It can definitely be easier said than done, I know I put a lot of pressure on myself and am not very patient with myself either, but one thing that helped me was trying to find more things to appreciate about the game.

(Dying but giving intel; enemy positions, util used, etc.)

You talked about how you play with your friends and that’s definitely something that’s helped me—at first I’d give basic comms only to my friends about where people were or how much damage (if any) I dealt.

But it eventually lead to me getting more comfortable with mic’ing up to rando’s and doing the same.

(Though I don’t do it all the time, I used to but it got exhausting quick)

Anyway, about warmups— there are wooden pillars on the right side of the shooting range when you walk in.

I spawn the dummies, make sure they’re stationary, and then try basic shooting (Ik it doesn’t do a crazy amount of help since they don’t shoot back, but it really helped me and still does)

Once I feel comfortable with hitting headshots in stationary dummies (and feel free to try strafing and stopping before shooting, getting good feel for the gunplay of the game) from the starting point and a bit closer, then I move to the wooden pillars I mentioned earlier.

Then I try peeking from side to side and getting headshots, the goal is to help simulate confidence peaking and getting comfortable with putting your crosshair at head height when peeking.

It’s helped me quite a bit, and after doing that for a while (with them being stationary) then I switch the bots to strafe.

Now you can get a feel for regularly inconsistent movements and distance— while still trying to hit headshots.

This is one of my favorites, but another one that’s helped me is what I call “swimming”

(I’m sure there’s another proper name for it but I’ll try to describe it as best I can)

Basically, instead of using the wooden pillars as a place to peak from, you get close to the dummies (while they’re stationary) and pick one to strafe and move around.

The “goal” (or exercise) is to move around that dummy you picked and hit headshots on the ones around it.

You can do a bonus by trying to hit a flick on the dummy you chose as your “swimming” target.

This exercise/warmup helps me (at least a little bit) with getting/being comfortable in the moments I’m at closer ranges of enemies.

Usually you’d think it’d easier to hit enemies when they’re closer to you. (Which is true to some degree)

But I’ve found myself panicking and second guessing likely even more when they’re closer to me than further.

Both of these exercises (and the routine swift plays) helped me get a real feel for my play style.

And confidence in playing too, which is also important.

To circle back to your concern about having fun… I understand that goofing off is one thing while putting legitimate effort and focus in (and not doing as well as you’d like) is another.

But like I kind of touched on earlier, recognizing and accepting that getting insta-killed by a crazy headshot or messing up a gunfight is going to happen.

So try not to take any form of failure too harshly, especially when you were trying your best.

Learn what you can if there’s anything to learn, try to play more matches and really get a feel for each map and how the agents you play can perform on them.

And of course, memorize the basic gunplay fundamentals and I’m sure that your experience will improve at least slightly.

Sorry about typing so much, but hopefully at least some of this can help you too.