floor.
I came in stuck in Plat for two years. Six weeks of VOD reviews with Priya and I finally understand why my rounds fall apart. Cleared Diamond in the same season.
We booked a weekend bootcamp as a joke before a uni tournament. It was the most productive two days our team has ever had — the scrim room and the demo review changed how we play.
The Thursday bracket is the best value gaming in Melbourne. Proper seeding, casted finals, and it actually starts on time. My squad hasn't missed one in months.
My 15-year-old joined the youth academy and it's the first structured thing he's stuck with. The coaches take communication and breaks as seriously as the game itself.
Get in touch
Book a session or ask us anything.
Tell us what you play and where you're at — we'll match you to the right program.
Find us
- Arena72 Smith Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
- Phone+61 3 9416 4325
- Email[email protected]
Opening hours
- Monday – Thursday10:00am – 11:00pm
- Friday10:00am – 1:00am
- Saturday9:00am – 1:00am
- Sunday10:00am – 10:00pm