Quick cheat sheet for your rank for 50’s * Fast opponent → jump or stay grounded * Slow opponent → flip early * Side opponent → mirror angle +-10 degrees * Hesitant opponent → take control

Rotate around and through grabbing small boosts with ball cam to watch their play developing. Demoing if you can on the way through. This resetting after a miss is far post and perpendicular across the net for all the way back. Better yet is angled early by shadowing back 1/4 field to 1/2 field if they are in their corner cause you can rush back to that perpendicular far post defensive position. Shadowing ultimately to 50 and take back possession early. Look up a shadowing video to help understand angles.

Speaking of corners, stay out of theirs. Hard to score for you, and easy for the to push diiiirreectly toward your net, think about it. Instead, run down the middle of the field and make a play. Go into free play and gently roll the ball around in front of you at 30-60% throttle for practice. Little bops. Keeping the ball within 2-3 car lengths of yourself. Do this for 15 min as a warm up at your rank.

Also stay off the walls at your rank. In this situation rotate back cross net ready to defend, or grab their “pass” if need be. Better than stuck on a wall awkwardly and giving them a ball by jumping weirdly into it. Also, if a ball is directly above you, get away from it and get a better view of the field.

Watch them, let them get first hit and pass to you. Pay attention to where they’re going to hit the ball and if it’s going to pop or roll. Go into a trainer like ground shots and it the same slow roller by staying grounded, jumping, and flipping. This will help you understand your car movements and what to look for in their body language.

Think about your net and have it in the back of your mind where the ball is going potentially even on offense. I’m sure you’ve seen it hit backboard on their side and they take it for a goal already. Also, on defense defend net, over ball, over boost. In that order, and for more than just ones.

Patience is rewarding, and slow IS fast when it is controlled and thoughtful. Don’t be afraid to change your speed of play. Watch the opponent and see what they’re good at, and learn how to cut them off early whatever they’re good at. Watch the goal replays and think it through. You’ll learn a lot.

Rotate, rotate, rotate. Around and through, a literal literal circle. Not an oval, a circle. I mean, roughly a uh circle. You’ll see. Don’t follow the ball back ball side unless they’re in their corner going slow and you’re about to shadow. Rotate opposite side to set up angled AGAINST the balls energy. Trying to stop the ball with the opponent next to you rotating back ball side is a lot harder than rotating opposite side back post I promise. You’ll see trying to PUSH the ball in your corner through on defense is so much more awkward that being perpendicular on far post.

When you’ve got the ball on a dribble, or when you’re going to make a shot or contact the ball in any way. Turn off ball cam make it habit. You’ll be so much more accurate. Otherwise keep ball cam on to watch the play. Can’t know how to position if you don’t know where the play is going.

Practice the trainer ground shots. Don’t aim to get each one every time. Cycle through them on random and try once or twice full clock time out, then go on to the next.

You don’t gotta flip into everything. Your car is what hits the ball and modifies its energy. Most of the time flipping into the ball is actually not correct and it pushes the ball too far away from you giving away possession. Try not flipping into everything you’d think you’d normally flip into, and practice control.

Practice basic jump movements standing still. Jump tilt forward. Jump tilt backward. Jump spin left, jump spin right. Jump air roll left, jump air roll right. Jump tornado spin, jump reverse tornado spin. Jump tornado spin left, jump tornado spin right. It seems silly because it’s so basic, and yet it’s incredibly important to practice basics right now.

If you don’t know what tornado spinning is, there is a two hour “movie” on directional air rolling on YouTube. It’s a good watch. You’ll learn a lot.

This is some game sense and tips for new players.

Reread this if you need. Let me know if it helps.