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to me the most amazing factor about
rocket league as a game
is the fact that it's similar to soccer
or football which i already enjoy
except it's even more complex because it
adds an entire new dimension with the
ability to fly
and within that new dimension comes a
whole new world of creativity
speed and mechanics to master in this
video i'm going to lay out a timeline of
aerial skills to work on from complete
beginner
to the highest level of gameplay you'll
be able to determine where you are
currently on that timeline and follow it
the rest of the way until you have
complete mechanical freedom
but real quick just got to be out here
sponsoring myself because i want to let
you guys
know about my own rocket league course
on gamers ready it's called the ultimate
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i've been working on it for the past
eight or nine months because i wanted to
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so if you want to get better at rocket
league this is for you there are a ton
of topics in there that i would never
get to cover in a youtube video because
most people don't find them all that
entertaining so that being said i know
not all of you watching this are
super serious about getting better at
rocket league but for those of you that
are
this is the best resource out there for
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it's extremely useful no matter what
rank you are because most of these
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anywhere publicly i'm sure once you take
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much you didn't actually know about this
game already even if you've been playing
for years
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anyway that's about it
let's jump right back in with how to
master aerials
to master aerials i've created a
timeline to help you go from not knowing
how to do one at all
to mastering them completely from any
awkward position
this timeline is broken up into five
levels obviously not all of you watching
will be at the exact same level so it'll
be your job to determine what level
you're at
and then continue on to improve your
aerials down the timeline from there
to begin i'll start by explaining how a
fast aerial is performed and then i'll
move us down the timeline eventually
working our way up to
mastering them from every angle with the
maximum amount of speed
the process of learning an aerial is
pretty simple but there's many ways to
go about it
in short the ultimate goal for what you
should be eventually trying to learn
is what's called a fast aerial a fast
aerial is performed by jumping once
leaning back stop leaning back jumping
again
and continue leaning back all while
boosting the whole way through it
it looks like this in real time
a common mistake people run into with
this is they'll only tap the jump button
instead of holding it down
this doesn't get you in the air as fast
because you go higher when you hold down
your jumps
i even see grand champions with this
problem and it's a really hard habit to
break so
make sure you do it right when you're
first learning it you should be holding
down your jumps to go as high as
possible
now i don't recommend just jumping right
in and trying to do the fast cereal
without any experience
it can be discouraging when you realize
how difficult it is to get the motion
down
so instead i recommend learning to just
double jump and then lean back and boost
so you can get used to controlling your
car in the air at all
once that becomes easy you can try
learning the fast aerial so you'll be
boosting through the aerial the whole
time and leaning back in between your
jumps
something people are often confused
about with fast aerials is the fact that
you actually do need to press multiple
buttons with your thumb
in order to perform it on a playstation
controller the default boost button is
circle and the default jump button
is x meaning that in order to press both
at the same time you kind of have to
rock your thumb
between the two buttons it's a movement
that i've never had to get used to
in any other game but for rocket league
it's just something that you've got to
learn for those that don't learn this
movement they either never learn how to
do a fast aerial and stay down in
platinum
or they just rebind their boost button
to something else so they can press
boost with a different finger
there's nothing wrong with doing this
there are many pros that choose to
rebind their boost button to a bumper
but it's just not as common as choosing
to keep it default
most players just choose to learn how to
rock their thumb between the buttons
so even if it's awkward at first it is
something that you will get used to over
time as long as you stay patient with it
for this level 1 training pack since
it's only 5 shots and they're all
very basic aerials that are stationary
in the air you should make sure that you
can fast aerial straight into the ball
with your nose
on all five shots without fail if you
can't do it yet just keep practicing
until you can
once you can do it you're ready to move
on to level two
now that you have the general motion
down for how to fast aerial it's time to
start reading the ball as it's flying
through the air
for the level two training pack it's
basically the same as level one but the
ball is moving so it requires you to
read the trajectory
these are all still very basic aerials
that don't require much mechanics to
perform
in fact the ball is so low that you're
probably capable of single jumping and
then flipping into the ball on some of
these but make sure you don't do that
even when you can because
we're trying to learn how to aerial here
so treat these 10 shots
exactly the same as you did for the
level one pack fast aerial straight into
it and smack it in with your nose
if you hit it with the side or top of
your car that doesn't count you may get
lucky and tap it right in a few times
with that but as you climb the ranks
you'll need to start relying on shot
placement and power more and it's going
to be much easier to place your shots
specifically where you want them
if you're hitting it with your nose
every single time so make sure on these
that you hit it with your front even if
it's harder for you that way
a good rule i like to use to determine
if i got the touch right is by looking
at how my car
reacts to the touch if my car bounces
off in a way and my front is no longer
pointing forward that means i did it
wrong
but if my nose stays mostly solid
through the touch the whole time
that's how i know i did it right also
there shouldn't be any air rule
necessary so
don't try doing these while spinning
overall level 2 is pretty
self-explanatory so just grind it out
until you can get 80
or more on this pack once you can get 80
you're ready to move on to level three
level three is high aerials this is
where you can really take your aerial
game up a notch because what separates a
lot of diamond and champ players is
not only their ability to reach the ball
when it's up by the ceiling
but also their ability to reach it up
there fast the thing about aerials
is people don't just stop whipping them
at higher ranks
whiffs on aerials still happen multiple
times a game even at grand champion
although most diamonds and grand
champions are capable of reaching the
same aerials it comes down to who
reaches them
faster the whole reason why whiffs still
happen at grand champion is because
they're pushing themselves to get up to
it way faster
if a gc tried to go up for an aerial as
slow as a diamond player does
they probably wouldn't have any whiffs
all game so my point in saying all this
is that
whiffs are inevitable so if you want to
improve your aerials
don't just practice hitting the ball
over and over again in the air
practice hitting it as early and as fast
as possible
so in this pack what that means is hold
down boost almost the entire time while
doing the aerial
if you're feathering your boost you're
doing it wrong in a real game whether
you're gonna hit it or not doesn't
matter if you get beat to it anyway
so if you're gonna go for it go for it
fast for the shots in this pack you
might even notice that some of them are
easier
if you air roll your car a little bit at
the end that's a good thing to
experiment with it's often easier to get
power on the ball if you hit it with the
top side of your nose rather than the
underside so if you need to air roll for
some of these to make it happen
i'd encourage trying it out just
remember that you shouldn't be spinning
the whole time as you're taking off
the simpler you do it now the easier it
will be later on once you can get 80
on this pack or more you're ready to
move on to the next level
this is one of the most important
aspects of aerials to master
if you're going for a shot from a tough
angle and there's someone in net ready
to save it
sure it may be an easy save for them
since it's a pretty small angle to cover
but the fact that they do
have to save it is huge when it comes to
breaking down the defense
on top of that sometimes the defender
just won't have faith that you can score
it from that tough angle so they won't
jump for the save at all if you can put
a shot on net from these tough angles
every single time you'll find yourself
with
way more opportunities to score even if
they do get saved if you haven't been
practicing using arrow on your aerials
yet you definitely need to now
most of these shots are pretty much
impossible to score with power if you
don't use arrow
a common mistake with these types of
shots is waiting for the ball to come to
an easier angle to score from
again just like before if you're gonna
go up for it go for it fast
even if you do miss the angle on the
shot it's still better that you hit the
ball rather than just getting beat to it
by the opponent
you should be holding down boost almost
the entire time during your aerial
and of course just like before make sure
you're not holding air roll the entire
time
a good habit to get into is using air
rule on both sides
for most players there's one dominant
arrow direction that we like to use more
often than the other
for me personally i'm much more
comfortable with arrow right than arrow
left so when i'm practicing i'll often
find myself spinning the long way around
to hit the ball correctly
just because i'm more comfortable with
it clearly this is a short term solution
in the long term it's much better for me
to be comfortable with air roll in both
directions
so i'd recommend being careful about
that when you first start make sure
you're air rolling according to what
makes sense for the given aerial
not just what you're most comfortable
with if you can get 80 or more on this
pack
you're ready to move on to level 5.
sudden aerials are in my opinion
the most important aspect of aerials to
master at a high grand champ or
supersonic legend level for most of us
up in this area of ranks it's hard to
pinpoint a particular mechanic that we
can improve the most
it feels like we're decent at everything
because we have to be in order to get
here in the first place
but with this training pack in
particular your mind will be blown by
how much faster you could be on aerials
i first made this training pack a long
time ago for this video which some of
you may have seen but it turns out to be
exactly what i would recommend for level
5
in mastering your aerials for this pack
you need to make sure you're following
these
exact rules in order for it to serve its
purpose
number one on each shot start by turning
off ball cam to see which boost pad
you're lined up
with you'll be perfectly lined up with
it i didn't make any mistakes when
making this pack so for example
this is not the mini pad you're lined up
with it's actually this one even though
it's further away
the first rule is that you need to drive
directly at that boost pad before
turning toward the ball
once you touch that boost pad then you
can jump or turn or
whatever you want number two your first
touch on the ball must be on or before
that last beep on the counter in the top
left so turn your sound up if you need
and listen to what comes first
your touch on the ball or the last beep
of the counter keep in mind that the
last beep actually happens when it's
transitioning from two seconds to one
second not one to zero
if you follow both these rules on every
shot for this pack it should force you
to be as
efficient as possible with every single
aerial your power slide your double jump
the angle of your touch on the ball
all need to be perfect in order to
follow these rules and still score it
it'll really expose how far you really
are from perfecting your aerials
in high level games it happens often
that you need to react
and jump for an aerial from an awkward
spot those situations are where aerials
are usually furthest from being
perfected and this pack will help you
perfect them
better than any other if you follow
those two rules if you can get 100
on this pack by scoring all of them on
the first try i uh
i i don't even know what to say to you
because i can't even do that
if you actually can score all of these
on the first try while following those
two rules then
prof see you because you've got the
aerial mechanics of a professional all
the training pack codes will be in the
description i recommend trying them out
to see which level you're currently at
and then working your way up from there
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