If this video helps you I'd massively appreciate you leaving a like on the video and considering subscribing to the channel. It genuinely helps me out more than you can know!

I always believed if you could let go of your doubts and be confident in yourself you’d change the game, Jack. And I’m sure many will agree when I say now you have and continue to do so! It’s really humbling to hear how your perspective on a topic we disagreed on years ago has changed as you’ve gained more experience in your career. You never stop learning and it’s something I admire and respect about you a lot! Aaaand I do vaguely remember you calling me something along the lines of an idiot back then for my stance on choosing confidence 😂 I’ve always been and always will be a huge fan of yours! Great video, great mindset, and great advice. Love following your story as you continue to grow and succeed as both a person and player. I’ll keep cheering you on even from the retirement home 🙌🏼👨🏼‍🦳

as a 1900 i rarely see tips videos that have valuable advice for GC2+ but this was phenomenal, people don't understand that they have to push themselves to see improvement past a certain point and cant mindlessly freeplay and 2s to 2k

I don't know what to look for when im watching my replays or actually I can't notice my mistakes or I don't have the critical eye but I've found a way to fix that!! instead of needing a 3rd party to review my replays, I became the 3rd party. All I needed was to change perspectives. we all look at our teammates with the "critical eye" so we notice their mistakes with ease, so all I needed to do is become the "teammate" to notice my own mistakes. so all I do now is change to my teammates perspective and look at my gameplay from his view and it is much easier now. just a way to help those who struggle with replay analysis.

jack: "a lot of peoples main focus in freeplay is to watch youtube on the side" me watching this vid while in freeplay: shit jokes aside, thanks for the tips

Jack I don’t know how to say this, but your the only content creator who explains it in a way so easily and understandable, I really like this video and appreciate the effort ❤

Call this man the Car Ball Physicist, really insightful video

I'm an older player, and appreciate the down to earth comments you make. I am not trying to be a pro, but I like to have fun, and I like to generally play well in the games I am involved with. Not every team you go against will be the same, nor any team if you get matched up with people will play the same. Some people like to touch every ball possible, while others like to sit in the goal and play the 3rd man the whole game. I mostly just want to contribute in each game. Thank you for keeping the game fun for a LOT of us!!

Truly insightful and universal advice. This gives me the motivation and path to improve, so thanks

literally the best tips ive ever recieved, im a c1 and you literally mentioned all of my mistakes and making mr understand i play bad. thank you and i believe you will become rank 1 in 1v1 very soon

Man! I’ve been watching you for years now! You’re literally my favorite rocket league KZfaqr! Thank you for this I’m champ trying to grind to GC and just don’t know what to work on. Thank you!

i am currently in the c2-c3 range and i found the first tip abt not trying to be an everything player very helpful ❤️

thx jack you are right confidence makes you think faster and not doubt your self

All of that made so much sense 😊

Hey jack I was just telling my girlfriend how much of a fan I am of yours, and I don’t usually fangirl over influencers but I’m seriously inspired by you and your content. Ty

2, 4, and 5 are overlooked by most players, but will absolutely help most players improve. It's the simple things that will help you improve the most that most people overlook due to some ego or pride. Great video jack.

Great advice, Jack!

Thank you for this video Mister. I like the part when you talk about confidence.

Absolute legend 👏🏻 Great reminder about watching what players around you can do in new ranks. Much love, Jack. Excited to see your run at worlds ❤

really appreciate the care for your viewers as a pro

im a low gc3 trying to make that final push to ssl and ive always tried to figure out what that final piece ive been missing was. however there were a few great points in this video that really stood out to me and that i cant wait to incorporate in my gameplay. thank you so much jack :)

Love the Virge shoutout! That dude is a beast coach

amazing tips, thanks jack!

I’m a low GC2 and I’ve been pretty hard stuck for a long time. I’m definitely gonna try these tips! One thing definitely stuck out to me about being over critical of yourself causing low confidence. I’ve noticed this about myself and found that how I play in my first game on dictates the whole rest of the day. This video made me think about that way more so hopefully I can get out of that habit!

Enjoyed the video, very useful and explanatory. Completely agree with your views on aggression and confidence. Only criticism I can make on this video is the water slurping between edits 😂

This has really helped and I fell confident to play rank even if I go down I don’t mind now

I completely agree with the playing aggressive tip, I was hard stuck improvement wise until I started playing consistently with a low level friend. Because he was gold 3 while I was champ 1 it meant I had to be the person challenging in the air every time even if I was still rotating back which has drastically improved my consistency and confidence with Ariels.

Appreciate this video, I don’t generally spend a full near 20 minutes watching a tutorial type video but this was really helpful. I struggle personally as a gc1 with confidence.. there are times I’m so confident for whatever reason and will just plow through ranks and other times I feel like a terrible loser and lose all my ranks! Haha I do believe confidence is huuuuge if you have even some of the skill to back it up. Thanks for the effort🤟🏼

love these improvement videos

This man, is an absolute legend

Really great video jack 👍🏻👍🏻

Couldn't agree more. Thanks so much for your help, mate. You're well appreciated where I come from and I wouldn't be who I am without you blazing the trail.

My first ever intro to app jack on a Scrubkilla ranked ones vid “thus guy jus spams flecks!”

I used to be champ 1, but after taking a break for a year or so I dropped to D2 so if I end up taking RL seriously again these tips will help tremendously to help me get back to champ

Thank you Jack ❤

I remember it taking me forever to get out of c3. Now I’m finding it impossible to get out of gc2. It’s win a few. Lose a few. I play a ton of free play with no thought other than hit the ball around like you are. These were some great tips. Thanks dude.

I just need a day with u helping me out lol I'm always between diamond 2 and 3. Ur right with confidence tho some weeks I feel like I'm on it all the time and I'm playing really well with me mate who's between diamond 3 and champ 1 and the link up play is awesome and then some weeks I feel like I can't hit the ball lol. Appreciate the post tho 👌👍

Love this from you ❤

Thanks for the tips Jack. I have one thing to add that might be obvious but getting good sleep is pivotal. I never feel better than when I have a good night of sleep.

i watch your content for years already and just realized that i didnt sub. This video was helpful for me in terms of getting a different perspective on the mental side of a RL Player. I always wondered what i should train, this video answered it. I was improving very quickly and your section about aggro/ confi players gave me a great deal of understanding which always occupied my mind for years. Because my friend that introduced me to RL is not improving anymore or put differently I got better way faster and your explanation/ opinion gave me a great deal of hope to get to gc. :) keep it up. Regards from Germany.

preciate you appjack

being aggressive is more efficient to learn psychologically because you force opponents to outplay you in practice not from ego, you get used to seeing ALL you can get away with instead of just doing your own thing. I have worked very hard to get rid of my anger and aggressive nature but as I was hardstuck in lower ranks once more I realized you need to outrotate your opponent in order to pressure them into making mistakes. going faster is a very effective way to go about it as you get more opportunities in the same time frame and you force them to give their best not just mechanically but also about rotation and game sense and reads. putting pressure on opponents is important, it is vital even, against players who do not make mistakes.

i can attest to this confidence is key. i have the skill stuck in c3 trying to get gc... before i was kinda playing more passive when playing aggressive players yesterday took a aggressive approach and went up a 100mmr.

btw something for the last tip if your tm8 plays very agressive play a little more passive or the other way around that has helped me atleast up to gc after getting back to ranked

I’ve been 1370 in 1s and I’m trying to reach 1500 one day and these little high level tips are huge, because all the improvement vids are targeted towards champ and below it seems, so thanks for making this

16:40 this is a big problem for me, i was once told "theres always something you couldve done to avoid conceding" and ever since then i get tilted and upset at my own gameplay, it doesnt matter how but if i lost the game id be upset at myself for not being perfect

Don't call me crazy but I think the things Jack said are really similar as things you have to work on while playing football. For example the confidently playing and nitpicking yourself. I think that even though rl is very different to football in terms of mechanic's, the games do back each other up quite well. Also great tips! ❤

Great stuff, 1700 rn myself only able to play on the weekends. I notice that it's so free wins when you let the opponent do mistakes. Playing a bit more passively, ofc within reason but most of the time you just get a free ball because they mess up a shot

Really insightful video!! Since going to London RLCS I've really wanted to get back into playing RL and improving. I'm always really focused on moving up in ranks but the connection with improving actually being more likely to result in loss of mmr is really interesting and something I've never really thought of. Big thank you for making this video!! Gonna get on the solo queue grind!

“Confidence is a choice” fantastic quote

Im only gc but a tip that helped me personally: everything in rocket league takes time! Mechs, game sense, comms, etc. Some learn quicker some slower. Don’t rush yourself and get too critical with urself bc of it

As a gc3 on Xbox is stopped playing a few months back and now have bought a Pc and are gonna try and grind the game again, this video has come at a perfect time.

So I get how confidence can be a choice, but I'm just not confident at all, I'm a very humble person and understand that I could be doing some things better then what I am, I just don't know how to.

W tips jack ❤

Would love to see a video like this specifically for 1v1 mains.

I think the confidence factor is actually from players who don't hesitant or second-guess themselves. Such as myself, I doubt myself a lot, in two minds about plays and I get beat to the ball, etc

If you asked me what I thought about AppJack, I’d tell you he my favorite player. But if you asked me on a deeper level… I’d tell you that every waking moment my soul relies on the hope that soon I would get a KZfaq notification that he’s uploaded another video. I’d also tell you that I get such joy from seeing him play the game and my spirit gets motivation when I see him flick the ball to the top right corner with such passion. Lastly, I would say every word he speaks in his beautiful accent makes me think everything will be okay.

Squishy dropped almost an hr vid of him just in freeplay years ago. Ive wat hed it so many times. Would love to see how you go about free play

I'd love to back you up, Jack, on your assessment on why "being confident is a choice and a decision". Sport's psychologist Dr. Noel Brick has studied that the success of most athletes is through being proactive in your goal-setting and understanding which goals fall into certain categories. Since a lot of sports/esports/game practice cannot be learned successfully overnight, I think the most common and most feared type of goal is a 'process' goal. One where you know it's essential to the foundation of your ability to succeed but also know that it takes time. Most people aren't cut out for success in sports/esports/games, because they aren't gratified early on and they lose motivation. I think your coach, Virge, was absolutely spot on and knew that it was just a process for you and all other players to sprinkle in some proactive and forced 'confidence' to get the ball rolling and to motivate you to becoming the player you are presently. I recommend anyone reading this comment to read 'The Genius of Athletes'

The biggest problem with most players I see online is just their attitudes. Giving up too easily, expecting too much from their teammates, behaving like children, taunting when they lose, shit talking when they win... it's disgusting and Psyonix seems to have completely given up on enforcing any kind of community rules and guidelines...

Man you gotta take you own advice, lets see a major win!

Yeah that air dribble bump for champ is definitely something I need to work on. Hardstuck diamond here

uploading like crazyyyyy

Jack, if you haven't heard of it, and viewers, the book The Inner Game of Tennis goes very much in depth into improving your own mental in sports.

The last part with the confidence and don't blame others is the most important part - even in real life.

5:20 I'd add to the whole "true intention" thing, it works wonders to go watch a video of some pro achieving the shot you're practicing, and looking what you do different from them. The "image" in your mind is the super important. You can't always imagine it right by yourself how to hit the ball or pull of the mechanic correctly, but literally watching the mechanic multiple times creates this "Image" in your brain of how it should look. So going one by one, practicing a mechanic while also seeing a clip of it pulled off, then doing the next mechanic, is very good training

As a gc3 I do feel like I do fall into the all player a lot and I do think the finding something that will make me stand out and shit will help push me to be better and also looking at what ssl players do when they face me

The casual pro level mechanic muscle memory your showing is insane

💯 Agree, on everything. Well said! 👏

that absolute banger of a redirect at 9:40 😮

For me im basically in gold and I been trying to learn wall to air dribble i made very little progress made very few goals. But The reason im trying to learn it now because eventually at some point your going to have to learn them. And if I can learn then now I can use them in higher leagues but even still it's soooo difficult.

appjack do u have any tips to get good confidence in urself i see my self 100 times better in private against the same rank then i do in ranked

Thanks Jack. I feel guilty accepting this for free. You’re a legend! 🙌

Does Jack have any comment on casual vs ranked, in terms of training?

I'm low champ 3 high champ 2 as a nearly purely positional player. An I unknowingly was doing this "don't be an everything player" as my flicks are pretty decent, " although likely that of a d3 or c1 in all honesty. I fit all of these almost perfectly besides the aggressive part. I'm confident in my ability to rank up. But with that I still made it to my rank 300 hours ahead of average (using wayton pilkins numbers)

enjoy this guy

so my question is what do you think about listening to music while playing cause sometimes i think its better but sometimes not

hey Jack any tips for not getting tilted in 1s, i’m GC 1 in 1s and struggle to keep my mental and end up tilting and throwing any tips?

Savage!

hey jack, what are your settings for the bakkesmod redirect plugin? It's the freeplay pass thing, The passes from my redirect plugin are very different from the others I see, the speed of the ball is much faster

so ironic you say this, i have been playing really patient and not aggressive and i have became like a brick wall in hoops

You made me realize why I didn't agree with shuishy's teachings in his road to ssl's. He was giving the advice to get you to a certain rank, which is completely different from improving as a player.

Great vid jack, I would like to ask you this question cuz I don’t see many pros giving their opinion on the subject ; what is your perspective on having 2 directional air rolls ? Is it mandatory ? Some of the most mechanical players have it, but for example zen doesn’t which is ironic considering he might be the best in that regard.

18minutes talking clean like that is wild. Great video

I can almost without fail own goal. It's my specialty.

I’ve reached Champ 1 consistently (last 3 seasons) under the average game time. I’m still under 700 hours. I’m now approaching the point I feel like I either should give the game up or commit to radically improving mechanics and decision making.

awesome tips but also holy fuck are these shots wild 😭😭😭bro is hitting insane shots while just chatting and its fucking ridiculous how easy he makes it look

As a casual diamond to champ player To all those under diamond 1 Confidence is key and to play calm and collected Every game that i chose to play calm i made better decisions and my movement felt smoother Dont feel rushed and always play the 2nd man role as a way to get your tm8 back in rotation Learn aerials at goal height as most will believe you cant reach certain angles And watch virges video on shooting and car alignment ❤ Also waytons aerial video those 2 along with the advice from jack will change your game Take a few minutes to readjust your thoughts on shooting and it will almost rank you out of gold into platinum Learn back post and backboard defense you should be able to reach diamond ❤

So should you always play aggressively to improve, then naturally, your rank will catch up? Or should you alternate? And play to improve for maybe a season, then play to peak your rank the next?

Jack and Squishy are hands the down the smartest in the game

Coming from a gc1 he is absolutely right about EVERYTHING especially the tilt aspect. Don’t let your teammates tilt you guys , it will only effect you negatively just go next game

Something I am honestly confused by is "less air roll on shots" what exactly does that mean, like is this for shots you just jump, air roll, shoot, or is he meaning for an aerial shot. I've never heard of this before and I usually hear how important it is to air roll to get the angle on a shot better. Any clarification from someone would be great.

3:48 nice shot!

What should I do if I am champ 1-2 with 600h, I’m pretty mechanical but I never seem to be in the right place on the pitch

I'm in D1 and what should I do if my teammate plays extremely aggressively and Im forced on to defense?

So I'm stuck, I am c1 and usually get teammates who don't know how to hit the ball with their nose and end up whiffing the ball half the time. I've had this one scenario happen to me a lot where my teammate whiffs the ball and I'm stuck in a 1v2 in my net, if I ego challenge and get a good 50, the other opponent is still sitting there waiting for it and it ends up going in my net anyways. If I wait, then I either can't get the save or I get the save and the other team gets to the ball quicker and my teammate is back so I push up get a 50, other team gets the ball and I get scored on because my teammate can't save a shot for their life. So what do I do???

Does the controller using have anything to do with playstyle in rl? I use Xbox cobtroller and just feel stuck

Hey jack, do you believe this is all possible on kbm? I am champ 3 on kbm but i always believed controller is better. Do i switch? or can i achieve the same goal without it?

My natural tendency is to be aggressive, but Qing solo will result in losing every game to empty-net goals against due to tms failing to read plays, or position themselves properly. Resulting in having to play with worse players after enough losses. Forcing you to play weirder and weirder in order to force wins...

if you have the time, could you do a road to top 100 in 2s but only solo Q. i think it could be a banger series plz like to let jack see it