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Hello,

I have been playing rocket league for about 5 hours a day for the last year or so.

I main 2s and usually hover around P3 to D1, I perform very well in D1 but when I lose my D1 usually from AFK team mates or playing whilst drunk, I really struggle to get out of P3 and usually drop to low P2, I seem to struggle at lower levels than higher ones.

I decided to start doing training as I am not great mechanically but have good general positioning and game sense, which I believe is why I fair well in D1 because I have good game knowledge but someone good mechanically to score. After training for a week or two religiously each day I have learnt to air dribble etc and have been working on aerials and power hits and recoveries etc.

I now suck and have dropped to Gold 3, I haven't been in Gold 3 for around 8 months. I cannot win games no matter what, everything I do is cleared so easily, I have good general game sense and know how to rotate and back post-rotate, although I would never team mate blame it seems that's if I take a defensive role that no pressure is applied and I inevitably get boost starved if I take an attacking role my team mate will bump me and leave the goal open if I attempt to rotate it will not work as they never start a back rotation in order for me to safely apply pressure.

I need a D1 or D2 to play with me and tell me what I am, doing wrong because I have analysed hours of my gameplay and the more I try to analyse and improve, the worse I get, anyone who could help me even for 30 minutes, I would really appriciate.

I am 23 but happy to take advice from any age.

Thanks.

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over 3 years ago - /u/Psyonix_Ted - Direct link

The Dunning Kruger Effect is quite a real thing!

It's totally normal to see a decrease in your overall skill when you start learning proper mechanics. The thing to know now is that by taking the initiative to learn the mechanics and do some training, you've now raised your skill ceiling! It'll take time, but you'll get back to where you were and beyond

over 3 years ago - /u/Psyonix_Ted - Direct link

Originally posted by cakehead123642

I have never hard of that effect, so you would say this is normal, why do you think this happens?

Likely because you were utilizing solid basics to get to level you were. Because you're learning more technical skills your skill level drops until you can do two things:
1. Get better at the advanced techniques
2. Learn when to rely on your basics and when to rely on the advanced techniques