Thanovic I really agree with the fundamentals approach, I have about 500 hours in RL and for the first 350 I just worked on accuracy in shots and car control and fancy stuff like wavedashes, flicks etc. I have found that for the past 150 hours I have progressed sooo much more by just working on speed, I think that if you have the car control speed and speed alone can make you so much better so much faster.
Bro 6:00 we have the same way things to go about. We try help people and they just saltie xD. Tip #0 don't forfeit ( stop being a puss) if you find yourself forfeiting every single match [GTFO] you are tilted and will not win at all.
Alex Winstanley i didn’t understand this one bc all you need to do is look at what you’re teammate is doing and play off that, it’s very obvious when they’re going for the reset etc so don’t go up for it 🤷🏻♂️ simple as that
Thanovic: lower level players don’t understand rotations easily Me in silver 2 after watching every single rocket league video: P E R F E C T R O T A T I O N S
Thanovic I Know I don’t have “perfect” rotations, but I think that I have pretty good rotations for silver 2. Btw I’m silver 2 in 2s but I’m gold 2+ in the other playlists
My favorite thing about this channel is how thanovic heads straight to the point and is even aware of how long his videos are. I really appreciate how he is helping us to save time and isn't self promoting expecting us to listen to it anyways. Which btw, this is a great channel, definitely wanna subscribe to it.
@@zakkymiftahurrahman1665 i got the game yesterday, im on pc and I always bump into walls and i am very inaccurate Update: one month in and im still shit but hey atleast i can touch the ball
@@diothil2920 don't worry, in the last month since I posted this I was able to get three flip resets down in actual (casual) matches!!! Of course they scored right afterwards because I was too excited about successfully executing the move that I forgot to focus on the game, but what I'm trying to say is that it gets better with practice.
On a podcast, Virge (Dignita’s coach) said that during scrims he never cared if his team lost, not just because the games didn’t matter, but because that practice time was about improving as a team. I have taken up that way of thinking when I play 1s. Ultimately I play 1s to learn and I don’t fixate myself on the result of each game. It is an ideology that has helped me get a lot less triggered in 1s, and helped me stay focused on my development as a player. (Kind of an obvious take, but I feel its a really good tip for when u r grinding 1s)
2:09 Try to contain a solo play when your teammate is already in the air, this is how most counterattacks and goals form. Just wait for him to be down so you can apply pressure on the enemy team, if you waited and stayed on the middle side you could've rotated for his ceiling pass and maybe scored it or passed it to the backboard.
6:25 THANK YOU!!! I personally love 1s, even though I still get frustrated, and I play them a lot to improve and cause Ik im the only person I can blame when I get scored on. And it upsets me when people say, I hat ones cause it’s frustrating but I am bad at kickoffs. It’s such a childish reason. Nice vid btw, really loved it.
Thanks man! And yeah I love ones! I get mad sometimes too but I know that I need to figure out what went wrong and just work on that. It's helped me so much honestly haha
Shane Amare I bet you get wrecked in 3s. It’s so weird how typically the 2 player types are such opposites. In champ1 in 3s but like plat 1 in 1s. And in 3s you rarely have time to even use Any of the mechanics mastered in 1s. In 2s you def can though 3s is more about power shots and accuracy and speed and most importantly, working as a team to make plays. Once you get to like high diamond doesn’t matter how good you are you aren’t gonna score much if you aren’t throwing up redirect passes and creating opportunities that break opponents rotation. All things that are irrelevant in 1s. The tip is valid bc at lower ranks 1s will help you get sold basic mechanics like ball control stuff. Whereas me, I’m level 2000+ and already have that stuff so there’s not a whole lot I gain from 1s anymore. For a long time though my ball control suffered from lack of 1v1 play. (My car control is nasty though from playing a crazy amount of dropshot back before it was even ranked with much higher level players than myself since there weren’t many people in those playlists) I wish I had forced myself to play like a minimum of 10% of my matches in 1s for like my first 500 hours or so. Although it doesn’t do much for me now, I would likely be a high champ-GC if I had done that as many of my friends are who started playing at same time and the biggest noticeable difference between us over time was they always had better ball control (from 1s and from free play which I also wish I did more of but I thought was too boring
Matt S I’m champ 2 in 3s and D3 in ones, and I’m the highest rank of my friends in 1s and it easily shows, even tho they’re the same rank, I’m way better mechanically, especially at dribbling. All I did was play ones for a while back and jumped from like D2 to champ 1 after my break from it
Finally someone who gives actual tips to work on instead of "practice in freeplay or 1v1s" you give me goals that i should practice with, instead of just telling me to practice in general.
When you say go 100% or don't go at all, I slighty disagree. Although I'm only C1, maybe I can add a little input to that, when the opponent has the ball, and you are too far to make a good challenge, just going and pressuring by "being there" and forcing him to make a flick (and effectively passing to your TM) is a very good strategy. The possession has changed, you still have boost has you did not went in the air, and you are upfield in a good position for a counter-attack. And that's not 100% and not 0% either. What do you think ?
This video cleared some things up for me! I don't play often and I totally suck at aerials, dribbling, and frankly I keep missing the ball completely lots of times. I almost never play ranked because I think I'd drag other people down. But in unranked I get matched with people doing all kinds of fancy stuff in the air yet I end up being the top scorer in lots of games. Turns out I've been doing rotations / momentum pretty well - I've been calling it "being in the right place at the right time" and it really helps a ton.
One thing I've noticed as I play more and more for rocket league as a good sign is seeing similar plays between higher ranks and your own. To put into context, I'm a diamond 2-3 and often watch champion/grand champion clips from other people. Over the course of gold, to plat,to diamond, I've noticed more and more instances where people make similar plays to how I do, and maybe sometimes improved versions of them. That means that you're at a level of understanding of a ah at a certain level, and completely understand the mechanics and ways behind the improved version to, and will be able to implement them into your plays, making you better. So always watching higher rank or same rank plays is a key point
It's all Mostly true sometimes lol. Like two different tips are constant pressure and never leaving your tm8 2v1 even a pro can't do this every time better tip is just get good. That being said I'm sure very low ranks can take a bit from this
You got me into playing 1s and it helped my game immensely! I have a set practice routine for groups of fundamentals with several skills over about 30 minutes and keep mixing it up to keep it from being repetitive.
@@gentlemancroc3767 I've gotten to Plat 3 div 4 in ones. I mostly do bounce shots, power aerials, wall to air, dribbling, and focus a lot on power and accuracy. Last year at this time I was silver 3 in ones.
To your powershot tip, I’d add that way too many players even at higher levels will get the ball and simply boom it away to the opponent 1/2, ceding possession, rather than controlling the ball and passing somewhere you/teammate can follow it up. Possession (for you or within your team) is really key. Otherwise, you’re just throwing potential plays away. Boom the ball if everyone is out of boost or you just want ball out of your half. But usually, it’s best to hold onto possession and set up a play/pass whenever it’s possible. So if you’re at a level where you can pass at that speed and your teammates can make contact, great. But if you’re just smacking the ball down the field and praying something happens and it magically sets up a play, that’s the wrong idea.
it’s really pretty crazy how much this video helps me. a few months back I discovered this video and it’s what helped me get from plat to diamond. My entire play style was completely changed, and all for the better. I took a break from RL for a while and just recently started playing it again. I was extremely rusty when I came back and I was playing like myself when I was stuck in plat again, and because of that, I went all the way from diamond 1 back to plat 1. I was losing every game I played. then I remembered this video and how much it helped me, and after watching it again and refreshing my brain with everything you went over in this video, i’m currently at plat 3 and playing like my normal self when I was a diamond. I was one game off of diamond many times but unfortunately couldn’t get that promotion. i’ll definitely get back to it tomorrow and hopefully get to diamond, but I just wanted to thank you for how much you’ve helped me improve in RL!
I watched this video 2 days ago and I was in plat 2, I changed my play style around a bit specifically trying to play with more speed and go for harder shots without hesitation whilst also listening to what you said about not going for the ball if you're not sure you should and I'm not in diamond!! So thank you so much :)
I was on the verge of getting into diamond about 4 days ago. I am now Plat 2 div 2 wondering where I went wrong. A good portion of this along with solo queue-ing put me down to where I am now. Gonna watch this every day and commit fully and track the progress. Let's see where this goes. Thank you for this video
All that hard work payed off! really high quality video dude, I love to see how fast you are improving, keep up the grind and you will hit GC in no time :)
When I bought rocket league I played it for a few days but then got bored. This was when rocket league just came out). I started to play again like a month ago and I have spent most of my time in training and racing A.I. I wanted to get really good at rocket league before I started play competitive. I am now able to airdribble, aerial, half flip, and more. I started competitive yesterday and I’m a silver 2 rn. This guide really helped me. THANK YOU AND STAY SAFE.
One of things that I did not see mentioned in this video that might be helpful for newer players like me is that playing against bots is a good way to train yourself without having to play against people online. This makes it so that you can try out new things without having to embarrass yourself online. I personally have been playing 1v1s against bots and have seen myself improve a ton.
Great video! Amazingly explained, you managed to explain it so that even the lower ranks can understand. I am currently Gold 3 and I hope to improve with your tips, because as you said, I learned a ton from this, especially the Fundamentals. You just earned a like and sub!
Quick tip adding too what he said about recovering rather than using a flip just because you have it. Although most ways of using this flip can lengthen your recovery, if you use it to wave dash as you touch the ground, you can get momentum back almost instantly.
11:57 This is often overlooked, you can’t get complex mechanics without attempting complex things. People often think that they will eventually develop them overtime, which may be right, but this is much more efficient.
I know very little advanced mechanics and i just got in diamond 1. Slowly i have been messing around with trying to air dribble or do flicks to a flip reset just because it gives me offense a little more utilities.
Tip #9 is what helped me the most. I only had about 60 hours in game and felt like I plateaued pretty hard after learning very quickly. I could hit decent aerials and pass well but that was about it. Then I just decided one day I was going to learn how to air dribble for fun. What I didn't realize until after is that taught me how to read the wall WAY better, how to get good clears off the wall and follow them, overall better ball control and WAY better aerial control. Once I realized that I learned how to do flip resets, half flips, quick starts, fast aerials, floor to air dribbles, flicks and wall pinches. I can consistently do wall to air dribbles to goal now and even though it almost never happens in game, just practicing that has helped me so much mechanically.
@@rimusen6364 im the opposite, i just sratrted and am now goldish but i cant do any mechanics, i just find peop[le are very easy to duke and predict in whatever rank
@@SkinWynne I cannot arial, if i attempt to atrial in the vast majority of cases the chance of me missing is so high that it is not viable in a match i would like the highest probability of winning. I only recently got plat in 3v3 but i am basically just a high silver in 1v1 and 2v2. one thing i apparently have better than anyone is that going backwards is the same as going forwards for me, so i frequently score backwards goals etc and conserve a to of momentum taking people be surprise.
So, so many people have done this exact video idea, and it’s still relevant. Amazing that this game is still bringing in new players and provides virtually infinite depth
I started rocket league around the tome this video first dropped and I ended up giving up. Coming back to it I’ve taken your tips especially the “if you’re frustrated, good”
I think the tip about waiting for your opponent is tough. If it is a 2v1 or 1v1 at the net challenging might not be the move. Sometimes waiting closer to the net gives you a better shot at a save because you can accurately guess where they are going to shoot.
I’m brand new to the game. It’s really fun. But the tip so far that has helped me the most is understanding and stopping myself when I know that there’s a low chance that I’m going to get to the ball first, and even if I do it’s a worse play than if I repositioned and tried to make a better opportunity for myself. I’ll work on my mechanics of course. But I need to understand where I’m at and what I’m currently capable of first.
I know what I should be doing... Does not mean I'm good at it hahah. Still have to improve my basics a fair bit I'd say but I was at c3 div 3 last night for a whole before dropping down to c2 so I think I can get to gc within a few months!
I think its so important in the lower ranks when you’re that last man back to just watch your teammates or the enemy team as they play near the net. There’s so many times i score goals just from the enemy team making a mistake or just passing it straight towards their goal. In lower ranks, all the mistake you make are probably mistakes that other people are making as well. I’m not the greatest in the air by any means but I have gotten really good on the ground and making sure all my hits are powerful, and I’ve consistently hit Champ 2 with only about 500 hours logged. Great video I learned a lot!!!
Im platinum and no one, I mean no one, understands rotations. I always end up being the 3d man defense because teammates will run front no matter what.
My disc broke a couple years ago, I got it back when it got free, I always remember being trash... so when I loaded up an scored 8 goals in casuals I was astonished
Another tip for under C2/C3: The faster you go for the second touch on the ball, the better. Typical silver shot: player 1 hits ball. Ball flies and contacts wall. Bounces off and hits ground. Comes back down, and then teammate 2 tries to go for it. Gold, maybe teammate 2 can get his follow up touch when ball hits the ground. Plat, prolly aerials to hit ball coming off wall. D, player 2 is prolly gonna be ready to hit the ball either before it hits wall or right after. C1, the second player is probably actually receiving a pass and ready to hit it as soon as it reaches him. Above that, your second player can probably read decently, where the ball is going as soon as it’s hit and position/fly to read either the path or the bounce off the wall (this is where we start to get things like re-directs that actually work, fast reads off walls/backboard, etc). - So Basically, the sooner you’re getting up and following up your teammate’s touch, the less time your opponents have to counter it and stop your play. Actually achieving faster follow-ups? Comes down to positioning, then speed and boost management, then accuracy of the initial pass/set-up. How do you get better? Practice going for the follow-up touch as soon as you see your teammate hit the ball, and being in the correct position to send it someplace useful when you see player 1 going for ball. You’ll miss plenty, but eventually you’ll improve those skills. Eventually you will see a ball just coming at your teammate and instinctively know where he’s gonna be hitting it, allowing you to position very well or even at times pre-jump, to out-pace opponents. This is a good deal of why pro play looks so much less fragmented and more continuous than in a low-level game. But it’s something you can continuously practice and improve on, throughout the ranks.
Hey. I'm new to Rocket League; roughly 4 days old. This is an excellent guide/demonstration. It was exactly what I was looking for when searching for "rocket league how to get better". You even linked a video to the more beginner steps for the mechanics just as I was thinking, "Hmm, I wonder if he will explain 'what' he's doing.". Thanks for the great, all-around video! Lastly, nice constructive criticism!
The rotation guide alone is massively important for most people and they ignore it and blame their teammates for not being "good enough " Huge thanks for a reference point.
To add on to the Powershot mechanic players between C1-GC1 tend not to realize just HOW important getting the absolute most power out of the ball is. Usually when they go for a shot they have an average strength power shot. But they can hit it harder, once you start hitting it harder at those ranks (if you already were wondering why you were getting hard stuck) then generally you will rank up. And thats even without the accuracy portion required for those.
for me a fundamental tip that has been something i see a problem for many players is that they far to often stay on the gas and not the brakes and so i always try to teach brake before your touches or aerials or when the ball is heading to the wall fast and many other situations where losing momentum is not a bad thing and having time t change direction on a challenged ball helps so much
Legit the most helpful video, helped me and a few mates improve not only our gameplay, but our layout. Went from Diamond 1 to Champ 2 to by learning our locations, time and placements. Thank You So Much!
Basically for you lower ranks a wave dash is where you jump up tilt forward and then immediately tilt backward and just when your back wheals are going to hit the ground you flip forward. A half flip is when you back flip and immediately tilt forward, then air roll
i don’t think i’ve ever commented on a video before but i have to comment on this and say this is the best video i’ve seen (coming from a diamond player). i always wanna play w my friends but they think it is so hard and i could never explain fundamentals good enough. great video brotha
Better than the last time's video, it's very hard to balance between shadow defending in 1s and not giving your opponent time on the ball. That's a huge problem for a lot of D3s and C1s, including me.
Can confirm on playing ones. I’m still ass but until plat in ones I wanted to bail on so many games. 2’s felt so much smoother in diamond when I increased skill in ones. Just do it. Even casual games. It’s really amazing.
This is accurate. I learn mechanics and I’m good at flip resets and air roll shots. It’s helped me get better at the game, now I need to work of spacing and rotation
I have had the game since 2016, stopped playing for several months, lost my plat rank, and back to here as a gold 2. (Also here because my friends won't play with me until I get better)
@2:39 Though the clip looked as if the person didn't have it too much under control. You should've let your teammate finish their set up in this case, even if in this case it wasn't done perfect or even if it was a total miss, you should not of jumped and aerialed for it. In the clip your teammate was going to beat the defender anyway and set up the pass or at best force the defender out of position, but that's not the point, your teammate is already coming off the ceiling and you can clearly see they have another jump to beat a defender(s), you should've been ready for his/her pass, if it wasn't good enough, you don't have to go for it, this way you're still a threat to the opposing team, Rotate back and try again. This way you wouldn't of given the opposing team an easy counter and you and your teammate both wouldn't be out of position. It's not easy i understand, but if you imagine yourself on the opposite postion you were currently in of the opposing teams goal, that would've been an okay pass judging from the way the ball was going.
1. Power shots are everything. 2. Don't always use your second flip (takes your teammate out of position, better to get down to the ground asap) 3. Don't leave your teammates in a 2v1 or 3v2 4. Never give your opponent time on the ball 5. Play 1s. Forces you to figure out your own flaws and improve your ground play quickly. If you get scored on, it's your fault. 6. Focus on the fundamentals: Positioning, rotation, and speed. 7. Take advantage of momentum 8. Either fully commit to the ball or don't go at all. 9. Practice hard mechanics 10. Train in bursts
this video helped me more casue recently i changed to arsenals bindings and ur vids and training packs have been helping starting to get more used to the new binds thanks man
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Thanovic I really agree with the fundamentals approach, I have about 500 hours in RL and for the first 350 I just worked on accuracy in shots and car control and fancy stuff like wavedashes, flicks etc. I have found that for the past 150 hours I have progressed sooo much more by just working on speed, I think that if you have the car control speed and speed alone can make you so much better so much faster.
Oh absolutely bro! Working on the basics and moving your way up in your early RL life is going to set you up so well for the later ranks!
Could you do a “Top 10 training packs that will help you improve” ?????
@@ntpldark6410 yes I can! Solid idea!
Bro 6:00 we have the same way things to go about. We try help people and they just saltie xD.
Tip #0 don't forfeit ( stop being a puss) if you find yourself forfeiting every single match [GTFO] you are tilted and will not win at all.
"You dont always have to flip reset"
Me in plat 2: "no problem, done"
😂😂😂
Ikr i cant even do backboard reads
Alex Winstanley i didn’t understand this one bc all you need to do is look at what you’re teammate is doing and play off that, it’s very obvious when they’re going for the reset etc so don’t go up for it 🤷🏻♂️ simple as that
billy truss if they fail it leaves you to a 2 vs 1 and almost certainly score
Me a lvl 170:
No problem
"If you're below diamond you are going to learn a lot"
Me a bronze 1: hmmm...
Hi, you tryna run some 2's?
Im plat
@@incurid3426 lol im diamond 1 in 2s rn. what do you play on?
@@drkzue i play on pc and i just got diamond on 3's tonight
@@incurid3426 Im on Xbox, mainly a 2s player. What's your server?
@@drkzue naeast
“Learn how to hit the ball with power everytime”
Me: Well, I need to learn how to hit the ball still
Same
Lol same
Just drive ur car into the ball dum
Same
Same
“You don’t always have to hit it in the top corners”
Me in silver: didn’t aim them anyway
Thanovic: lower level players don’t understand rotations easily
Me in silver 2 after watching every single rocket league video: P E R F E C T R O T A T I O N S
I call lie on you quantum
Thanovic I Know I don’t have “perfect” rotations, but I think that I have pretty good rotations for silver 2. Btw I’m silver 2 in 2s but I’m gold 2+ in the other playlists
@@quantumrl7358 if u r silver 2 in 2s and gold in others it means ur rotations are bad for 2s no offense
Abdouxd Abico my friend payed me to derank to silver 2 I have decent rotations for plat oh and I take no offense🤣
Now that the game is free, expect a bunch of noobs like me coming here 😀😂
Welcome brother!!
Yes!
😀😀
Hello I got silver 2 am I good for a newbie?
lol i cant aim for my life
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Thanovic Owhhhh you’re making my heart melt stop it
Bo Az I’m fucking jealous
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“1’s are like vegetables. You don’t like eating them but they will help you later on!”
- Wayton Pilkin
Very true hahah
RS2KX true dat
Why are you eating 1’s games 🤔🤔
But 1s is amazing
RS2KX u stole that comment lol
My favorite thing about this channel is how thanovic heads straight to the point and is even aware of how long his videos are. I really appreciate how he is helping us to save time and isn't self promoting expecting us to listen to it anyways. Which btw, this is a great channel, definitely wanna subscribe to it.
Thanovic : Playing 1s is one of the quickest ways to improve.
Me : Playing 1s is one of the quickest ways to rage.
Good. Get rekt in 1s and become numb to the "sting" of failure.
Honestly I just get bored when I play 1s
@@volcelraptor3983 story of my life
@@aaronayala894 loser mentality
The problem is that 1x1 is really boring
05:56 Oh yeah, the good old "If you're worse than me then you suck, if you're better than me then you don't have a life"
Have seen this too many times ahhaha
YES!
Tip: always say gg, even when you lose
no
@@theambergryphon4266 yes
@@theambergryphon4266 yes
@@ovuvuevuevueenyetuenwuevue6239 no
@@vinylopinion2829 no
"you don't always have to do a flip reset"
Me, a bronze II: WTF is a flip reset?
Bruh I just played for the first time this morning and I don't know lots of the terms in Rocket League. Somebody help me pls.
@@zakkymiftahurrahman1665 Also pretty new. For now just concentrate on hitting the ball in its center, preferably also when it is moving.
@@zakkymiftahurrahman1665 i got the game yesterday, im on pc and I always bump into walls and i am very inaccurate
Update: one month in and im still shit but hey atleast i can touch the ball
I got the game 3 years ago and im so so so bad
@@diothil2920 don't worry, in the last month since I posted this I was able to get three flip resets down in actual (casual) matches!!! Of course they scored right afterwards because I was too excited about successfully executing the move that I forgot to focus on the game, but what I'm trying to say is that it gets better with practice.
The rotating one was way easier to understand than I expected. I watched that part right before my game and it drastically made a difference
On a podcast, Virge (Dignita’s coach) said that during scrims he never cared if his team lost, not just because the games didn’t matter, but because that practice time was about improving as a team. I have taken up that way of thinking when I play 1s. Ultimately I play 1s to learn and I don’t fixate myself on the result of each game. It is an ideology that has helped me get a lot less triggered in 1s, and helped me stay focused on my development as a player.
(Kind of an obvious take, but I feel its a really good tip for when u r grinding 1s)
2:09 Try to contain a solo play when your teammate is already in the air, this is how most counterattacks and goals form. Just wait for him to be down so you can apply pressure on the enemy team, if you waited and stayed on the middle side you could've rotated for his ceiling pass and maybe scored it or passed it to the backboard.
Yeah, that was definitely his fault. In 3s you can get away with it but not 2s.
6:25 THANK YOU!!! I personally love 1s, even though I still get frustrated, and I play them a lot to improve and cause Ik im the only person I can blame when I get scored on. And it upsets me when people say, I hat ones cause it’s frustrating but I am bad at kickoffs. It’s such a childish reason. Nice vid btw, really loved it.
Thanks man! And yeah I love ones! I get mad sometimes too but I know that I need to figure out what went wrong and just work on that. It's helped me so much honestly haha
I hate 1s because it's boring honestly.
Shane Amare I bet you get wrecked in 3s. It’s so weird how typically the 2 player types are such opposites.
In champ1 in 3s but like plat 1 in 1s.
And in 3s you rarely have time to even use Any of the mechanics mastered in 1s. In 2s you def can though
3s is more about power shots and accuracy and speed and most importantly, working as a team to make plays. Once you get to like high diamond doesn’t matter how good you are you aren’t gonna score much if you aren’t throwing up redirect passes and creating opportunities that break opponents rotation.
All things that are irrelevant in 1s. The tip is valid bc at lower ranks 1s will help you get sold basic mechanics like ball control stuff. Whereas me, I’m level 2000+ and already have that stuff so there’s not a whole lot I gain from 1s anymore.
For a long time though my ball control suffered from lack of 1v1 play. (My car control is nasty though from playing a crazy amount of dropshot back before it was even ranked with much higher level players than myself since there weren’t many people in those playlists)
I wish I had forced myself to play like a minimum of 10% of my matches in 1s for like my first 500 hours or so. Although it doesn’t do much for me now, I would likely be a high champ-GC if I had done that as many of my friends are who started playing at same time and the biggest noticeable difference between us over time was they always had better ball control (from 1s and from free play which I also wish I did more of but I thought was too boring
Not really, 3s is my highest rank and 1s is my lowest.
Matt S I’m champ 2 in 3s and D3 in ones, and I’m the highest rank of my friends in 1s and it easily shows, even tho they’re the same rank, I’m way better mechanically, especially at dribbling. All I did was play ones for a while back and jumped from like D2 to champ 1 after my break from it
Finally someone who gives actual tips to work on instead of "practice in freeplay or 1v1s" you give me goals that i should practice with, instead of just telling me to practice in general.
When you say go 100% or don't go at all, I slighty disagree. Although I'm only C1, maybe I can add a little input to that, when the opponent has the ball, and you are too far to make a good challenge, just going and pressuring by "being there" and forcing him to make a flick (and effectively passing to your TM) is a very good strategy.
The possession has changed, you still have boost has you did not went in the air, and you are upfield in a good position for a counter-attack.
And that's not 100% and not 0% either. What do you think ?
This video cleared some things up for me! I don't play often and I totally suck at aerials, dribbling, and frankly I keep missing the ball completely lots of times. I almost never play ranked because I think I'd drag other people down. But in unranked I get matched with people doing all kinds of fancy stuff in the air yet I end up being the top scorer in lots of games. Turns out I've been doing rotations / momentum pretty well - I've been calling it "being in the right place at the right time" and it really helps a ton.
One thing I've noticed as I play more and more for rocket league as a good sign is seeing similar plays between higher ranks and your own. To put into context, I'm a diamond 2-3 and often watch champion/grand champion clips from other people. Over the course of gold, to plat,to diamond, I've noticed more and more instances where people make similar plays to how I do, and maybe sometimes improved versions of them. That means that you're at a level of understanding of a ah at a certain level, and completely understand the mechanics and ways behind the improved version to, and will be able to implement them into your plays, making you better. So always watching higher rank or same rank plays is a key point
As a 1600 GC I can confirm these tips are INSANELY important to hit GC, awesome video!
Thanks dude!!!
Im not 1600... Im 1580 bic oof
@@JiroTheReal f
@@JiroTheReal im also gc, im at 1200... ah wait
It's all Mostly true sometimes lol. Like two different tips are constant pressure and never leaving your tm8 2v1 even a pro can't do this every time better tip is just get good. That being said I'm sure very low ranks can take a bit from this
Rocket league is one of the few games where when you do the training it actually helps you get better
You got me into playing 1s and it helped my game immensely! I have a set practice routine for groups of fundamentals with several skills over about 30 minutes and keep mixing it up to keep it from being repetitive.
Nice man! Keep that up for a few weeks and let me know how you go!!
KARR2001 yo any word on your progress? Did you stick to the training?
@@bigbrotherimprovement yeah, I hit plat 2 for the first time in standard and made it to Gold 1 in ones. Accuracy and power are improving as well!
yo what's Ur rank now and what's Ur routine
@@gentlemancroc3767 I've gotten to Plat 3 div 4 in ones. I mostly do bounce shots, power aerials, wall to air, dribbling, and focus a lot on power and accuracy. Last year at this time I was silver 3 in ones.
To your powershot tip, I’d add that way too many players even at higher levels will get the ball and simply boom it away to the opponent 1/2, ceding possession, rather than controlling the ball and passing somewhere you/teammate can follow it up. Possession (for you or within your team) is really key. Otherwise, you’re just throwing potential plays away. Boom the ball if everyone is out of boost or you just want ball out of your half. But usually, it’s best to hold onto possession and set up a play/pass whenever it’s possible.
So if you’re at a level where you can pass at that speed and your teammates can make contact, great. But if you’re just smacking the ball down the field and praying something happens and it magically sets up a play, that’s the wrong idea.
it’s really pretty crazy how much this video helps me. a few months back I discovered this video and it’s what helped me get from plat to diamond. My entire play style was completely changed, and all for the better. I took a break from RL for a while and just recently started playing it again. I was extremely rusty when I came back and I was playing like myself when I was stuck in plat again, and because of that, I went all the way from diamond 1 back to plat 1. I was losing every game I played. then I remembered this video and how much it helped me, and after watching it again and refreshing my brain with everything you went over in this video, i’m currently at plat 3 and playing like my normal self when I was a diamond. I was one game off of diamond many times but unfortunately couldn’t get that promotion. i’ll definitely get back to it tomorrow and hopefully get to diamond, but I just wanted to thank you for how much you’ve helped me improve in RL!
I've been stuck on gold for the longest time this helped a lot.
As a plat 3 who feels like his potential for improvement has stagnated, thank you for this guide. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks man!!!
What are you now?
@@anonym6438 Lol that's an old comment! I'm currently floating between diamond 2-3, so there's been some progress since then.
Underrated channel alert!
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ayyyye thanks heaps man!!
Ha ha
I watched this video 2 days ago and I was in plat 2, I changed my play style around a bit specifically trying to play with more speed and go for harder shots without hesitation whilst also listening to what you said about not going for the ball if you're not sure you should and I'm not in diamond!! So thank you so much :)
No worries Alex! Glad it could help!
I was on the verge of getting into diamond about 4 days ago. I am now Plat 2 div 2 wondering where I went wrong. A good portion of this along with solo queue-ing put me down to where I am now. Gonna watch this every day and commit fully and track the progress. Let's see where this goes. Thank you for this video
@Caleb Plumb I maintain champ in 2s and am moving about from high Diamond 3 to mid champ in 3s lol
All that hard work payed off! really high quality video dude, I love to see how fast you are improving, keep up the grind and you will hit GC in no time :)
Thanks man! Looking to hit GC this season haha
12:53 omg how long does this guy play for!!
You gotta grind to get better my g
Hard my man
@@elclashh209 i have school and don't wanna get fat so I do other things that are more healthy for me.
@@tabo8459 Same I run track but I still manage to find time to grind 2-3 hours on the weekdays and an ungodly amount on the weekends lol
@@elclashh209 i live in NZ and there aren't any tracks around here so I have to find other things.
When I bought rocket league I played it for a few days but then got bored. This was when rocket league just came out). I started to play again like a month ago and I have spent most of my time in training and racing A.I. I wanted to get really good at rocket league before I started play competitive. I am now able to airdribble, aerial, half flip, and more. I started competitive yesterday and I’m a silver 2 rn. This guide really helped me. THANK YOU AND STAY SAFE.
One of things that I did not see mentioned in this video that might be helpful for newer players like me is that playing against bots is a good way to train yourself without having to play against people online. This makes it so that you can try out new things without having to embarrass yourself online. I personally have been playing 1v1s against bots and have seen myself improve a ton.
Great video! Amazingly explained, you managed to explain it so that even the lower ranks can understand. I am currently Gold 3 and I hope to improve with your tips, because as you said, I learned a ton from this, especially the Fundamentals. You just earned a like and sub!
Hey I'm glad it could help! Thanks bro!!
I didnt even know people were this good till I started watching your videos
Anyone else high asfk hoping they remember this when they hop on later?
Did you remember? hahaa
Omg yessss
isaiah williams this game is fun as fuck high
Cole especially sweaty gc‘s
Lmao so relatable 😂
What a visionary. 15 minutes to say "find your weakness and strengthen it." You are truly a gift to the community
Thank you for the kind words my man!
Quick tip adding too what he said about recovering rather than using a flip just because you have it. Although most ways of using this flip can lengthen your recovery, if you use it to wave dash as you touch the ground, you can get momentum back almost instantly.
Very true
Btw, that thumbnail looked sick! It was kinda like, cartoony, i guess.
Thanks!!! Took ages on this one haha, had some help form the bro on this one haha
Oscar SK looks kinda like the thumbnail tutorial from pk :)
You got it man! Tried out a new style and found that tutorial hahah
If you wanna learn how to make a thumbnail like that yourself, make sure to check out the tutorial on this channel! :)
Thanovic: don’t leave your teammates in a 3v2 or a 1v2.
Me in silver: they won’t stop ball chasing 👁👄👁
Foreal
5:59 *When you can’t accept constructive criticism*
Honestly I don't blame the guy. It's sooooo frustrating losing kickoffs every time in 1s. And it's not obvious what you're doing wrong.
11:57
This is often overlooked, you can’t get complex mechanics without attempting complex things. People often think that they will eventually develop them overtime, which may be right, but this is much more efficient.
Absolutely man!
I know very little advanced mechanics and i just got in diamond 1. Slowly i have been messing around with trying to air dribble or do flicks to a flip reset just because it gives me offense a little more utilities.
How are you fundamentals?
Nick Lane Bro you’re Diamond leave the flip resets for later you will improve a lot quicker obviously if that’s your objective
This is what i do but i think i do it to much so im tryna tone down a little
Tip #9 is what helped me the most. I only had about 60 hours in game and felt like I plateaued pretty hard after learning very quickly. I could hit decent aerials and pass well but that was about it. Then I just decided one day I was going to learn how to air dribble for fun. What I didn't realize until after is that taught me how to read the wall WAY better, how to get good clears off the wall and follow them, overall better ball control and WAY better aerial control. Once I realized that I learned how to do flip resets, half flips, quick starts, fast aerials, floor to air dribbles, flicks and wall pinches. I can consistently do wall to air dribbles to goal now and even though it almost never happens in game, just practicing that has helped me so much mechanically.
me a silver rank player
"These rules will be good for everyone"
"First, when doing aerials you don't always need to flip reset"
:(
.........
Maybe not that one lol
Alexander Hemming I’m a silver player too, apparently I play like a Gold 3
@@rimusen6364 im the opposite, i just sratrted and am now goldish but i cant do any mechanics, i just find peop[le are very easy to duke and predict in whatever rank
Alexander Hemming so you can’t aerial? Because that would highly frustrate me if your a higher rank than me, no offence tho. We all start somewhere :)
@@SkinWynne I cannot arial, if i attempt to atrial in the vast majority of cases the chance of me missing is so high that it is not viable in a match i would like the highest probability of winning.
I only recently got plat in 3v3 but i am basically just a high silver in 1v1 and 2v2.
one thing i apparently have better than anyone is that going backwards is the same as going forwards for me, so i frequently score backwards goals etc and conserve a to of momentum taking people be surprise.
"you don't always have to flip reset"
Me in unranked 2/10 games: O_o
Hey loving your vids I'm on the grind to do this had helped me a ton
I'm glad you are enjoying them! Good luck with the grind bro!
So, so many people have done this exact video idea, and it’s still relevant. Amazing that this game is still bringing in new players and provides virtually infinite depth
Had me in the first half ngl hahah
Very underrated video! As a plat three, ive never seen this many in depth tips in a single video. Keep it up!
That's awesome to hear! Thanks man!
I just started playing and damn I suck lol. How the hell can you time it off the wall and bounce like that?
I think it’s experience, some players have been playing for 2 or more years.
asaf elbaz The wall is the biggest enemy for everyone at least under gold.
@@asafelbaz6 I know like I'm doing my first dribble them I just get stuck on the wall
You learn to become one with ball.
Him:practice hard mechanics
Me: I can’t even touch the ball in the air!!!
I can't touch the ball on the ground like I'm going for kickoff and just juke the ball I dont know how it just happens
i laughed so hard when you used that guy raging as an opportunity for improvement. you were so calm and collected
Just trying to do my job hahaha
I started rocket league around the tome this video first dropped and I ended up giving up. Coming back to it I’ve taken your tips especially the “if you’re frustrated, good”
I always say, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". I think you hit that nail right on the head. Great video
Yes! Thank you!
me actually learning
also me: thats some good gameplay
"how about inprove your life" xd
Pure class response haha
but true
How about improve your spelling
Aryan Bajaj lol ur right though
Aryan Bajaj he was copying what the kid in the video said punk now stfu
This is something every rl player needs to see
I think the tip about waiting for your opponent is tough. If it is a 2v1 or 1v1 at the net challenging might not be the move. Sometimes waiting closer to the net gives you a better shot at a save because you can accurately guess where they are going to shoot.
I’m brand new to the game. It’s really fun. But the tip so far that has helped me the most is understanding and stopping myself when I know that there’s a low chance that I’m going to get to the ball first, and even if I do it’s a worse play than if I repositioned and tried to make a better opportunity for myself. I’ll work on my mechanics of course. But I need to understand where I’m at and what I’m currently capable of first.
I do 1s so much that I feel like I try to do everything in 2s and 3s like ball chase then mess up my teams rotations.
Yeah learning each game mode and what they individually need you to do is a whole other task haha
Samee
Yea this is also me. My instincts makes wanna ballchase in 2s & 3s after I play long sessions of 1s. Really annoying :)
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Than: "This will get you to GC"
Also Than: I'm champ 2.
I know what I should be doing... Does not mean I'm good at it hahah. Still have to improve my basics a fair bit I'd say but I was at c3 div 3 last night for a whole before dropping down to c2 so I think I can get to gc within a few months!
@@Thanovic I'm stuck on c1 right now. I took a lengthy break. I'm getting back into it. Hopefully I forgot some bad habits lol
@@memphisflyer8574 I'm pretty sure my break got rid of some habits, started rotating a lot more afterwards hahah
@@Thanovic your defense video just got recommended to me from YT. You're getting a push.
@@memphisflyer8574 yo that's awesome to hear! Thanks man!
I think its so important in the lower ranks when you’re that last man back to just watch your teammates or the enemy team as they play near the net. There’s so many times i score goals just from the enemy team making a mistake or just passing it straight towards their goal. In lower ranks, all the mistake you make are probably mistakes that other people are making as well.
I’m not the greatest in the air by any means but I have gotten really good on the ground and making sure all my hits are powerful, and I’ve consistently hit Champ 2 with only about 500 hours logged.
Great video I learned a lot!!!
Started playing rl 3 days ago and my mechanics improved quite well because of your tips
rank? been 1 years
You’re insane! Just started playing and felt like I had a good first night. Came here. Mind blown. Wow 🤯 😬🤯😬
Brandon thank you sir!
Brandon are you ethans friend?
Im platinum and no one, I mean no one, understands rotations. I always end up being the 3d man defense because teammates will run front no matter what.
My disc broke a couple years ago, I got it back when it got free, I always remember being trash... so when I loaded up an scored 8 goals in casuals I was astonished
Another tip for under C2/C3: The faster you go for the second touch on the ball, the better. Typical silver shot: player 1 hits ball. Ball flies and contacts wall. Bounces off and hits ground. Comes back down, and then teammate 2 tries to go for it. Gold, maybe teammate 2 can get his follow up touch when ball hits the ground. Plat, prolly aerials to hit ball coming off wall. D, player 2 is prolly gonna be ready to hit the ball either before it hits wall or right after. C1, the second player is probably actually receiving a pass and ready to hit it as soon as it reaches him. Above that, your second player can probably read decently, where the ball is going as soon as it’s hit and position/fly to read either the path or the bounce off the wall (this is where we start to get things like re-directs that actually work, fast reads off walls/backboard, etc). - So Basically, the sooner you’re getting up and following up your teammate’s touch, the less time your opponents have to counter it and stop your play. Actually achieving faster follow-ups? Comes down to positioning, then speed and boost management, then accuracy of the initial pass/set-up. How do you get better? Practice going for the follow-up touch as soon as you see your teammate hit the ball, and being in the correct position to send it someplace useful when you see player 1 going for ball. You’ll miss plenty, but eventually you’ll improve those skills. Eventually you will see a ball just coming at your teammate and instinctively know where he’s gonna be hitting it, allowing you to position very well or even at times pre-jump, to out-pace opponents. This is a good deal of why pro play looks so much less fragmented and more continuous than in a low-level game. But it’s something you can continuously practice and improve on, throughout the ranks.
i love how, unlike other pro RL youtubers, he includes clips of him messing up as well as insane clips
Get ready. All noobies coming in! (Im one of em but getting the hang of it)
Same here really fun game
All the guys that got it for free
@@fsxclan7682 I'm getting the hang of it so far just really playing for fun
@@hollowknight3489 same it's a hard game to play tho!
i’ve given up on it and it’s only been an hour lol
Me: is in bronze 3
Him: if your bellow diamond your gonna learn a lot
Me: watching video and has absolutely no clue what is happening
Big F, ya had a good comment but ya where too late, beat ya by 2 months
I’m still tryna learn how to hit the ball when I’m sideways ; - ;
you'll get there man. It all comes with time
Hey. I'm new to Rocket League; roughly 4 days old. This is an excellent guide/demonstration. It was exactly what I was looking for when searching for "rocket league how to get better". You even linked a video to the more beginner steps for the mechanics just as I was thinking, "Hmm, I wonder if he will explain 'what' he's doing.". Thanks for the great, all-around video! Lastly, nice constructive criticism!
The rotation guide alone is massively important for most people and they ignore it and blame their teammates for not being "good enough " Huge thanks for a reference point.
No worries dude!
Bro you should have more respect and likes
Thanks man! Been grinding to get better quality vids out!
@@Thanovic good keep up the good work it is paying of
2:39 kmt that was your fault.
true, what the fuck was that
Kmt?
@@falkrl kiss my teeth
No... Why the fuck would you pass to nowhere
wow your name is basically the serbian thanos
Truth
Golden information. Very nice 👍
Coming from the man that made one of the most informative tip videos I've ever seen! Love your stuff bro!
To add on to the Powershot mechanic players between C1-GC1 tend not to realize just HOW important getting the absolute most power out of the ball is. Usually when they go for a shot they have an average strength power shot. But they can hit it harder, once you start hitting it harder at those ranks (if you already were wondering why you were getting hard stuck) then generally you will rank up. And thats even without the accuracy portion required for those.
Looks like you need to activate windows xD
Working on it currently hahah
tip 10: activate windows
I have activated windows. All is good in the world
for me a fundamental tip that has been something i see a problem for many players is that they far to often stay on the gas and not the brakes and so i always try to teach brake before your touches or aerials or when the ball is heading to the wall fast and many other situations where losing momentum is not a bad thing and having time t change direction on a challenged ball helps so much
Legit the most helpful video, helped me and a few mates improve not only our gameplay, but our layout. Went from Diamond 1 to Champ 2 to by learning our locations, time and placements. Thank You So Much!
No worry man! Good luck with the rest of your climb
Basically for you lower ranks a wave dash is where you jump up tilt forward and then immediately tilt backward and just when your back wheals are going to hit the ground you flip forward. A half flip is when you back flip and immediately tilt forward, then air roll
i don’t think i’ve ever commented on a video before but i have to comment on this and say this is the best video i’ve seen (coming from a diamond player). i always wanna play w my friends but they think it is so hard and i could never explain fundamentals good enough. great video brotha
Thanks dude! Glad you enjoyed it!
Better than the last time's video, it's very hard to balance between shadow defending in 1s and not giving your opponent time on the ball. That's a huge problem for a lot of D3s and C1s, including me.
Yeah I still need to work on it myself tbh man, all comes with time and effort!
This is the only rocket league video on the internet that taught me a few things to help me get better
ur channel has really grown dude....glad you're back making youtube vids
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@@Thanovic still dishing out high quality videos after a 5month break.... what a god
This is legit the best video about this
Can confirm on playing ones. I’m still ass but until plat in ones I wanted to bail on so many games. 2’s felt so much smoother in diamond when I increased skill in ones. Just do it. Even casual games. It’s really amazing.
Yeah ones really sorted out a lot for me in my early days
Wasn't expected this much knowledge from a 13min video keep up the outstanding work my dude 👌
Thanks man thats awesome to hear!!
This is accurate. I learn mechanics and I’m good at flip resets and air roll shots. It’s helped me get better at the game, now I need to work of spacing and rotation
Once you've got those down then comes consistency. Then progress!
Thanks! Also thanks for responding😁
This video is surprisingly accurate. All the tips he mentioned, I use. They’re incredibly good.
Thanks man!
Thanovic Yeah dude no problem. Keep it up!!
Coming back to these videos really are beneficial, like sure you know most of these things but it helps you think about them more if you're in a rut.
I have had the game since 2016, stopped playing for several months, lost my plat rank, and back to here as a gold 2. (Also here because my friends won't play with me until I get better)
@2:39 Though the clip looked as if the person didn't have it too much under control. You should've let your teammate finish their set up in this case, even if in this case it wasn't done perfect or even if it was a total miss, you should not of jumped and aerialed for it.
In the clip your teammate was going to beat the defender anyway and set up the pass or at best force the defender out of position, but that's not the point, your teammate is already coming off the ceiling and you can clearly see they have another jump to beat a defender(s), you should've been ready for his/her pass, if it wasn't good enough, you don't have to go for it, this way you're still a threat to the opposing team, Rotate back and try again.
This way you wouldn't of given the opposing team an easy counter and you and your teammate both wouldn't be out of position.
It's not easy i understand, but if you imagine yourself on the opposite postion you were currently in of the opposing teams goal, that would've been an okay pass judging from the way the ball was going.
did he not just explain it wtf
@@blackjesus2840Basically, He explained that his temmate was doing the wrong thing, im refuting it by saying that he himself made the wrong decision
What you said about hesitation really helped! This is a great video, thank you! I just have to get good at Aerials now.
1. Power shots are everything.
2. Don't always use your second flip (takes your teammate out of position, better to get down to the ground asap)
3. Don't leave your teammates in a 2v1 or 3v2
4. Never give your opponent time on the ball
5. Play 1s. Forces you to figure out your own flaws and improve your ground play quickly. If you get scored on, it's your fault.
6. Focus on the fundamentals: Positioning, rotation, and speed.
7. Take advantage of momentum
8. Either fully commit to the ball or don't go at all.
9. Practice hard mechanics
10. Train in bursts
this video helped me more casue recently i changed to arsenals bindings and ur vids and training packs have been helping starting to get more used to the new binds thanks man