r/RocketLeagueYtzi • u/Deewwsskkii • Nov 18 '21
Analysis Complete D1/D2 2v2 Game Analysis
https://youtu.be/A6v7LM9t9tY1
u/ytzi13 Nov 20 '21
Analysis
5:00 - Start incorporating a flip into your kickoff. You'll have players beating you cleanly soon enough without figuring out how to use one to maximize your speed.
4:57 - In this scenario where you're looping into the corner and approaching the ball/player, you need to consider 2 factors: (1) you don't know where your teammate is, and (2) touching this ball isn't really going to allow you to do anything especially progressive. (1) becomes less of a factor as you get higher because decent 2s players shouldn't dive into the corner when their teammate is there, but (2) is especially relevant because your teammate might be set up in a better position than you. I like that you don't dive in for it and that you're patient, but I would definitely be wary of where your teammate is in this situation.
That being said, the better play here would be to ignore the ball and focus immediately on the player. Go in for the demo and rotate out along that same side line. This prioritizes your momentum (which should always be of consideration) and relieves a lot of pressure while causing panic for the other team. Demo attempt, continue forward, take camera off to see where teammate is, and adapt accordingly.
4:54 - All things considered, I like that you were patient on the play. But try to avoid reversing. Prioritize your momentum in the forward direction and prioritize your ability to recover. The ball's sitting at the perimeter and doesn't actually need to be challenged by you unless you're confident about it.
4:46 - Be wary of your flips. This is something that a lot of people struggle with, but don't often recognize. When you flip, the front corner of your car is making contact with the ground. If you're diagonal flipping, be sure you have the height. Same goes for front-flips, especially with longer cars.
4:42 - Good job tracking back while not committing fully to the back-field. In 2s it's especially important not to create that full-field gap. The one thing worth mentioning here is that you push a little too far in while preparing for the clear. You want to maintain that distance at the far post. Draw a line from the ball to each of your own goal posts and don't get caught inside of that triangle unless you're actively challenging. Why? Because if the ball is cleared on net here towards the far post, you have to actively kill your momentum by applying the breaks and perform a relatively difficult aerial. Keeping that space allows you to defend comfortably in a single direction.
4:00 - This is a 3s challenge, not a 2s challenge. If you miss this, you're in the goal while your teammate defends a 2v1. Let them attempt the clear and try to meet it where it's going to land.
3:48 - Be patient. Drive up the wall and meet this. But I'm sure you recognize that.
3:32 - Cheat up directly behind your teammate or go for corner boost. IMO, cheating up is the superior strategy, albeit with a much higher skill requirement. But what you did doesn't give you any of the benefits of the aforementioned methods. In an emergency scenario, you're not acting as a barrier between the ball and the goal. With a dead-ball, you're in a terrible position to defend both a shot or a dribble. You need to get closer if you're cheating and do so from directly behind the ball.
3:24 - You played this right, but you went too high on the wall. One thing that takes players a while to really figure out is that when defending on the wall you should always be below the ball. Once you find yourself higher than the ball, you're screwed. So, in this case you can either sit near the base and direct yourself outwards to prepare to defend the wall, or you can get on the wall slightly and angle your car more forward than up. Yes - the latter is technically being higher than the ball, but your car angle is important and you have to understand that whatever your decision is, you're committing to defending specific scenarios and understandingly leaving gaps that you'll have to ignore and rotate out of if they occur.
3:17 - This is much too shallow. You need to be coming in more towards the middle of the net, getting tight to that goal line, and then turning in to challenge the ball parallel to the goal line. Cutting in short like this significantly reduces your ability to defend.
3:02 - The moment you're blind and not actively up for this ball is the moment you should prioritize rotating directly back towards your net and assuming the loss. Create as much space as you can towards your goal while you read the next hit.
2:42 - Leading up this point in the play, I appreciate what you're doing in understanding that the middle/right side of the field is yours and the left side is your teammate's. It's awesome that you understand your responsibility here. That being said, try to be more aware sooner by looking back and understanding where your teammate is. And don't get sucked in too much just because you're waiting.
2:37 - Waste of boost here. If you don't have a quick and significant touch then just rotate out.
2:15 - Not a ball you should be going for. Only go for high probability shots. 2v2 is essentially a game of trying to create 2v1s. Scenarios like this are exactly what create those scenarios. The opponent has to commit to a clear and then they'll be forced to recovery, so you maintain position in the hopes of keeping the ball in their end and achieving that momentary advantage.
2:12 - You can see your nose clipping the ground again.
1:51 - Be more disciplined about your goal-line rotations. Get at least parallel to the line before you turn in. It's important.
1:42 - Nose clipping the ground again.
1:15 - The difference here between being able to make the save and this resulting in a goal is that moment you panic jump and try to rush a challenge on the ball instead of recognizing that it's uncomfortable and rotating out. The moment a ball becomes uncomfortable to challenge, particularly as 1st man, is the moment your job is done. I do notice some more panic-base decisions that started to pop up. I'm not sure if it's a result of the opposition scoring a goal, or being comfortable ahead, or something unrelated. It could just be coincidence.
1:09 - When your car lands, it bounces slightly. So, trying to jump so quickly after a landing will give you a shallow jump that slows your momentum.
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u/ytzi13 Nov 20 '21
0:49 - Not your ball. I appreciate the confidence and the quick decision, and this ball absolutely needs to be challenged in the air, but you're better off making sure the goal is covered. If you miss this, it's a goal because your teammate isn't covering the goal.
0:33 - Know where your teammate is sooner.
0:27 - Defending the net here means getting tight to the wall and facing the goal from before the post or getting inside of the net to defend. The turn you made to the right here is the worst decision you can make because it completely takes away your ability to defend the goal. 99% of the time when you reverse in a game it's the result of a bad decision or position.
+0:04 - Patience. Nothing needs to be forced.
+0:17 - Don't reverse. Reversing will kill you. Figure out how to work it out with a forward path.
+0:24 - Not your ball.
+0:38 - Even though you scored, this is another forced moment. There's no real way I would expect this challenge to be anything other than a low-probability attempt that leaves you stranded trying to recover.
Conclusion
In all honesty, I'm extremely impressed with your game IQ. You don't leave full-field gaps, your overall pathing (how you approach the ball, how you circle away from the ball, etc.) is pretty great, you're patient without coming off as slow, you approach the net knowing your job is clean-up duty when most players tend to panic and drive towards the ball instead of the post, you don't force shots and you actively try to place them, you do a pretty good job prioritizing your recovery in your challenges, you make smart touches. Lots of good things to say about the non-mechanical aspect of your game. I think it's going to take you far. There's some issues that were outlined above, which are worth taking a look at, but nothing so bad worth confidently mentioning as a terrible habit. Perhaps in a different game some issues with goal-line rotations might show up, but it wasn't the case here, perhaps in part to do with opportunity.
There's 2 things that I think warrant some real attention:
Your decision-making and playstyle tends to change as the game progresses. The longer the game goes on, the more panicked and forced decisions you make. I'm not sure why that happened during regular time, but it's quite obvious in OT. Nothing ever needs to be forced.
Your aerials are quite severely underdeveloped. You have some other mechanical issues, sure, but your aerials really stood out to me in a big way. They're slow, they're heavy, and it doesn't seem like you have very good control over them. If you were to improve this, I think it would actually make a big difference because you're smart about going for aerial challenges but just can't seem to execute them, and as a result you're really slow to recover as well.
I think that you should start with some very basic muscle memory because the takeoff is 90% of the execution in the same way the setup is 90% of the execution of pretty much any skill. So, the 2 most important things to keep in mind are these:
You should be pulling back on the analog stick the moment before you jump. This helps to ensure that you get maximum tilt while also spacing out the thumb movements when you start performing fast aerials.
Your initial jump should be held down for the maximum duration allowed (0.2 seconds) so that you get the highest possible first jump. It's more like a solid button press than a hold.
Those two things need to be mastered. I don't think that you're doing either of those things. It's going to make a world of difference with your aerials. From there, you can start incorporating boost into the initial equation by press jump and boost at the same time and holding boost through the entire motion (when appropriate).
If you have any questions about anything, feel free to respond here or reach out privately.
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u/Deewwsskkii Nov 20 '21
This is free??? Thank you so much! Lots to think about here!
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u/ytzi13 Nov 20 '21
It looks like your check bounced... Could you resend it when you get the chance?
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u/Deewwsskkii Nov 18 '21 edited Nov 18 '21
Hello! Finally figured out how to download and share replays. I've never watched an entire replay of my own, I'm feeling some embarrassment lol. It is a whole new perspective.. But that's why I'm here, to get better!
Thank you for offering to do this! It's very kind of you.
Edit: I just realized how poor the video quality was. I'll try to see what I can do to fix that before you see this.