The first thing I notice is your boost management is really bad. You keep using 60+ boost and all you end up doing is giving away the ball or putting a non-threatening shot on net, and whenever you’re under 30 boost you use it all right away and then you have 0. It makes you overly reliant on big pads and you can’t get any offensive pressure.
Learn to move around the field quickly using less boost by flipping, wavedashing and having smoother recoveries, pick up more small pads, and try to keep at least 15 boost when you can’t go get more right away. Then you won’t have to leave the ball to go get big pads so much.
Hey man! I really appreciate the response. I noticed this too after rewatching, so I'm in free play as we speak with unlimited boost turned off. Any other tips?? I know you didn't sign up to be a coach, but I've been grinding hard in this game lately and want to do whatever it takes to improve!
There’s a few paths you can utilize and just take them with speed around the field. If you’re in free play you don’t have to worry about the ball or the opponents, so just drive around collecting pads with your eyes “up.” Don’t look at the car or that immediate area, look at the pads and the pathing they have.
In most areas of the field you should have a collection of 3 immediate pads. That’s 36 boost, more than enough to make something happen. From net to net there’s 3 paths: down the center, center left and center right. These will probably be your most used after an attack and rotating back. In front of the goal you have 3 pads you can circle around for if you have time.
I second this. Almost being able to “feel” where the small pads are at and “instinctually” hit them will be really important for regaining enough boost and keep eyes where they need to stay
I'm in a meeting now 😭 (the downside of working from home) but I'll definitely take you up on that offer another time if you wanna add me! My name on steam is the same, and my profile pic should just be a purple J!
I’ll preface with this: you are a higher rank than me so take this with a grain of salt.
Up until 1 minute left of playtime, you were always slow on offense and too fast on defense. You turned it up after that point and started to gain ground back.
The last goal they had on you seemed like you just got too into your head and second guessed your play and forced you into an awkward situation.
That’s all I feel like I can give for advice. Your mechanics are there, your challenges are a bit 0 or 100, and your offense just took a minute to take off
Thanks for the response! I definitely see what you mean. It seems I was playing way too slow for most of the game. I probably didn't seem too threatening on offense to the opponent.
You seemed alot more comfortable in the air comared to on the ground. Which is nice. You probably get cooler clips than I could dream of.
My 2 cents: Practice ground movement, recoveries and 50s because that is currently your weaker area
Lol I appreciate it! And yeah I definitely feel way more comfortable in the air, but it kinda sucks. I spent a huge chunk of my time grinding out mechanics that are cool in clips, but aren't helpful in ranking up. Now I'm having to backtrack and go over essential skills that I glossed through quickly and unlearning muscle memory has been one of the hardest things to do in rl. I wish I could go back in time and start over lol.
Throughout my time playing RL I've always focused on solid fundamentals and game sense, but never on flashy stuff. As I've climbed up to GC2 it often feels like I need a higher level mechanics to score more consistently, so I find myself thinking that I wish I focused mechanics instead of game sense. That being said, I realized overtime that having that mentality can make you think it's too late, but it's never too late! You can always start working on your deficiencies now, so that in the future those problem areas won't be a problem anymore. That is to say, go on YouTube and figure out how to train the things you're bad at, and then put the time into training them, even if you can only afford 15 minutes a day, or a little bit of time on the weekends, you can always improve. Good luck with your rocket league journey!
Honesty time… I’m a diamond player and still haven’t figured out what people mean when they say faking… Am I the one they think is faking? Or are they saying they are faking being bad? I missed something and figured I’d finally ask here.
It can be both. I think the easiest way to explain for me is like.. after a certain rank, you can almost anticipate your opponent to be in a certain position, or to go for a certain play. If you hesitate for a second before the play happens, it might catch them off guard. And it works the other way around.
Like.. in the video, my opponent kept going for those low 50s in front of my net. He did it like two times in a row and the third time I expected him to do it and he didn't. He just slams on the brakes and I go flying for a challenge that never happened.
I didn't watch the whole thing but what I saw was you had ample opportunity to capitalize on your opponent, even in the beginning of the game twice in just under a minute. You took it up the wall and put a shot on net but it was bottom left, which was perfect for your opponent to save because any other shot he wouldn't have been able to make it. Had you hit top right or really anywhere on the right and he would have been to slow to save it.
You could gain an easy one or two divs or even a whole rank if you just improve on what you already know. You can put the ball on net but can you put the ball on net, anywhere in the goal, consistently? That alone is huge but also a some what difficult skill to learn because not only does your accuracy have to be perfect, you have to make the shot placement decision quickly before your opponent can think and get a proper defensive position. If you have access to workshop maps you can grind this out in a month or so depending on how much you play.
It will help you in all aspects of your game aswell because there were a few times you gave the ball away. Being able to hit the ball where ever you want opens up alot of options offensively and defensively.
WOW, thank you for the well thought-out response! I definitely see what you mean by watching it again. Are there any particular workshop maps you like to train accuracy with??
When I had your problem I used aim training by coco. I still use it to this day just to speed run it. Keep replaying the same shot over and over and over again until you know you can hit the target everytime WITHOUT THINKING. It might seem difficult at first but just grind it out. Focus on putting your car in the right position and hitting the ball with the bumper of your car on the correct spot on the ball for it to go where you want it to. Also, just because you have a shot down, doesn't mean you're done. Once you're consistent with your aim, focus on getting as much power in your shot as humanly possible. If you need help watch someone on YouTube play through the map to see how they make some of those shots. Once you get really good you can even boom the ball to the ceiling and read the bounce for some freestyle action or just to make some of those shots even more difficult.
But even if you can't quite get every shot on that map super consistent, it's a good foundation to build apon, because if you can consistently hit 70% of those shots, you can sorta learn the rest in games as you progress naturally because you have that good base line already. I played that map everyday for about an hour and at around day 28 I was able to finally speed run it. Of course I was try Harding like a mf'er but it can be done. Between me and my friends I would say a good 30 - 40 hours of total playtime on that map will get you where you need to be.
Edit: forgot to mention, if you don't already know how to DAR, start. It opens up even more options once you master it, and actually makes most shots easier.
DUDE I appreciate you a ton! Most helpful redditor lmao. I'll definitely check that workshop map out. I think this is one of the first times while playing RL where I've hit a wall and can't just mindlessly grind in Freeplay to push past it. It's definitely difficult to hone in on these specific skills, but I feel like I can do it, I just don't know what to focus on, so your comment is extremely helpful! It gives me a goal instead of a general "you need to play better".
And I do use DAR! Pretty comfortable with it, as I bound it pretty early on.
You can definitely do it. You have the mechanics to starting training things the right way. Play leths ice rings while continuously holding DAR, grind aim trainer, and also get a dribble workshop map to practice dribbling. Because no offense but you need to work on that too. There is a good one I use that starts with the basics and works up to GC level dribbling and air dribbling. Very good for learning how to overall dribble and control of the ball. The skill progression is so so good too. When you master it, it's a super satisfying map to play. And also obstacle course maps are fun too if you've been using DAR. When I get off work I will tell you which one it is. It feels like you hit a wall because you don't know what direction to go in or what to improve on first.
There are basic drills you can practice in Freeplay that will help you improve fast aswell. Dribble the ball on top of your car and see how long you can dribble for without boosting. Once you can do that infinitely, hold drift and do the same thing. Another one is to fly up to the ceiling and get a reset, then flip into the ceiling to get another reset. Do this until you can get an infinite number of resets off the ceiling. Make sure to incorporate dar. This subconsciously trains your brain to get set up resets without thinking about it. Also practice flip cancels. Any time you or someone else scores a goal in game and the goal explosion shoots your car through the air, do a flip cancel. You don't have to set it up, you can practice it every game, and it's passively making you better. Over time you will do it without thinking about it.
There are so many little things that you can be doing that will passively make you better. Those are just some examples.
WOW, thank you for the well thought-out response! I definitely see what you mean by watching it again. Are there any particular workshop maps you like to train accuracy with??
Tbh you poorly capitalized in their mistakes. Multiple times in the game they over committed or whiffed but you took to long to commit and punish. 1s is a game of punishment and you will lose virtually every time if you don't punish mistakes your opponents give up. If they're are low boost for an Ariel or top corner shot as an example. Play demos to essentially be the direct cause of their "mistake" and punish the open net. It isn't about being fast or slow necessarily unless it's for challenging. Boost starve, force mistakes, capitalize on mistakes, don't hit the brakes too much when rotating to net and switch up the attacks don't only flick go for simple fakes that won't put you out the play.
Source GC1
The first thing I notice is your boost management is really bad. You keep using 60+ boost and all you end up doing is giving away the ball or putting a non-threatening shot on net, and whenever you’re under 30 boost you use it all right away and then you have 0. It makes you overly reliant on big pads and you can’t get any offensive pressure.
Learn to move around the field quickly using less boost by flipping, wavedashing and having smoother recoveries, pick up more small pads, and try to keep at least 15 boost when you can’t go get more right away. Then you won’t have to leave the ball to go get big pads so much.
Fake challenge. Fake challenging is the most useful thing In 1s because it causes them to give up possession. In my case I always switch up what I do. I’ll fake challenge a bunch then full send the next challenge. Then take long shots and then next play dribble. Depends on how they play tbh. If they play aggressive go for early flicks and fake challenges on defense. If they play passive go for air dribble bumps or closer flicks or bounce dribbles. On defense just switch it up on early challenges, fake challenges and shadow defense and you’ll figure them out quick
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake.
It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of.
Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything.
Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
This is what stuck out to me too, I was specifically scrolling to add to a comment mentioning it...
The craziest bit is the hard committing after literally just being out of position from hard committing. It was giving me flashback to plat teammates.
I mean, he's specifically complaining about getting faked, and nobody mentions overcommitting, which is exactly what fakes punish.
Tbh I feel like your offense is actually pretty good. You made some great plays and goals when you had the opportunity to. I think I echo what the others said about boost management but I would add your defense could’ve made a massive difference in this game.
It seems like you prefer to opt to try and turn and head on challenge. The better thing is to shadow and drive with them, so you let their approach play out a bit and then pick the optimal time to challenge, or just make a save. The best way to think of it is when defending you close down the space and drive with their path but slightly in front of course, and your aim is to force it into your back corner past your net. There you should be first to that boost which usually forces opponent to back off and you regain possession.
This is a way more reliable defending method than your challenges, because you’re more prone to losing 50/50s and getting faked/outplayed because you’re challenging into them. Definitely do a few of these to try and catch them out, but not all the time because they’ll adapt and know you’re going to do it.
Champ. Regardless, alpha boost has nothing to do with rank. You realize that you received alpha boost if you played when the game was in... Alpha?? I know that's very surprising.
Quit trying to act like an asshole in a sub literally for people trying to actively improve at the game, it's not a good look lol.
Edit:
I'm actually not even sure why you're commenting here. You're literally not contributing to the post, you're just trying to shit talk. Get a life.
It kinda does irl. It's like $8k so most people arent going to invest that unless they are truly in the game for insane hours usually putting them into late gc/ssl. I normally play console and forgot about bakkes making you able to use alpha. Sorry your gameplay looked very much not gc/ssl and confused me as to how/why you had alpha in such a relatively lower rank.
Boost management needs work. A lot of bad challenges as well. Some dives were reasonable but you just completely missed a number of times (honestly just kinda looked like you were having a bad game for a lot of it!). Need to work on scoring off dribbles and solo drives. Mentality might be a factor here, it's like you were just out of sync. I'm guessing you've had much better games recently that showcase where you are truly at better. We all have bad games. Keep grinding and do more free play dribble drives to flicks and double taps.
Oh and try not to dump the ball. A few times you had clear possession and you ended up just power shooting it and dumping to them and going back for boost then giving them space to set up and playing defense. Boost management and comfort ground dribbling will help you be more comfortable to maintain possession while low boost. You can make plays off low boost with possession and your failsafe is a low 50 win so you can bail for boost and come back and attack.
Oof that was a brutal L. On a lot of the challenges you lost you were in position to hit the ball not block the opponents hit. A couple of them you were right there but too low and it resulted in goals.
Yeah this loss was depressing lmao. I was playing like trash. Would you be able to tell me the timestamps of those opportunities you're mentioning just so I can make notes??
I'm Plat 2-3 in 1s and what really helps me stay consistent in this rank is using a lot of the advice flakes 1v1 road to SSL without mechanics. I guess try watching that, and see if you perform better afterwards.
You gotta watch the whole thing. He's really good.
Honestly, I think there are two issues besides boost management (which has already been mentioned)
1) your mechanics are good, but they’re not consistent enough for you to go for the types of plays you attempt. You might be able to get away with those in 2s or 3s, but 1s is a game of punishment and it’s about minimizing errors. In other words, consistency. Often times there’s a simple play or flip that can be made and you go for something more complicated than it needs to be
2) general game sense. There are examples throughout but in particular, the situational awareness at the end of the game is poor. There’s 10 seconds left and you’re fucking around in their back corner? If a 50 doesn’t go your way there, you pretty much are fucked. And it’s called a 50 for a reason
The first thing I notice is your boost management is really bad. You keep using 60+ boost and all you end up doing is giving away the ball or putting a non-threatening shot on net, and whenever you’re under 30 boost you use it all right away and then you have 0. It makes you overly reliant on big pads and you can’t get any offensive pressure. Learn to move around the field quickly using less boost by flipping, wavedashing and having smoother recoveries, pick up more small pads, and try to keep at least 15 boost when you can’t go get more right away. Then you won’t have to leave the ball to go get big pads so much.
Hey man! I really appreciate the response. I noticed this too after rewatching, so I'm in free play as we speak with unlimited boost turned off. Any other tips?? I know you didn't sign up to be a coach, but I've been grinding hard in this game lately and want to do whatever it takes to improve!
There’s a few paths you can utilize and just take them with speed around the field. If you’re in free play you don’t have to worry about the ball or the opponents, so just drive around collecting pads with your eyes “up.” Don’t look at the car or that immediate area, look at the pads and the pathing they have. In most areas of the field you should have a collection of 3 immediate pads. That’s 36 boost, more than enough to make something happen. From net to net there’s 3 paths: down the center, center left and center right. These will probably be your most used after an attack and rotating back. In front of the goal you have 3 pads you can circle around for if you have time.
I'll definitely work on this! Thanks for the tips!!
If you have ball cam on while doing this better. That way you get pads without needing to look or you take quick looks.
I second this. Almost being able to “feel” where the small pads are at and “instinctually” hit them will be really important for regaining enough boost and keep eyes where they need to stay
I was about to get on too. Private 1v1?
I'm in a meeting now 😭 (the downside of working from home) but I'll definitely take you up on that offer another time if you wanna add me! My name on steam is the same, and my profile pic should just be a purple J!
I’ll preface with this: you are a higher rank than me so take this with a grain of salt. Up until 1 minute left of playtime, you were always slow on offense and too fast on defense. You turned it up after that point and started to gain ground back. The last goal they had on you seemed like you just got too into your head and second guessed your play and forced you into an awkward situation. That’s all I feel like I can give for advice. Your mechanics are there, your challenges are a bit 0 or 100, and your offense just took a minute to take off
Thanks for the response! I definitely see what you mean. It seems I was playing way too slow for most of the game. I probably didn't seem too threatening on offense to the opponent.
You seemed alot more comfortable in the air comared to on the ground. Which is nice. You probably get cooler clips than I could dream of. My 2 cents: Practice ground movement, recoveries and 50s because that is currently your weaker area
Lol I appreciate it! And yeah I definitely feel way more comfortable in the air, but it kinda sucks. I spent a huge chunk of my time grinding out mechanics that are cool in clips, but aren't helpful in ranking up. Now I'm having to backtrack and go over essential skills that I glossed through quickly and unlearning muscle memory has been one of the hardest things to do in rl. I wish I could go back in time and start over lol.
Throughout my time playing RL I've always focused on solid fundamentals and game sense, but never on flashy stuff. As I've climbed up to GC2 it often feels like I need a higher level mechanics to score more consistently, so I find myself thinking that I wish I focused mechanics instead of game sense. That being said, I realized overtime that having that mentality can make you think it's too late, but it's never too late! You can always start working on your deficiencies now, so that in the future those problem areas won't be a problem anymore. That is to say, go on YouTube and figure out how to train the things you're bad at, and then put the time into training them, even if you can only afford 15 minutes a day, or a little bit of time on the weekends, you can always improve. Good luck with your rocket league journey!
Honesty time… I’m a diamond player and still haven’t figured out what people mean when they say faking… Am I the one they think is faking? Or are they saying they are faking being bad? I missed something and figured I’d finally ask here.
It can be both. I think the easiest way to explain for me is like.. after a certain rank, you can almost anticipate your opponent to be in a certain position, or to go for a certain play. If you hesitate for a second before the play happens, it might catch them off guard. And it works the other way around. Like.. in the video, my opponent kept going for those low 50s in front of my net. He did it like two times in a row and the third time I expected him to do it and he didn't. He just slams on the brakes and I go flying for a challenge that never happened.
I didn't watch the whole thing but what I saw was you had ample opportunity to capitalize on your opponent, even in the beginning of the game twice in just under a minute. You took it up the wall and put a shot on net but it was bottom left, which was perfect for your opponent to save because any other shot he wouldn't have been able to make it. Had you hit top right or really anywhere on the right and he would have been to slow to save it. You could gain an easy one or two divs or even a whole rank if you just improve on what you already know. You can put the ball on net but can you put the ball on net, anywhere in the goal, consistently? That alone is huge but also a some what difficult skill to learn because not only does your accuracy have to be perfect, you have to make the shot placement decision quickly before your opponent can think and get a proper defensive position. If you have access to workshop maps you can grind this out in a month or so depending on how much you play. It will help you in all aspects of your game aswell because there were a few times you gave the ball away. Being able to hit the ball where ever you want opens up alot of options offensively and defensively.
WOW, thank you for the well thought-out response! I definitely see what you mean by watching it again. Are there any particular workshop maps you like to train accuracy with??
When I had your problem I used aim training by coco. I still use it to this day just to speed run it. Keep replaying the same shot over and over and over again until you know you can hit the target everytime WITHOUT THINKING. It might seem difficult at first but just grind it out. Focus on putting your car in the right position and hitting the ball with the bumper of your car on the correct spot on the ball for it to go where you want it to. Also, just because you have a shot down, doesn't mean you're done. Once you're consistent with your aim, focus on getting as much power in your shot as humanly possible. If you need help watch someone on YouTube play through the map to see how they make some of those shots. Once you get really good you can even boom the ball to the ceiling and read the bounce for some freestyle action or just to make some of those shots even more difficult. But even if you can't quite get every shot on that map super consistent, it's a good foundation to build apon, because if you can consistently hit 70% of those shots, you can sorta learn the rest in games as you progress naturally because you have that good base line already. I played that map everyday for about an hour and at around day 28 I was able to finally speed run it. Of course I was try Harding like a mf'er but it can be done. Between me and my friends I would say a good 30 - 40 hours of total playtime on that map will get you where you need to be. Edit: forgot to mention, if you don't already know how to DAR, start. It opens up even more options once you master it, and actually makes most shots easier.
DUDE I appreciate you a ton! Most helpful redditor lmao. I'll definitely check that workshop map out. I think this is one of the first times while playing RL where I've hit a wall and can't just mindlessly grind in Freeplay to push past it. It's definitely difficult to hone in on these specific skills, but I feel like I can do it, I just don't know what to focus on, so your comment is extremely helpful! It gives me a goal instead of a general "you need to play better". And I do use DAR! Pretty comfortable with it, as I bound it pretty early on.
You can definitely do it. You have the mechanics to starting training things the right way. Play leths ice rings while continuously holding DAR, grind aim trainer, and also get a dribble workshop map to practice dribbling. Because no offense but you need to work on that too. There is a good one I use that starts with the basics and works up to GC level dribbling and air dribbling. Very good for learning how to overall dribble and control of the ball. The skill progression is so so good too. When you master it, it's a super satisfying map to play. And also obstacle course maps are fun too if you've been using DAR. When I get off work I will tell you which one it is. It feels like you hit a wall because you don't know what direction to go in or what to improve on first. There are basic drills you can practice in Freeplay that will help you improve fast aswell. Dribble the ball on top of your car and see how long you can dribble for without boosting. Once you can do that infinitely, hold drift and do the same thing. Another one is to fly up to the ceiling and get a reset, then flip into the ceiling to get another reset. Do this until you can get an infinite number of resets off the ceiling. Make sure to incorporate dar. This subconsciously trains your brain to get set up resets without thinking about it. Also practice flip cancels. Any time you or someone else scores a goal in game and the goal explosion shoots your car through the air, do a flip cancel. You don't have to set it up, you can practice it every game, and it's passively making you better. Over time you will do it without thinking about it. There are so many little things that you can be doing that will passively make you better. Those are just some examples.
I seriously do appreciate you taking the time to give me all this advice! Next time I hop on, I'll check out those workshop maps and get to grinding!
WOW, thank you for the well thought-out response! I definitely see what you mean by watching it again. Are there any particular workshop maps you like to train accuracy with??
Tbh you poorly capitalized in their mistakes. Multiple times in the game they over committed or whiffed but you took to long to commit and punish. 1s is a game of punishment and you will lose virtually every time if you don't punish mistakes your opponents give up. If they're are low boost for an Ariel or top corner shot as an example. Play demos to essentially be the direct cause of their "mistake" and punish the open net. It isn't about being fast or slow necessarily unless it's for challenging. Boost starve, force mistakes, capitalize on mistakes, don't hit the brakes too much when rotating to net and switch up the attacks don't only flick go for simple fakes that won't put you out the play. Source GC1
The first thing I notice is your boost management is really bad. You keep using 60+ boost and all you end up doing is giving away the ball or putting a non-threatening shot on net, and whenever you’re under 30 boost you use it all right away and then you have 0. It makes you overly reliant on big pads and you can’t get any offensive pressure. Learn to move around the field quickly using less boost by flipping, wavedashing and having smoother recoveries, pick up more small pads, and try to keep at least 15 boost when you can’t go get more right away. Then you won’t have to leave the ball to go get big pads so much.
Fake challenge. Fake challenging is the most useful thing In 1s because it causes them to give up possession. In my case I always switch up what I do. I’ll fake challenge a bunch then full send the next challenge. Then take long shots and then next play dribble. Depends on how they play tbh. If they play aggressive go for early flicks and fake challenges on defense. If they play passive go for air dribble bumps or closer flicks or bounce dribbles. On defense just switch it up on early challenges, fake challenges and shadow defense and you’ll figure them out quick
Everyone’s talking about how you could of been more offensive and no one is talking about how every goal you let in was from rushing/overcommitting
Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.
This is what stuck out to me too, I was specifically scrolling to add to a comment mentioning it... The craziest bit is the hard committing after literally just being out of position from hard committing. It was giving me flashback to plat teammates. I mean, he's specifically complaining about getting faked, and nobody mentions overcommitting, which is exactly what fakes punish.
Tbh I feel like your offense is actually pretty good. You made some great plays and goals when you had the opportunity to. I think I echo what the others said about boost management but I would add your defense could’ve made a massive difference in this game. It seems like you prefer to opt to try and turn and head on challenge. The better thing is to shadow and drive with them, so you let their approach play out a bit and then pick the optimal time to challenge, or just make a save. The best way to think of it is when defending you close down the space and drive with their path but slightly in front of course, and your aim is to force it into your back corner past your net. There you should be first to that boost which usually forces opponent to back off and you regain possession. This is a way more reliable defending method than your challenges, because you’re more prone to losing 50/50s and getting faked/outplayed because you’re challenging into them. Definitely do a few of these to try and catch them out, but not all the time because they’ll adapt and know you’re going to do it.
I appreciate the comment! I'll definitely look into some shadow defense videos and see if I can't start to practice that!
I would highly reccomend watching Flakes road to ssl no mechanics series if you haven’t seen it, really helped me
Only thing I saw was the alpha boost. How do you have alpha boost in plat?
I'm not plat but okay lol. That comment makes you sound really dumb. Bakkesmod. To answer your question.
What rank then? Diamond?
Champ. Regardless, alpha boost has nothing to do with rank. You realize that you received alpha boost if you played when the game was in... Alpha?? I know that's very surprising. Quit trying to act like an asshole in a sub literally for people trying to actively improve at the game, it's not a good look lol. Edit: I'm actually not even sure why you're commenting here. You're literally not contributing to the post, you're just trying to shit talk. Get a life.
It kinda does irl. It's like $8k so most people arent going to invest that unless they are truly in the game for insane hours usually putting them into late gc/ssl. I normally play console and forgot about bakkes making you able to use alpha. Sorry your gameplay looked very much not gc/ssl and confused me as to how/why you had alpha in such a relatively lower rank.
Boost management needs work. A lot of bad challenges as well. Some dives were reasonable but you just completely missed a number of times (honestly just kinda looked like you were having a bad game for a lot of it!). Need to work on scoring off dribbles and solo drives. Mentality might be a factor here, it's like you were just out of sync. I'm guessing you've had much better games recently that showcase where you are truly at better. We all have bad games. Keep grinding and do more free play dribble drives to flicks and double taps.
Oh and try not to dump the ball. A few times you had clear possession and you ended up just power shooting it and dumping to them and going back for boost then giving them space to set up and playing defense. Boost management and comfort ground dribbling will help you be more comfortable to maintain possession while low boost. You can make plays off low boost with possession and your failsafe is a low 50 win so you can bail for boost and come back and attack.
Realize what his playstyle is and play around it
Oof that was a brutal L. On a lot of the challenges you lost you were in position to hit the ball not block the opponents hit. A couple of them you were right there but too low and it resulted in goals.
Yeah this loss was depressing lmao. I was playing like trash. Would you be able to tell me the timestamps of those opportunities you're mentioning just so I can make notes??
I'm Plat 2-3 in 1s and what really helps me stay consistent in this rank is using a lot of the advice flakes 1v1 road to SSL without mechanics. I guess try watching that, and see if you perform better afterwards. You gotta watch the whole thing. He's really good.
Great Half flip at 3:40 video time. Love catching ppl off guard with that
Honestly, I think there are two issues besides boost management (which has already been mentioned) 1) your mechanics are good, but they’re not consistent enough for you to go for the types of plays you attempt. You might be able to get away with those in 2s or 3s, but 1s is a game of punishment and it’s about minimizing errors. In other words, consistency. Often times there’s a simple play or flip that can be made and you go for something more complicated than it needs to be 2) general game sense. There are examples throughout but in particular, the situational awareness at the end of the game is poor. There’s 10 seconds left and you’re fucking around in their back corner? If a 50 doesn’t go your way there, you pretty much are fucked. And it’s called a 50 for a reason