I love how down to earth, honest and real you are in this video. There are too many gaming creators that do the exact opposite. It's honestly refreshing seeing a creator like you. Another thing I love is how calm and nice this video is. All other gaming videos I have come across, except for minecraft, are crazy fast, loud, packed eith jokes and flashy graphics everywhere. It's really nice to get a break from all of that.
I work 12 hour shifts. I've got two kids. I'll stick with attempting shots I can't actually make. Cuz every once in a while I'll hit em, and I'll feel damn good about it.
Most helpful tip in this video for me was to work on your weaknesses instead of trying to improve what you're already good at. Personally I'm very strong in the air but very weak on the ground so having both balanced out would definetly boost my skill a lot and more. Thank you for making me more aware of this.
sometimes it is so specific only coaches or professional can notice it on your gameplay, that's why improving so well might take some time and maybe money
@@Bakingbrad108you have to be very good at everything. While working a bit more on the strongest part of your gameplay. He didnt mean just practice that one thing. If you can focus more on one that will eventually after a LONGGGGG grind be good for you since you will have something you can always use to outmatch your opponent. Meaning you still need to work on EVERYTHING.
@@I1ght961 oh bro, I totally agree. Just simply pointing out how differently people can approach Rocket league, especially at a high level. So cool. RL = Life Than = 9.5/10 (I support everyone’s improvement 😉)
@@Bakingbrad108 Lol I was thinking the same thing. In the end no one really knows, everyone is just saying what they think worked for them. Watch enough videos and you might eventually find a tip that works for you as well.
Honestly, I feel like this video not only applies to Rocket League - but applies to life overall perfectly. Having a positive mindset, staying consistent, setting achievable goals. All stuff that applies in so many places!
not for everyone. Setting achievable goals is very counter intuitive for some people. For me for example, if I know it is achievable, then why bother doing it? I prefer doing things way beyond my means, and after weeks or months of practice and trying to achieve it, the easier stuff becomes so easy to the point that I say "ehh why not". Same with staying consistent. I make the most progress when I play in bursts of a few days, take a break for a few days, and return. Maybe staying consistent on a weekly/biweekly basis. Positive mindset also. Being insecure about the what you're trying to get good at can unsheathe unimaginable levels of drive and determination. Definitely no "i suck and i will never get good at the this" stuff though, that I agree with. Just understand that you are indeed bad, and that you need to do SOMETHING (take action) to get better. The video is just a generic formula to improvement. It doesn't apply to everyone 100%, but there's something everyone can take from it.
@tubax926 I think you are misunderstanding what "achievable goals" means. It is a goal that you have not accomplished, and one that can be very hard and very challenging, but keeps in mind limitations. You cannot just set the goal to reach ssl in a week if you are bronze and expect it to work. "Stuff beyond your means" is still an achievable goal. You do not have the means, or skills, or whatever, but you can obtain those if you work hard enough, to eventually reach your goal. (Proving it is in fact, attainable) The point is that you there are impossible goals, easy goals, and challenging goals. Staying within your limits does not mean you are not accomplishing a goal that pushes you further then you've ever been pushed, but rather a goal that is actually achievable through real world steps, instead of something literally impossible, like building a rocket that will fly to the moon with no experience and only the stuff in your backyard.
I’ll be real, as a gc1 - gc2, just put in time. 1s is best to put time in then free play then 2s if you want to get good. At the end of the day do what you enjoy and you will play more and improve more because you play more.
That’s a damn refresher. I’ve found myself getting way to frustrated over missing shots I went after that I know I’m not very well at making to begin with. I definitely put in the time but I need to hit the training more often. Thanks for keeping it real!
There is one thing you can practice that will most of the time result in ranking up. It's shooting consistency. If you're diamond or even champ you'll see alot of missed shots. The ability to know how to touch the ball and having the control to shoot it where you want will improve your overall gameplay.
yeah im gc3 and still occasionally miss the open net😂😂. My tm8s dont even get mad either, just a "it happens" and we move on. Thats why i love GC3, little to no toxicity (until u get to div 4, then u get toxicity bc everyone wants to get ssl😂)
@@prcxiale1124 there exists a rank without much toxicity? I'm barely gc1 rn and people are more toxic than old mw2 lobbies lol. Most people rage if you miss once (while missing all the time themselves)
really depends. If your shooting is complete wack, then definitely work on it. If it's average, then work on the skill that you love. If it's very good, then that is likely the skill that you love and you should always try to perfect it further.
@@tubax926 I'd say even average isn't enough depending on what we consider average. The average c1 misses too much so they should definitely work on it. Even many gc's myself included are pretty inconsistent for being gc. Also shooting consistency doesn't just make your shots better it can also make your overall ball control better. By practicing shooting consistency you learn how and where to hit the ball which is helping with alot of stuff in the air too. My ceiling shots and flip resets for example got way better because i know where to hit the ball.
@@redandsoulles132 average depends on your rank. Is your ball shooting better than your average lobby? Do you miss shots your opponents would normally score?
Could you make some sort of shooting training guide? I can work on flicks and aerials individually, but actually knowing what to do in game, how to get past defenders, and how and when to pull off each type of shot has been eluding me. I'm low diamond right now.
As a gold (technically unranked since I switched to KB/M on PC recently and got a new account) I'm happy to see a tutorial that makes sense. This legitimately looks like something that would help, as it works in the real world too. If only my ping wanted to help me...
I've gotten from gold to champ But I never did it in jumps, it's all just done progressively. But for me, my latest block was just not going for the ball as quick as I could. And for that I was stuck in dia 2. But for others it might be positioning or mechanics, so there's no one size fits all
Man, I'm so glad that I kindof just... ranked up. Idk, the only things I grinded was airdribbles in d2 and after that I did like 2 training packs per month. Currently I'm champ 1 in 2s d3 in 3s and d1/2 in 1s. I've been playing since f2p and have like 1000 hours now. I guess I got decently lucky with my mentality and thanks to creators like thanovic and wayton I managed to not turn into toxic waste lol
same, aomehow I just ranked up from d3 to c3 in an extremely short amount of time (like 2 or 3 weeks) I honestly dont know what happened, i guess it just clicked, since I didnt notice anything drastic change in my gameplay
i hit a dielemma the game is fun i want to rank up, BUT training mechanics and random crap that moment of when you get it is just so satisfying and fun
The best advice nobody has said that everybody ignores. “Its just a game.” You play it to have fun, life doesn’t depend on it. Well for most people. If you are having fun whether you are winning or losing, you are already winning, the game is a privilege.
I struggle a lot with the whole mentality part of the game. Every single match I get pissed and start complaining about the opponents and I can never think possativelly about the tame
I think consistency comes in different ways for different people. It also relies a lot on what they practice. Like for me I've seen poor consistency practicing workshop maps day in, day out; and playing when I am too tired (-even if I practice when I am not tired, then go into a few games when I am, its like it reverses my practice); practicing non-basic mechanics (-for example I find the most consistency practicing the boring stuff like flicks, speedflips, and shots -- these are all things I am already decent at, but striving for perfection in these basic areas make me move around the field and hit the ball with more confidence); and the list goes on. As I previously mentioned I personally see the most consistency doing an hour or 2 of speedflip, flicks, and shooting practice. And of these boring mechanics I choose whichever one I feel like doing the most each day and do it, by itself, no distractions. Then play a few games of ranked while trying my best. Throughout the 1.5 - 4 hours I may play in a session I take breaks every 25-45 minutes (-hands off controller) and never "tilt queue" or do so at night when I am tired. I spent a year or 2 (-when I didnt have a job) doing nothing but grinding the game day in and day out. Eventually I got a job and was too tired to play so quit for 6 months. Upon coming back I seriously thought out how I wanted to improve. And I picked the 3 things that had degraded the most and for the last 3-4 weeks done only those 3 things + 20m of freeplay prior and ranked after, with some other guidelines. For some people a routine may be better, but it didnt work for me. Sure I improved but I never gained consistency (-over that year and a half I went from GC1 --after derusting--, about 1470 post S3 MMR change -> 1650 mostly consistently with peaks being ~1540 post F2P -> 1719 3s, 1709 2s). I don't know how this will go because I am definitely still in the derusting period, but so far I haven't had a day where I am playing "bad" (-relative to when I came back), only when I am tired I do. I also have ranks completely disabled and rank viewing websites blocked on my PC and friends that wont tell me my rank when I ask them not to, which helps.
Definitely hard to maintain optimal outlook when random tm8s do not follow rotation nor proper spacing. More driving backwards and letting loose in Casual Breh.
As a Champ 1, Can I just say that if you're anywhere below Plat 2, to get there, it's really simple. up until about gold 3 players can only play forwards, they can only score and save and clear when they are facing the ball. If you learn 360 degree gameplay, so that your efficiency doesn't depend on your angle, It's completely free way to get to Plat 2.
No one ever talks about the consistency of how you place your hands on the controller. I want to survey all the pros to see how they hold the controllers. If you just throw your hands on there randomly you won't get consistent inputs.
I agree with but there's a few arguments if you play twos your teammate can screw you repeatedly there's enough Smurfs y u think it's so dead of a game and I say that because of the ranking system when you solo queue any game mode it goes by if it's casual MMR and if it's rank it matches by title of you then randomizes up and down depending on how you're playing if you win you go up if you lose you go down
I think playing in a way that allows you to rank up fast makes the game boring for most people. In ranked games, you have to go for the few things you can do rather than trying the things you wished you could do. Go for new things in training, but wait before using those new things..
I am like one inch away on aerial long shots time and time and time and time again. It’s like just less than a .0001 second off and it sucks. Only shots I seem to hit are the ugliest ones, I’m only plat-diamond but the division is such a mess with either ball chasers who spend the entire game trying to air dribble and aerial tricks off the wall hoping to get a clip without even have the capability to hit 1/100, and in 3v3 other players are really bad about bunching together getting caught in the corners and long shot scored on: I just keep spending more time in free play doing training packs and within a month have seen a dramatic improvement and have been winning 70-80% of my games
What if I’m good at positioning in 2v2 and 1v1 but 3v3 I get lost, it’s so hard to read more than 1 teammate and 2 enemies without Voice Comms. I find it hard to actually win consistently without giving up goals or games because of this issue, I still climb but it makes it very slow/war of attrition as apposed to my 2v2 climbing of the ladder
How do I get the ball to stop flying around the map in free play? That’s the only reason I don’t really train. I’ll be going for the ball and some random ghost hits the ball away from me
Honestly the only 2 things you need to get dimond+ is hitting the ball consistently when you go for it and rotating back post on defence. I don't get to play much maybe once or twice a week and I'm a low Plat in 3s and 2s and gold 1 in one's and I've been dimond 1 in 2s and 3s just by hitting the ball and rotating.
Hey, this is kinda what I was saying yesterday! Need to do less of "omg ball hit it now" and "hey I can see in advance the ball is coming towards me, where do I want it to go and how do I need to hit it to get it there?"
Thank you for the tips Myself I don't believe in learning mechs early on I have gotten to diamond and I learned half flip 2 weeks ago. My dribbles are non-existent so that's what I'll slowly build on next. I have a set schedule for myself with 2 hours of gameplay a day That isn't a crazy amount but I think I'll get somewhere someday either way I am not shooting for SSL I just want to get better and feel like I deserve my rank lol I'll probably extend that playtime once I am comfortable streaming for that long.
here's the thing. it is 100% possible to get to champ without any mechs, but it will take you an unreal amount of time to learn how to counter all the high mech plays that your opponents do. It's far quicker to focus on learning the absolute basics like powerful consistent shots, bounce dribbles, powerslide cuts, recoveries and aerials, then gamesense your way up to champ. You will get there 3x faster this way. After learning and being consistent at the absolute basics, pick one move that you like (shooting, ground dribble flicks, air dribbles, etc) and practice it whenever you can to improve it. It will serve as your sword and shield to get you out of any sticky situations and create way more scoring opportunities, plus it doesn't take much time to master a single move if you're constantly using it in competitive games (you will mess up a lot at the start). You'll feel great about having it developed so much, that when you use it you basically look like an SSL player (your other mechs would be extremely average though). Not time efficient, but we aren't robots. This allows you to have fun at the game while grinding.
@@tubax926 Thank you for the reply I'll take all of this into account for after my stream and just whenever I get on. My shots really need some work lol
I honestly think it’s mechanics. Everyone I know whose “stuck” never work on mechanics and think that they have great positioning and defense (when they really don’t) those videos on how to rank up with no mechanics have really screwed a lot of people into believing mechanics aren’t important
it depends. Imagine their positioning WAS good. Then they would rank up. However, I do get where you are coming from, so many nonmechy players are sruck because they dont train mechanics, but imo theres more ppl that are stuck due to their gamesense than mechs
It only depends on what your bad at its definitly not all mechanics and even now after those no mechanics people still overrate mechanics for example:"I cAn AiR dRiBbLe In GoLd I sHoUlD bE cHaMp"
Im plat 2 and im mastering half flip, wavedash bounce dribble and aerial shots. My goal was to hit diamond 1 before april and i play RL two hours each day but i feel like im not improving much, i been training bounce dribble for 6 hours but im still inconsistent it, sometimes i even ask myself if im training the right mechanics. Is carry dribble better? For example.
I would love to use workshop Maps but i play on PS4 sadly. 3 weeks have passed and i noticed some improvements in my bounce dribble. Now im focusing myself in training Shot accuracy, air roll shots and adding a bit of time for carry dribble in my routine
what if my weakness is gamesense (mostly when to challenge and when to fake challenge)? I'm C3 and now mostly play ranked after a quick warm up cuz i think I can really only train this in ranked.
you can only train ur game sense by playing ( 1's is definitely the optimal option here ) but u can also look for other weaknesses u might've missed out and work on improving them
personally I hit Champ 2 2 seasons ago and since then I'm mostly fine with where I am (Diamond 2/3), don't get me wrong I do want to rank up but mainly for the sole purpose of 1 being in better lobbies and 2 to stop being smurfed on/laughed at for being unable to get out of diamond. (that and I would rather take a Champ 2 player as a teammate over a Diamond 1 player.)
There are so many things I want to do every day! I'm a uni student and sometimes I feel like there's minus 3 days left to finish my homework. So yeah, I'm definitely happy if I can only fit 2 or 3 matches that day. Especially now since I have my mid-term exam haha. Recently I started playing 3 to 6 games of 1s as a warm up routine. I feel like it really highlights the small mistakes I make, and I'm usually more consistent after a few matches. Not very good if your goal is to grind 1s, but I think it's viable if you only care about 2s and 3s.
TL:DW: identify your weaknesses and work on them. Be more in the moment and less on autopilot Personally, I've started to realised i dont want to rank up. Champ is too sweaty. Im fine being in diamond forever
Currently I just want to have fun and learn mechanics. I don't want to focus on moving up the ranks. I think that thinking about the rank is making the game a job
The road is weird lol gc2 player that keeps up with b+ players but I simply cannot win in c2-c3 in 2s im dropping nearly 1000 points a game still losing all of them.
Completely off topic but for anyone who's knowledgable, I have a question since I started playing this game, I've only used directional air roll (left + right on l1 + r1) & I've never touched manual air roll before. I took a 2 year break and I'm getting back into it, sitting at c2 atm, is it worth learning manual? What exactly am I missing out on? Thanks in advance
i dont use manual air roll, and my recoveries seem mostly fine compared to others in my rank who use manual. I dont think it makes much of a difference, but if you want proof: Evample doesnt use manual air roll, and hes fricking ssl and one lf the craziest freestylers i know
what am i supposed to do when i get the same teammate 4 games ina row that is throwing on purpose cuz i made one small mistake that made us get scored on even though i brought us back and we were winning 3-1 then he sold 2 goals cuz he misses a rolling shot towards our net? can i blame my teamates at that point
Yes. I heard from someone with that issue and they said we're SSL I'm sure. They said when they got teammates like that who are inconsistent and don't play good just stay back and read and react. Let them go up and u defend
The mentality thing is the biggest truth... Every time I get scored on I try to find the positive. "How did they do it, and how did I screw up?" The moment you go "dang I suck today" you've already lost...
I love how down to earth, honest and real you are in this video. There are too many gaming creators that do the exact opposite. It's honestly refreshing seeing a creator like you.
Another thing I love is how calm and nice this video is. All other gaming videos I have come across, except for minecraft, are crazy fast, loud, packed eith jokes and flashy graphics everywhere. It's really nice to get a break from all of that.
fr man
real? 1 month to come to champ. of course......
I work 12 hour shifts. I've got two kids. I'll stick with attempting shots I can't actually make. Cuz every once in a while I'll hit em, and I'll feel damn good about it.
Absolutely.
😂same
Same I'm fine with diamond 😅
Most helpful tip in this video for me was to work on your weaknesses instead of trying to improve what you're already good at. Personally I'm very strong in the air but very weak on the ground so having both balanced out would definetly boost my skill a lot and more. Thank you for making me more aware of this.
sometimes it is so specific only coaches or professional can notice it on your gameplay, that's why improving so well might take some time and maybe money
I saw apparently Jack post yesterday about just the opposite! Jack said it’s better to be a master of one skill. 🤔
@@Bakingbrad108you have to be very good at everything. While working a bit more on the strongest part of your gameplay. He didnt mean just practice that one thing. If you can focus more on one that will eventually after a LONGGGGG grind be good for you since you will have something you can always use to outmatch your opponent. Meaning you still need to work on EVERYTHING.
@@I1ght961 oh bro, I totally agree. Just simply pointing out how differently people can approach Rocket league, especially at a high level. So cool.
RL = Life
Than = 9.5/10 (I support everyone’s improvement 😉)
@@Bakingbrad108 Lol I was thinking the same thing. In the end no one really knows, everyone is just saying what they think worked for them. Watch enough videos and you might eventually find a tip that works for you as well.
Honestly, I feel like this video not only applies to Rocket League - but applies to life overall perfectly. Having a positive mindset, staying consistent, setting achievable goals. All stuff that applies in so many places!
not for everyone. Setting achievable goals is very counter intuitive for some people. For me for example, if I know it is achievable, then why bother doing it? I prefer doing things way beyond my means, and after weeks or months of practice and trying to achieve it, the easier stuff becomes so easy to the point that I say "ehh why not".
Same with staying consistent. I make the most progress when I play in bursts of a few days, take a break for a few days, and return. Maybe staying consistent on a weekly/biweekly basis.
Positive mindset also. Being insecure about the what you're trying to get good at can unsheathe unimaginable levels of drive and determination. Definitely no "i suck and i will never get good at the this" stuff though, that I agree with. Just understand that you are indeed bad, and that you need to do SOMETHING (take action) to get better.
The video is just a generic formula to improvement. It doesn't apply to everyone 100%, but there's something everyone can take from it.
@tubax926 I think you are misunderstanding what "achievable goals" means. It is a goal that you have not accomplished, and one that can be very hard and very challenging, but keeps in mind limitations. You cannot just set the goal to reach ssl in a week if you are bronze and expect it to work.
"Stuff beyond your means" is still an achievable goal. You do not have the means, or skills, or whatever, but you can obtain those if you work hard enough, to eventually reach your goal. (Proving it is in fact, attainable)
The point is that you there are impossible goals, easy goals, and challenging goals. Staying within your limits does not mean you are not accomplishing a goal that pushes you further then you've ever been pushed, but rather a goal that is actually achievable through real world steps, instead of something literally impossible, like building a rocket that will fly to the moon with no experience and only the stuff in your backyard.
This video is so honest, thanks for being honest where it is east to just give us an easy answer. W video
The road is long, so remember to enjoy the journey and don't get so tunnel visioned on ranking up that you burn yourself out.
I’ll be real, as a gc1 - gc2, just put in time. 1s is best to put time in then free play then 2s if you want to get good. At the end of the day do what you enjoy and you will play more and improve more because you play more.
and focus on actually improving, don't do the same thing every game.
That’s a damn refresher. I’ve found myself getting way to frustrated over missing shots I went after that I know I’m not very well at making to begin with. I definitely put in the time but I need to hit the training more often. Thanks for keeping it real!
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There is one thing you can practice that will most of the time result in ranking up. It's shooting consistency.
If you're diamond or even champ you'll see alot of missed shots. The ability to know how to touch the ball and having the control to shoot it where you want will improve your overall gameplay.
yeah im gc3 and still occasionally miss the open net😂😂. My tm8s dont even get mad either, just a "it happens" and we move on. Thats why i love GC3, little to no toxicity (until u get to div 4, then u get toxicity bc everyone wants to get ssl😂)
@@prcxiale1124 there exists a rank without much toxicity? I'm barely gc1 rn and people are more toxic than old mw2 lobbies lol. Most people rage if you miss once (while missing all the time themselves)
really depends. If your shooting is complete wack, then definitely work on it. If it's average, then work on the skill that you love. If it's very good, then that is likely the skill that you love and you should always try to perfect it further.
@@tubax926 I'd say even average isn't enough depending on what we consider average. The average c1 misses too much so they should definitely work on it. Even many gc's myself included are pretty inconsistent for being gc.
Also shooting consistency doesn't just make your shots better it can also make your overall ball control better. By practicing shooting consistency you learn how and where to hit the ball which is helping with alot of stuff in the air too. My ceiling shots and flip resets for example got way better because i know where to hit the ball.
@@redandsoulles132 average depends on your rank. Is your ball shooting better than your average lobby? Do you miss shots your opponents would normally score?
Honesty this is the best advice on TH-cam, I like the perspective you come from
Been on the edge of gc2 for a while now, I set a routine and finally hit it today, that time will pay off. Thanovic for MVP
5:05 - 5-30 might be some of the best advice I’ve heard on rocket league. Thank you
honestly inspiring vid, such a great man.
I just work on learning and mastering new mechanics and implementing them in ranked games, and watching my rank go up
Could you make some sort of shooting training guide? I can work on flicks and aerials individually, but actually knowing what to do in game, how to get past defenders, and how and when to pull off each type of shot has been eluding me. I'm low diamond right now.
As a gold (technically unranked since I switched to KB/M on PC recently and got a new account) I'm happy to see a tutorial that makes sense. This legitimately looks like something that would help, as it works in the real world too. If only my ping wanted to help me...
Thanks so much gonna work on my weak points 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤
this helped a ton,i wonder how i wouldve ever gotten better if it werent for thanovic
great info!
thanovic always helping us out
Very cool and chill video
I've gotten from gold to champ
But I never did it in jumps, it's all just done progressively.
But for me, my latest block was just not going for the ball as quick as I could. And for that I was stuck in dia 2.
But for others it might be positioning or mechanics, so there's no one size fits all
The spookeluke disrespect hits hard😂
This was so helpful
Man, I'm so glad that I kindof just... ranked up. Idk, the only things I grinded was airdribbles in d2 and after that I did like 2 training packs per month. Currently I'm champ 1 in 2s d3 in 3s and d1/2 in 1s. I've been playing since f2p and have like 1000 hours now. I guess I got decently lucky with my mentality and thanks to creators like thanovic and wayton I managed to not turn into toxic waste lol
same, aomehow I just ranked up from d3 to c3 in an extremely short amount of time (like 2 or 3 weeks) I honestly dont know what happened, i guess it just clicked, since I didnt notice anything drastic change in my gameplay
Great vid
i hit a dielemma the game is fun i want to rank up, BUT training mechanics and random crap that moment of when you get it is just so satisfying and fun
The best advice nobody has said that everybody ignores. “Its just a game.” You play it to have fun, life doesn’t depend on it. Well for most people.
If you are having fun whether you are winning or losing, you are already winning, the game is a privilege.
I struggle a lot with the whole mentality part of the game. Every single match I get pissed and start complaining about the opponents and I can never think possativelly about the tame
Honestly great advice
It’s the fennec. I went from stuck at gold 3 to plat 3 div 3 just with the fennec alone. It’s the hitbox def invest in one.
I think consistency comes in different ways for different people. It also relies a lot on what they practice. Like for me I've seen poor consistency practicing workshop maps day in, day out; and playing when I am too tired (-even if I practice when I am not tired, then go into a few games when I am, its like it reverses my practice); practicing non-basic mechanics (-for example I find the most consistency practicing the boring stuff like flicks, speedflips, and shots -- these are all things I am already decent at, but striving for perfection in these basic areas make me move around the field and hit the ball with more confidence); and the list goes on.
As I previously mentioned I personally see the most consistency doing an hour or 2 of speedflip, flicks, and shooting practice. And of these boring mechanics I choose whichever one I feel like doing the most each day and do it, by itself, no distractions. Then play a few games of ranked while trying my best. Throughout the 1.5 - 4 hours I may play in a session I take breaks every 25-45 minutes (-hands off controller) and never "tilt queue" or do so at night when I am tired.
I spent a year or 2 (-when I didnt have a job) doing nothing but grinding the game day in and day out. Eventually I got a job and was too tired to play so quit for 6 months. Upon coming back I seriously thought out how I wanted to improve. And I picked the 3 things that had degraded the most and for the last 3-4 weeks done only those 3 things + 20m of freeplay prior and ranked after, with some other guidelines. For some people a routine may be better, but it didnt work for me. Sure I improved but I never gained consistency (-over that year and a half I went from GC1 --after derusting--, about 1470 post S3 MMR change -> 1650 mostly consistently with peaks being ~1540 post F2P -> 1719 3s, 1709 2s).
I don't know how this will go because I am definitely still in the derusting period, but so far I haven't had a day where I am playing "bad" (-relative to when I came back), only when I am tired I do. I also have ranks completely disabled and rank viewing websites blocked on my PC and friends that wont tell me my rank when I ask them not to, which helps.
Definitely hard to maintain optimal outlook when random tm8s do not follow rotation nor proper spacing. More driving backwards and letting loose in Casual Breh.
My peak was d3 div 4 like 5 months ago, now somehow after touching this game again after such a long time, im now stuck in plat 2 😭
I swear last time I saw Thano he had just broke 150k ish it’s wild how time flys
I love it when you casually hit a psycho at 4:01 lol
Fax
Bro I love your videos 😀👍👌
This will really help me
Most honest take on progression
I was the 90th Like on this video, and so I'd just like to thank my legs for always holding me up. and my office chair for always having my back.
That phyco on the 3:50 was insane wow
Thank you soooooooooooo much I ranked up from gold to grand champ and I hit a musty flick❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As a Champ 1, Can I just say that if you're anywhere below Plat 2, to get there, it's really simple. up until about gold 3 players can only play forwards, they can only score and save and clear when they are facing the ball.
If you learn 360 degree gameplay, so that your efficiency doesn't depend on your angle, It's completely free way to get to Plat 2.
You've outgrown that pfp brother
Just saying I did a routine for 3 days and I went from gold 2 to platinum 2 to d1 am almost d2 now on day 6 of my routine
yea i've been stagnant at gc1-2 for like 2 years just because i don't have the time to put in to get to that next level. still love the game tho
I just want to trade again and it would also be lit to get the og cloud 9 decal and also emerald pros
Thank you so much I am plat and this really helped
This will rly help*
No one ever talks about the consistency of how you place your hands on the controller. I want to survey all the pros to see how they hold the controllers. If you just throw your hands on there randomly you won't get consistent inputs.
if i get champ in 1 month than it was because of you :)
This video just made me redownload Rocket League.
Thanovic, every time I see one of your vids drop and I watch them, I just wanna play RL. Why you do this to me?
I agree with but there's a few arguments if you play twos your teammate can screw you repeatedly there's enough Smurfs y u think it's so dead of a game and I say that because of the ranking system when you solo queue any game mode it goes by if it's casual MMR and if it's rank it matches by title of you then randomizes up and down depending on how you're playing if you win you go up if you lose you go down
I think playing in a way that allows you to rank up fast makes the game boring for most people. In ranked games, you have to go for the few things you can do rather than trying the things you wished you could do. Go for new things in training, but wait before using those new things..
I am like one inch away on aerial long shots time and time and time and time again. It’s like just less than a .0001 second off and it sucks. Only shots I seem to hit are the ugliest ones, I’m only plat-diamond but the division is such a mess with either ball chasers who spend the entire game trying to air dribble and aerial tricks off the wall hoping to get a clip without even have the capability to hit 1/100, and in 3v3 other players are really bad about bunching together getting caught in the corners and long shot scored on: I just keep spending more time in free play doing training packs and within a month have seen a dramatic improvement and have been winning 70-80% of my games
Dude, any game which controls key presses, and users inputs is flawed and is being fixed. What to know how?
What if I’m good at positioning in 2v2 and 1v1 but 3v3 I get lost, it’s so hard to read more than 1 teammate and 2 enemies without Voice Comms. I find it hard to actually win consistently without giving up goals or games because of this issue, I still climb but it makes it very slow/war of attrition as apposed to my 2v2 climbing of the ladder
This is quite literally what I said in a tweet 2 days ago lol
We need a car design vid
i was hoping this would be a flip reset tutorial
How do I get the ball to stop flying around the map in free play? That’s the only reason I don’t really train. I’ll be going for the ball and some random ghost hits the ball away from me
make a video on how to fix lag as im getting 500mbs per second and like. 920 upload yet i still lag in oce servers 😭
I love how there are actual videos like this and yet i get champ tm8s that cant even hit the ball
whats the best training pack
to warm up
What about this one: queue with me and just get me to GC? I'm in C3 2s atm
Thanovic
Who remembers his old 100 hour challenges 😢😢😢😢
Honestly the only 2 things you need to get dimond+ is hitting the ball consistently when you go for it and rotating back post on defence. I don't get to play much maybe once or twice a week and I'm a low Plat in 3s and 2s and gold 1 in one's and I've been dimond 1 in 2s and 3s just by hitting the ball and rotating.
Hey, this is kinda what I was saying yesterday! Need to do less of "omg ball hit it now" and "hey I can see in advance the ball is coming towards me, where do I want it to go and how do I need to hit it to get it there?"
yeah, playing more passively is really helpful especially in lower ranks
So what if we can only play every 2 days for 1h? Do i still try to make a routine
Thank you for the tips
Myself I don't believe in learning mechs early on I have gotten to diamond and I learned half flip 2 weeks ago.
My dribbles are non-existent so that's what I'll slowly build on next. I have a set schedule for myself with 2 hours of gameplay a day
That isn't a crazy amount but I think I'll get somewhere someday either way I am not shooting for SSL I just want to get better and feel like I deserve my rank lol
I'll probably extend that playtime once I am comfortable streaming for that long.
here's the thing. it is 100% possible to get to champ without any mechs, but it will take you an unreal amount of time to learn how to counter all the high mech plays that your opponents do. It's far quicker to focus on learning the absolute basics like powerful consistent shots, bounce dribbles, powerslide cuts, recoveries and aerials, then gamesense your way up to champ. You will get there 3x faster this way.
After learning and being consistent at the absolute basics, pick one move that you like (shooting, ground dribble flicks, air dribbles, etc) and practice it whenever you can to improve it. It will serve as your sword and shield to get you out of any sticky situations and create way more scoring opportunities, plus it doesn't take much time to master a single move if you're constantly using it in competitive games (you will mess up a lot at the start). You'll feel great about having it developed so much, that when you use it you basically look like an SSL player (your other mechs would be extremely average though). Not time efficient, but we aren't robots. This allows you to have fun at the game while grinding.
@@tubax926 Thank you for the reply I'll take all of this into account for after my stream and just whenever I get on. My shots really need some work lol
@@ldoubleprime1654 yeah also this isn't like made up by me or anything it's almost exactly what AppJack and Flakes have said.
Half flips are hardly a mechanic it’s the first thing I learned to do when I was bronze
@@steelers1525 that's the point of my comment I barely know anything 💀
Hey, could u say the name of decale witch u use on octane please
So odds are, as someone who works 50+ hours a week, i likely wont improve much at all?
I feel like everything he said that you shouldn’t do I always do 😂
I honestly think it’s mechanics. Everyone I know whose “stuck” never work on mechanics and think that they have great positioning and defense (when they really don’t) those videos on how to rank up with no mechanics have really screwed a lot of people into believing mechanics aren’t important
it depends. Imagine their positioning WAS good. Then they would rank up. However, I do get where you are coming from, so many nonmechy players are sruck because they dont train mechanics, but imo theres more ppl that are stuck due to their gamesense than mechs
It only depends on what your bad at its definitly not all mechanics and even now after those no mechanics people still overrate mechanics for example:"I cAn AiR dRiBbLe In GoLd I sHoUlD bE cHaMp"
Im plat 2 and im mastering half flip, wavedash bounce dribble and aerial shots. My goal was to hit diamond 1 before april and i play RL two hours each day but i feel like im not improving much, i been training bounce dribble for 6 hours but im still inconsistent it, sometimes i even ask myself if im training the right mechanics. Is carry dribble better? For example.
do some workshop maps if you have rl on steam or epic (I think you can still use mods on epic with some effort) for practicing dribbles
I would love to use workshop Maps but i play on PS4 sadly. 3 weeks have passed and i noticed some improvements in my bounce dribble. Now im focusing myself in training Shot accuracy, air roll shots and adding a bit of time for carry dribble in my routine
Is it possible to hit champ if I only have 6-7 hours to play weekly?
How do I rank up if im already good enough for the next rank but i keep getting bad solo que teamates
what if my weakness is gamesense (mostly when to challenge and when to fake challenge)? I'm C3 and now mostly play ranked after a quick warm up cuz i think I can really only train this in ranked.
you can only train ur game sense by playing ( 1's is definitely the optimal option here ) but u can also look for other weaknesses u might've missed out and work on improving them
Wait... we're not supposed to try to forfeit every game whether or not we're winning or losing to rank up??
personally I hit Champ 2 2 seasons ago and since then I'm mostly fine with where I am (Diamond 2/3), don't get me wrong I do want to rank up but mainly for the sole purpose of 1 being in better lobbies and 2 to stop being smurfed on/laughed at for being unable to get out of diamond. (that and I would rather take a Champ 2 player as a teammate over a Diamond 1 player.)
You should not do it for anyone else and their thoughts, u should do it for yourself :)
There are so many things I want to do every day! I'm a uni student and sometimes I feel like there's minus 3 days left to finish my homework.
So yeah, I'm definitely happy if I can only fit 2 or 3 matches that day. Especially now since I have my mid-term exam haha.
Recently I started playing 3 to 6 games of 1s as a warm up routine. I feel like it really highlights the small mistakes I make, and I'm usually more consistent after a few matches.
Not very good if your goal is to grind 1s, but I think it's viable if you only care about 2s and 3s.
2:11 that flick was NASTY oh my god
TL:DW: identify your weaknesses and work on them. Be more in the moment and less on autopilot
Personally, I've started to realised i dont want to rank up. Champ is too sweaty. Im fine being in diamond forever
What if I can only play once or twice a week?
I wish to be able to keep a positive mentality, but it's to hard unfortunately, it's THE thing locking myself to rank up 😞
Currently I just want to have fun and learn mechanics. I don't want to focus on moving up the ranks. I think that thinking about the rank is making the game a job
I think working on mechanics is the best way to rank up
@@WhiteViporAgree, but without focus on rank up, that is my point
@@dannyalfonzo3164That's completely fine, do what you like
Facts
I love how 0:43 is so relatable
The road is weird lol gc2 player that keeps up with b+ players but I simply cannot win in c2-c3 in 2s im dropping nearly 1000 points a game still losing all of them.
How do i get a better tournament rank?
I’m champ 1 at 300 hours, (i used to play split screen & offline bots like 7 hours a day) I just want to know what like… the average hours per rank?
hit champ at 250 lil bro u ain’t allat
hey i went from gold to diamond in 3 days just air driblling over peoples heads
The only person making these tutorials is spookluke i mean lets be real he posts a tutorial every single week
Completely off topic but for anyone who's knowledgable, I have a question
since I started playing this game, I've only used directional air roll (left + right on l1 + r1) & I've never touched manual air roll before. I took a 2 year break and I'm getting back into it, sitting at c2 atm, is it worth learning manual? What exactly am I missing out on? Thanks in advance
manual air roll is good for recoveries when u bind drift on the same button. allows u to do chain dashes and other kinds of movements.
i dont use manual air roll, and my recoveries seem mostly fine compared to others in my rank who use manual. I dont think it makes much of a difference, but if you want proof: Evample doesnt use manual air roll, and hes fricking ssl and one lf the craziest freestylers i know
Cheers guys :)
@@twopolaar599 at the end its a personal thing. I just find it handy to have powerslide and manual air roll on the same button
what am i supposed to do when i get the same teammate 4 games ina row that is throwing on purpose cuz i made one small mistake that made us get scored on even though i brought us back and we were winning 3-1 then he sold 2 goals cuz he misses a rolling shot towards our net? can i blame my teamates at that point
Yes. I heard from someone with that issue and they said we're SSL I'm sure. They said when they got teammates like that who are inconsistent and don't play good just stay back and read and react. Let them go up and u defend
One of the things I tell my students. Games are supposed to be fun. Winning is great but, it's supposed to be fun 😂😂
How can you train on your rotations en possision
The mentality thing is the biggest truth... Every time I get scored on I try to find the positive. "How did they do it, and how did I screw up?" The moment you go "dang I suck today" you've already lost...
What about school bc I’m 15 and want to do well and study
Make a video why you should not pay coaching to rank up