The Science Behind Pro's Muscle Memory in Rocket League 

>nobody would watch the boring science stuff for free, but they'll pay to watch it 🤪

Personally I'd love to hear the sciencey stuff. That's actually what brought me to your channel. I think you're prejudging the community, and I'm sure you'd be pleasantly surprised at the response if you explained the concepts and studies, and took us through the data etc.

CBell sent me. I'm in to learning about flow states in general, and honestly Rocket League was one of the first areas of my life I realized I could actually trigger it. So you got my sub, thanks for the commentary on CBell's vid, motivated me!

oops black screen @ 4:20 i'm dumb and tired and wanted to get this out LOL I'll just pretend it was a 420 joke or something

Im such a sucker for your "lets break down RL with SCIENCE" approach. It really helps me understand why I SUCK AT THIS GAME on a whole different level

This is really interesting actually. I've always noticed that a lot of pros, even across different esports have always changed sensitivities in small increments. I've always thought that hurt you because you're changing what your brain should already know, thus you would have to relearn something. I would love to hear a more detailed explanation as to why small changes can allow us to learn faster. Anyways, great video I enjoyed it!

In regards to the coaching, one thing I definitely feel I need to work on is keeping up my confidence/ level of consistency. Currently, im sitting at GC1, with my peak being 1525. However anytime I play well, ive had many coaches and other people ive played with surprised that Ive never passed 1600, let alone hit GC2. The answer to that is my level of consistency. If you were to look at my rank time chart on rltracker, youd find that im consistently inconsistent. That is to say that although my overall rank has gone up overtime, to acheive so I usually go throguh 7 phases: 1) Playing after taking a break due to school or other factors. Involves me playing slightly slower. 2) The unrust phase: i start remembering how to play. 3) starting to play well but still losing games. 4) starting to play well and ranking up 5) peaking and everything i do down to the smallest of micro adjustments being perfect 6) slowing down, losing confidence in my abilities 7) forgetting how to hit the ball. With this, i may be working my way up to GC2 one week only to drop down to c3 the next. The only things ive found to escape phase 7 is either to take a break and repeat the process, or run into a teammate that carries me, not by being a smurf or triple reseting on the other team, but one that carries me by facilitating me to play properly. Ultimately, if i could get rid of the 7 phase cycle i go through, i feel like that would help me rank up massively

The problem with the visualization part is some people have aphantasia which is where they can’t visualize or make a mental picture no matter how hard they try

I came here from cbells new Road to ssl Series and I’m so glad i went to check your Channel out. You make absolutely amazing content!

Great video 🔥💯 I actually always added phases where I play around with my Settings, then stick with one for while and then repeat. I found it really helps me get more precise and consistent with my car control. One of the reasons is me being more aware of the cars reaction to my inputs.

great video, tysm for including my clip at 1:08. the thing i need the most work on is challenges in 1v1, i concede a ton of goals that way

honestly, people just expect to become good way too quickly. i used to think that when jstn, arsenal and others said "just play more" they just didn't wanted to elaborate on how to get better, but it really is the key lol

sick video man, really interesting stuff and refreshing take on things that aren't talked about!

Surprised you don't mention alternate game modes as "tweaks to practice with". RNG, dropshot, hockey, and hoops all have ALOT of value.

Omg he’s back!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

You made me go from diamond 1 to diamond 3 in like 2 weeks! I’ve been improving a lot in gameplay lately

Great stuff! Glad you're back!

Rocket League related or otherwise -- this was great brain food and super fun to listen to. You definitely put the work in on this one, awesome vid!

Now you are back for real! regarding coaching, I feel that I can practice something (high aerials, air dribbles etc..) and I will improve to a decent level. The moment I move my practice focus to something else I will almost back to square one with the previous skill and I have no idea why and how to keep balancing it :(

THE LEGEND IS BACK!!!!!!

This is so cool! I'm gonna try that changing sensitivity thing and see if it makes a difference. Video was great btw! Love the camera-facing content!

Good video! Thanks for sharing/creating

This helped me thanks! Btw this is Vaibhav

Flowstate is such a Chad with his research

there were some really new ideas here that seem so helpful such as the one where you directly compare your gameplay to a pros.

Criminally under rated

Great video, I love your channel!

I probably need to work on my consistency most.

I need to improve on adapting to teammates

I really need to work on my mental game, one day im at a really high level, and the next really low. It is a roller-coaster of emotions and destroys my confidence. I also need to find a consistent playstyle. 🙏 sick video

Still one of the best RL RU-vidrs out there. Great job 💪. Already looking forward to the next video lol.

Checked my sensitivity settings after watching the video; both steering and aerial were set on 1.0. The only settings I didn't dear to touch to much.. not too much trouble with significantly pumping steering sensitivity, feels different, but car control seems to remain stable. fun part is how little I need to change the aerial sensitivity before all my mistakes becomes really visible. Played some matches and the mistakes gradually fades.

Welcome back flow state! It's nice seeing you here once and a while. Literally one of my favorite creators. But on a side note. I would really love to get one of the training sessions with you. I feel you're really knowledgeable about what you're saying and I learn really well from the way you've been explaining things. I currently need to work on my decision making, speed, and work on game sense. My mechanics seem good for the moment, but I am struggling with learning game sense. I seem to be improving as a player, but I'm not ranking up at all, just stuck in the same place for 3 seasons. Thank you for the consideration if you're reading this 😊

Really interesting vid mate definitely making some adjustments to my own routine. Probably switching to two sessions of the same content a day rather than two different ones but one with bakkesmod variance and the other without.

Very interesting, much science.

I agree with everything!!!! Grinding to GC I've done every single one of these, lol

RU-vid algorithm is trash, how does this video only have 3.1k views

With regards to help, my major issue seem to be transitioning from a defensive mentality to offensive mentality mid-game. I am too defensive and miss too many opportunities to score or even make a pass, especially getting cut off by more ballchasey teammates. Maybe another thing would be knowing when to challenge when shadow-defending.

New video idea: Inception. Inject mechanics directly into the cerebrospinal fluid of you and your team mates. EZ gc wins.

Wooo great video! I've desperately been trying to piece together muscle memory and this helps a lot! A way of practicing ive discovered is to use bakkesmod and change the speed to 1.3x for a bit and play freeplay but I imagine messing around with your sense could be more beneficial.

i saw u at LAN on the RL stream

Great stuff! Always look forward to the topics you bring to the table! Have you looked much into "breath support" and how intentional breathing not only helps you stay focused but also improves the rate at which we learn and retain skills/information?

Hi bro I love the vids! Hope your day going to be good!

To all of you who claim to hit champ and grand champ within a year, this video is not for you. Cause you guys are geniuses who already learn stuff super fast!

Hi I’m a plat and want to lern more complicated air plays and better rotation I’d would be grate😀🥺and if not … grate video tho

I think i actualy need game sense or grind the game more because im c2 and in these ranks i think you need to grind more than ever. Im not sure what to practice and that lesson i think is going to help me to focus training something specific.

can u do a video on controllers? i just switched to ps4 from ps5 again and it feels way better

Would switching out cars have the same effect as changing camera settings?

Ima need some of that training coach. Please 😅

yes

Hey man, I have a question: How to stop repeating the same mistakes and end dwelling on them?

Awesome video! I'm definitely intrigued by the idea of changing settings around to improve muscle memory faster. Based on your understanding of the Johns Hopkins study, do you know if the adjustments can only be made to your car (with sensitivities, camera settings, etc.) or can you also get the same improvement by slightly changing the ball physics? For instance, do you think mixing in a bit of boomer mode every day along with normal free play training would increase your rate of improvement at reading wall bounces?

I still need to get better at carrying lol.

Im here from tariks stream :D

Should I have muscle first, then then memory tran them 🤔 Also, I'm bad at challenging, like, I'm passive, not perma-goalie, but the time I need to take a decision , the opponent have scored, and I already missed the following kickoff...yeah...

Complete nerd video, love it!

The devs admitted to tweaking the physics-based imputs, to keep people from perfecting anything and to keep the highest level players from being basically perfect. It's in a seminar by the devs that explains the creation and physics of the game and throughout the video they say how at time they will randomly tweak things. It's on RU-vid It's like an hour and a half long. And not to mention the actual quality of the game now is trash. Don't waste your time.

Damn

You should check out eathlete RU-vid channel lot of big brain content about the science of getting better in esports

Need to work on positioning.

I need some help with air car control and my 2s partner and i need help pushing through to gc me being a c2 and him being c2/c3

In what amounts do you recommend the change in sens and the like, like what kind of range do you recommend

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you got dogged on bro smhhh

Hi

Ppl keep confusing me for this guy bc my rl user also”flow.state”😐