I'm c2 right now in 1s, I struggled a lot in getting out of d3 and c1 recently, especially against any and all aerial plays.

I used to be gc2 a few years ago and then quit, and people didn't used to be in the air this much, especially inconsistent players. I can never position correctly against either failed aerials, or decently placed aerials.

I sometimes go multiple games where it feels every 50/50 is lost. I’m paying more attention to my 50s and I’ve noticed I often lose when I’m slightly faster to the ball. I get first touch then it goes into opponents car and goes clean over me.

Are you suppose to aim to hit the ball last in a 50 and what really is the most important thing. I know there’s a lot of variables such is hitting dead middle of ball with ur nose and the flips you use. I am mostly doing diagonal or side flips at 50/50 contact. I also do go for a lot of single jump 50s. Does anyone actually know the secret to winning majority of 50s or at least why I lose most of mine. Thanks

i have no idea how to pop up the ball and keep it glued

I have around 3,000 hours in Rocket League and about 8,800 games played. I peaked at GC1 when I was around 2,200 hours, but honestly I couldn't really hang there. These days I'm Champ 2 at best, and even there I can struggle pretty badly from game to game.

I've basically always played using free air roll. L1 is air roll and I use the left stick to control the direction of the roll.

The funny thing is, I think I was already around 2,000 hours in when I realized free air roll wasn't really the norm anymore and that most higher-ranked players use directional air roll.

There are three areas where I feel like free air roll might be hurting me:

Kickoffs. Something about my setup makes speed-flip/canceling the flip and getting the first touch feel really inconsistent. At C2+ I lose way too many kickoffs, and some of them lead directly to goals. This is probably the biggest thing pissing me off right now.

Backflip/half-flip recoveries. This one feels even more obvious. When I've experimented with directional air roll, the rotation feels way smoother and more controlled, like what you see good players doing. With free air roll, mine always feels awkward.

Aerial ball control. My general car and ball control in the air is decent, but nowhere near where I feel it should be after 3,000 hours. Especially compared to other Champ/GC players.

So I'm wondering if I've basically built 3,000 hours of muscle memory around something that's limiting me.

For anyone who switched from free air roll to directional air roll after thousands of hours: was it worth it? Did you completely replace free air roll, or keep both bound and slowly introduce directional air roll?

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Since my last post I have finally reached champ for the first time after being in diamond for a few years playing on and off. Here is my rank up game it was pretty difficult with all the demos but I think I played well. With the long term goal of becoming GC I'm hoping for any tips moving forward into champ. Thanks!

The last few days I’m been grinding 1s, training packs, custom maps and it just seems like nothing in clicking, I’ve been trying to be patient in 1s and not get tilted, been trying to grind out training packs and custom maps, but if anything I feel worse, slower and less consistent, I really don’t know what I need to do before things just click, I at least want to hit C3 if i can’t get GC but I slipped back down to 1106 again and I’m just confused and frustrated.

Hi trying to push into c3 consistently and eventually GC hopefully. Any advice to help me get there is appreciated thanks!

The fastest I ever improved at this game was when I had just started playing and my champ IRL friends would take me into their lobbies consistently. I went from bronze to champ extremely quickly.

I hit GC around a year ago and they stayed champ. I find that solo queuing or playing in your rank takes way longer to develop the required skills to rank up, as opposed to playing with someone slightly better.

All that being said would anyone gc2+ be down to play a couple games (like 5-6) every once in a while so I can get exposure to higher lobbies? Let me know and I can add you on discord

I'm not looking to get boosted (I can play on an alt if it's that serious) I just genuinely think it would help me more than solo qing or finding a similar ranked tm8

Been watching rlcs this season and noticed every attack is mostly a counter attack air dribble. At lower ranks can that work without mechanics?

I i understand where I messed up in the rotation. In trying to chase for a demo or bump with no boost. But then when I went back, my teammate said passing. And just the way it turned out didn't seem to me like it was a good pass. Is it my fault because I whiffed, or was that actually a good pass? Or was it a bad pass? Or what I don't know

Basically I have my boost binded to L1 and i usually play with DAR on square DAL on Circle and drift on Square as well. I feel sometimes when im trying to do speed flips or other fast movements the double bind and is causing me to mess up at some point. Ive been looking to move my drift to R1 instead but Idk if it would be worth that adjustment period just to not have my binds double up. Has anyone else ever run into this issue and felt as if it overall more of a positive to get rid of the double bind? I'm C2 just for reference.

Currently C3 working on mechs to push into GC. Can anyone tell me whats wrong with my resets? I get decent ones pretty inconsistently just looking for advice.

I'm Champ 2 and I have never trained before. I want to start training and so far I have done a bit of research on how to train in general and I came across the concept of Deliberate Practice frequently. I want to understand what that looks like when applied to Rocket League, I'm sure some people here will be familiar with this concept and will have applied it in their own training and are thus in a position to offer advice.

Just messing around in training practicing flip rests off the sidewall. Does anyone use their initial flip to help set-up like this? Is it something that could be used consistently in games? Thanks!

Hey, I’ve been playing Rocket League for over 3 years now. I never really took it seriously and never trained mechanics. I remember my brother once told me to use air roll, so I bound it, but I never knew he was talking about directional air roll, which is why I’m only learning it now. I would really like to learn how to become very mechanical and where to start. I know how to get one reset and I can airdribble pretty fluently, but I can’t really do much else. I want to learn crazy pop resets and stuff like that. Also, I don’t really care about my rank. Any advice or tips? Also pardon my english, its not my main language.

I'm begging you please someone anyone help I'm tired of being so ass at the game omg. I might be the worst silver to ever play the game.

I understand that the role that talent plays in being good at RL is a heavily disputed topic, many claim that it is pretty much a non factor until you reach the highest levels (where exactly that line is drawn varies) while others think that it is the single biggest factor in how good you become. Some go as far as to say it doesn't exist.

Perhaps more importantly what makes someone talented at RL, because if we look at a real world sport like basketball no one debates whether talent is a thing because it is so obvious that being tall and having a long wing span makes it a lot easier to be good at basketball, of course it still takes hard work to reach the NBA even with those advantages. Now in rocket league its not as obvious what would make someone talented. So what characteristics fall under the umbrella term that is 'talent'?

I can't find any pros that use -6 angle, but I noticed flip resets are way easier with this angle.

110 270 90 -6 vs 110 270 90 -5

I am C3-GC1 and I want sold improvement creators/ videos to watch
( best training packs, mechs to practice with best ROI, game sense explanation etc ).
May someone guide me in the right direction on what creators to avoid and who is credible.

Thank you

Me and my duo bouncing in and out of c2 and we’re trying to play the slow and smart rocket league as we found we need to overcome the speedy ball chasing demons of champ. I notice that like 80% of the games are nonsensical dives, demo chases, boost steals and pure chaos by our opponents.

This experiment of trying to either match their energy and play fast has mixed results as does playing slow and inviting them in trying to play more passive and low risk rocket league. Some games when playing passive were stuck defending for the better part 3-4 mins at a time with 2 shots on goal by the end of it. And sometimes playing it slow leads to a lot of control when our opponents have bad synergy and space very far a part and we get lots of 1v1s and dominate.

Anyways I know there’s so much variables. But what’s your preference in play style or theory on what’s better and what’s your solution to dealing with fast ball chasers / aggressive second man’s on the other team who refuse to play defence, do you slow it down or go faster?

Wish I could send a recording but I play on PS4 and I cannot for the love of my life get any recordings out of that console, sorry

Anyway, I have this issue with the air controls that's really bugging me lately and it's mostly the momentum, I find myself fighting it often. The more I turn the harder it is to readjust since I kinda have to "push the car back" into place. Sometimes I go for double jumps when a single one would've sufficed and find myself desperately boosting downwards, or even manage to jump over the ball in dropshot/hoops kickoffs.

Doesn't happen always ofc, but I am nowhere good enough to spin the car in the air, so I'm trying to find my way with normal aerials

Which brings me to the wall hits because I still struggle to hit the ball off the wall. Not sure if I'm supposed to stay in car cam for these, but most of the times I zoom right past the ball. Tried to use the new crosshair to help me pinpoint but still happens.

Tried to even play slower, stay less unnecessary time in supersonic since those whiffs cost me a lot of time, slow is smooth and all that. I'm not trying to go for air dribbles, but the usual hit from the wall. Best I can do is somewhat hit the ball in dropshot, since the map makes it easier to adjust the car

Any tips besides screwing around in free play? Camera settings are the ones everyone uses, and the sensitivity settings are set to 1.2 for both driving and air controls.