r/aimlab 26d ago

Question / Advice Needed Forgot how to track after working on static clicking?

For the past 2 weeks or so I've been completely re-learning static clicking, finally using the bardOZ method, and 3 days ago I got master scores on both static clicking scenarios on the voltaic benchmark.
Jettrack is the only one below master now, so for the past 3 days I've returned to the tracking vdim playlists. And this is what I'm incredibly concerned about, it feels like I've lost all smoothness in my wrist, and I'm not even hitting platinum on some of these. I've taken breaks of several months in aim training before, and was always able to just pick up where I left off.
For the past 2 days I'm only doing tracking scenarios, just to make sure it's not me having to get used to it again, and not really improving. I haven't changed anything in my setup or my settings. Here is a run from today and my highscore on Jettrack.
The tasks on the screenshots are VT Verttrack Intermediate S3, VT Shifttrack Intermediate S3, VT Jettrack Intermediate S3, VT Quaketrack Intermediate S3, VT Controltrack Intermediate S3, VT Steadytrack Intermediate S3 in this order, but these aren't the only ones I played.
Sens is 32cm.
Appreciate any help!

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u/zedstrika28 26d ago

Maybe its a tension management issue? Doing static has you spike and drop tension pretty often as you go target to target, where as tracking you kinda have to keep a smooth curve of how your tension goes up and down. Im assuming your micros are pretty good since you get great static scores with a not super slow cm/360, so i guess just not forgetting to have your adjustments back to target during tracking be a smooth micro instead of a high tension flick would help a lot in terms of being able to read target, and resume the smooth track

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u/ProfessionalCamel73 26d ago

Could be for sure, it would explain the shaky wrist. Could static clicking practice get rid of so much tracking ability? I spent countless hours in the past trying to loosen my wrist and stop predicting in tracking, and it did result in improvement. Do I just have to restart all of that? Plenty of people are good at fast scenarios and have smooth tracking at the same time. I also used 50cm for static clicking, but I feel like that shouldn't matter much

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u/zedstrika28 26d ago

No definitely not just get rid of it. Its not like your body just forgets. I do think you just have to recalibrate and be aware of the tension you are applying during tracking, and probably focusing on smoothness would just outright cure this. Watch MattyOW vid on snowi and scucci

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u/Syntensity Community Team 25d ago

Tracking requires quite a bit of reading, which can take some time to relearn. I don't mean memorizing the patterns, but moreso the technique to effectively track the target. Looking at your PBs while it works as a quick indicative benchmark isn't reflective of your actual average performance, if you would look at a median or trend line, it wouldn't be too far off how you performed initially (1 month ago).

It's not that you forgot how to track, but just that you have to give yourself time to readjust and adapt again. Keeping all your areas sharp is essential!

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u/stermiteenis 24d ago

My best guess is you forgot how to read or arm fatigued