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0:00Easily the hardest thing to learn in
0:02Rocket League is aerial car control.
0:04It's probably the sole reason I believe
0:06Rocket League is the hardest game ever
0:08made. And that is exactly why in this
0:10video I'm going to show you my four
0:11phase guide in order to go from zero to
0:13hero in aerial car control mechanics.
0:15And I can guarantee you if you follow
0:17this guide and do all the practice, you
0:19will become unrecognizably good at
0:22aerial car control. So, let's dive right
0:24into it.
0:26Before we get into anything, there's a
0:28couple things that you do need to do. We
0:30need to make sure we have all our
0:31sensitivities, dead zones, and bindings
0:33set so we have a solid foundation to
0:34work with going forward. These are the
0:36things that you will not be changing
0:37likely for the lifetime you play this
0:39game. So, make sure they're good. To
0:41start, we're going to be setting both
0:42our aerial and steering sensitivities to
0:441.6. Secondly, we're going to be setting
0:46our controller dead zone to the lowest
0:48setting possible before stick drift
0:50starts to move your car without input.
0:51And for me, it's about 0.05. So, if you
0:53are not wanting to go figure it out for
0:55yourself, you can just copy this number.
0:56After that, you're going to be setting
0:58your dodge dead zone to around 0.75.
1:00Thirdly, we're going to be setting our
1:01binds. We want to make sure that we can
1:03jump, boost, air roll, and power slide
1:05all at the same time. But if you do just
1:06want to keep it simple like I did, all
1:08you need to do is bind your power slide
1:09and air roll to your left bumper. And
1:11that's it. And now that we have our
1:12solid foundation, we can begin to start
1:14to learn how to master aerial car
1:16control.
1:22So, the goal of phase one is to get the
1:23very basics of aerial car control down.
1:25And we will begin by learning how to
1:27hover. This sounds simpler than it
1:29actually is, trust me. So, find a small
1:31boost pad and try to hover right on top
1:33of it. The goal is to get off the ground
1:35and stay at a consistent height and
1:36position, not rising, not falling, just
1:39hovering perfectly in the air like this.
1:41What we're aiming to do here is learn
1:42the very basic inputs needed to keep
1:44your car still in the air. One thing to
1:46really focus on here is keeping your
1:47inputs small and saying them out loud.
1:50This is one of the things that really
1:51helped me understand aerial car control
1:53the most. Because as you've probably
1:54figured out already, it gets very
1:56confusing very quickly. But with all
1:58that being said, whenever you can get
1:59into and hold the hover for over 30
2:01seconds, we're going to do something
2:02that you've likely seen in other
2:04tutorial videos. That's flying goal to
2:06goal. And there is only two rules you
2:08have to follow here. Leaving the ground
2:09before you leave the net and not
2:10touching the ground again until you're
2:12in the other net. That's it. And you
2:14will likely pick this up fairly quickly.
2:16So to increase the difficulty, we're
2:18going to start picking spots to land. So
2:20now whenever you fly out of the net,
2:21have a specific spot in mind on the
2:23other net where you're going to go. Top
2:25left, top right, top center, whatever it
2:27is. That's your target. You're training
2:29your brain to translate intention into
2:31input. And just a reminder here, we're
2:33not going to be doing any air roll
2:34during this. Keep it simple. We're
2:36aiming to build the basics first. And
2:37once you can pick and hit a spot
2:39consistently at the other goal, we can
2:41up the difficulty again. Start by going
2:43up to the side following this line of
2:45boost pads all the way to the other net
2:47while still hitting a specific spot. And
2:49this is where I would assume for most of
2:51you this starts to get pretty difficult.
2:52So if you're beginning to feel a little
2:54overwhelmed at how hard this might
2:55actually be, don't worry, I have a trick
2:57for you. In the gameplay tab in your
2:58settings, there's a little slider called
3:00game speed. And this literally allows
3:02you to slow down time, giving you that
3:04extra precious time to actually figure
3:06out what is even happening with your car
3:08and how can I fix it. It's a great tool
3:10used by even the highest rated players
3:12in the game. So please do take advantage
3:14of this option. Now this wouldn't be a
3:15very good aerial car control tutorial if
3:17I didn't show you what a fast aerial or
3:19double jump aerial is. So with that
3:21being said, here we go. When you perform
3:23a regular aerial, you jump and then you
3:25boost upward, likely saving your second
3:27flip to hit the ball or maybe you just
3:29never use it. What a double jump or fast
3:31aerial will take advantage of is that
3:33second jump. Instead of using it to flip
3:35into the ball, you are using it instead
3:36instantly to boost yourself faster into
3:39the air, giving you the best chance to
3:40beat your opponent to the ball. To do
3:42it, you simply jump, pull back on your
3:43joystick, let go of your joystick, jump
3:45again, continue pulling back on your
3:47joystick while boosting through the
3:49entire motion. Now you may have noticed
3:51when I was talking about this before, I
3:52said fast or double jump aerial. They
3:55are two separate things. A double jump
3:57aerial is simply using two jumps, and a
3:59fast aerial is holding down that first
4:01jump so you get that extended jump
4:03height. While not necessarily a mistake
4:05in it of itself, it does prevent you
4:07from getting to the ball as fast as
4:08possible. So, if your goal is to go as
4:10fast as possible, make sure you're
4:12holding down that jump button for that
4:14extra height. And now comes the time to
4:15figure out if you are ready to move on
4:17to the next phase. And each phase in
4:19this video will have a training pack
4:20associated with it at the end. Simply
4:22getting an 80% or above on any of the
4:24training packs is enough to say that you
4:25are ready to go. Just remember that if
4:26you were doing the training packs in a
4:28lazy way,
4:29it's only going to hurt you.
4:36Phase two is where I'd say things start
4:38to get genuinely pretty hard. And it's
4:40also where I ask you to subscribe to the
4:42Breadth 3 YouTube channel, as 99% of you
4:44aren't subscribed, and I would really
4:45appreciate it if you go down below and
4:47hit that button. But anyway, back to
4:48learning phase two. We are now going to
4:50dive into what is essentially the
4:51foundation of hitting crazy shots, the
4:54ability to control your car from
4:55multiple different camera angles no
4:57matter what position. Although we are
4:58still focusing on controlling the car
5:00without air roll. We're going to be
5:02building muscle memory that air roll
5:03will enhance later, not replace. So,
5:06back to goal to goal, except now
5:08everything is going to be upside down.
5:10This will reverse every left thumb stick
5:12movement you do. So, left is right and
5:15right is left, up is down and down is
5:17up. And this is where I would like to
5:18introduce something called blackout
5:19zones. It is when your brain literally
5:21does not have an answer for what
5:23direction to push your thumb stick for
5:24the orientation of your car and the
5:26position of your camera, leading to you
5:28falling out of the air looking like you
5:29blacked out. These blackout zones, while
5:31very very very annoying, are a great way
5:34to tell where you are lacking with your
5:36aerial car control. And I bet right now
5:38everything you're doing feels like a
5:39blackout zone, and that's okay because
5:41you're brand new to this. So, don't
5:43sweat it. But just know that all it
5:44takes is really repetitions. And when
5:47you inevitably get good at flying upside
5:49down, we're going to increase the
5:51difficulty by changing the position of
5:53our car. For example here, I'm leading
5:54entirely with the left side of my car,
5:57having the right side of my car facing
5:59me. And you're going to be holding this
6:00position the entire way to the other
6:02net. This is going to take some serious
6:04getting used to because it is likely
6:05something you have never done, even if
6:07you are already kind of good at car
6:09control in the air. And like I said
6:10before, all this does really take is
6:12repetition. So, when you do start to get
6:14good at it, begin bouncing your car off
6:16the backboards, going back and forth,
6:17never actually landing. Do this until
6:19you are fairly comfortable in every
6:21position, upside down, facing left, or
6:23facing right. And now we are going to
6:25move on to my favorite drill for
6:27learning aerial car control, and that is
6:28hovering around the ball. This is one of
6:30the first drills that I actually started
6:32using to learn aerial car control. So, I
6:35really hope it works just as well for
6:36you. Start by picking a free play map
6:38that has a large center circle, like
6:40Beckwith Park or Champions Field. Your
6:42goal here is very simple. Orbit around
6:44the ball with ball cam on, and trying to
6:46follow that center circle we just
6:47mentioned. You are going to do this both
6:49clockwise and counterclockwise. One way
6:51will almost certainly be easier than the
6:53other, and this is going to be what I
6:54refer to as your aerial bias. But for
6:57now, just remember to train both sides
6:59in order to not create an imbalance.
7:00When you can complete three full circles
7:03in both directions, then you are good to
7:04go ahead and move on to this next drill.
7:06And that next drill being learning how
7:08to recover. Start by hovering somewhere
7:10around the ceiling, then deliberately
7:12throw your car in a random direction,
7:14whatever makes you lose complete
7:16control. Allow your car to fall for a
7:18very brief period of time, and then try
7:20to recover to that initial starting
7:21position. The pressure of the ground
7:23rushing up to meet you is exactly why
7:25this drill is so effective. The quick
7:27thinking required is what will really up
7:29your game in terms of control. And to
7:31increase the difficulty on this if
7:33needed, you can put your car in
7:34different positions on the field with
7:36ball cam on. And with that, you have
7:38made it to the end of phase two. So, you
7:40are now ready to tackle that training
7:42pack. And real quick before you get into
7:43this training pack, you are going to
7:44notice that you spawn in incredibly
7:46weird positions. And I fear without
7:48direction, you might end up doing this
7:49training pack wrong. So I will show you
7:51how to do the first shot. Upon loading
7:52the training, you will find yourself
7:53perpendicular with the ball. What you
7:55want to do here is jump up keeping your
7:56car perfectly straight and only pushing
7:58your car to the left just like we were
8:00doing in that variation of gold to gold
8:01flying. This kind of shot is the only
8:03shot that really needs an explanation on
8:05how to do it. The other ones just try
8:06your best and go as fast as you possibly
8:08can. And while doing this training pack,
8:10you might start to feel the urge to air
8:11roll into the ball during the shots.
8:13That instinct is a great sign that your
8:15brain is ready for it. And while you can
8:16start experimenting with air roll at the
8:18moment of impact, try to keep the
8:19approach clean. We're going to be
8:21covering air roll a lot in phase three,
8:23so don't worry. And again, getting an
8:2580% or above will be your green light to
8:27go to the next phase.
8:35So like I said before, phase three is
8:36going to be heavily focused on air roll.
8:39And in order to learn it correctly, you
8:40need to know that there are two separate
8:42kinds. There is directional air roll and
8:44then there is free air roll. And they
8:45are two very different things as
8:47directional air roll allows you to roll
8:49around the Z axis of your car perfectly
8:51without any thumb stick input. And on
8:53the other hand, free air roll will
8:54directly translate your X axis movements
8:57into Z axis movements. But for right now
8:59in phase three, we're only going to be
9:00focusing on free air roll. Because as
9:03you learn free air roll, you are going
9:04to notice that you have a very strong
9:06aerial bias like we mentioned before to
9:08a certain side. And this is going to be
9:10the directional air roll that you pick
9:11later down the line. So to begin, we're
9:13going to be taking the orbiting drill
9:14from phase two and adding air roll to
9:16it. So now as you orbit the ball,
9:17instead of just going around in circles,
9:19you're going to be trying to face the
9:20belly of your car towards the ball the
9:22entire time. Do this until you can make
9:24multiple complete circles both clockwise
9:26and counterclockwise. To increase the
9:28difficulty on this, go ahead and switch
9:30the part of the car facing the ball.
9:31Whether it be the hood, the right door,
9:33or the left door, it doesn't matter. But
9:34try to cycle through all these so you're
9:36exposing yourself to all the angles. And
9:38for the next drill, it is kind of the
9:39same thing, but now you are holding down
9:41air roll the entire time. And that is
9:43free air roll, not directional. To
9:45start, hold down your free air roll
9:46button and air roll to one side, whether
9:48that be left or right, it doesn't
9:49matter. We're going to do both. As you
9:51make circles around the ball, make sure
9:52to never let go of the air roll button.
9:55This is key because we are trying to
9:56make sure we understand what will happen
9:58when we're air rolling. And as you begin
10:00to get comfortable air rolling to one
10:01side, go ahead and switch mid-air to the
10:04other. Be sure not to neglect this
10:05transitionary period and just go to the
10:07ground. Try your best to stay airborne
10:08when switching air rolls. And by now you
10:10have likely started to notice that one
10:12air roll is just more comfortable than
10:14the other. This is, like I said before,
10:16your aerial bias. So, whatever side you
10:18are feeling is easier, this is going to
10:20be your directional air roll. Go ahead
10:22and bind it now if you'd like, but we
10:23will not be using it in this phase. And
10:25now for the final drill for phase three,
10:27learning how to recover while holding
10:29air roll the entire time. You're going
10:31to start by doing the exact same thing
10:33you did for the other recovery drill.
10:35Fly up near the ceiling and throw your
10:36car into a spiral where you have no
10:38control. Then, while holding your air
10:40roll button and never letting go,
10:42recover to a hovering position. Again,
10:44it is very important that you hold down
10:46your air roll button the entire time as
10:48we are trying to make this as
10:49complicated and as hard as possible.
10:51This will make it so it comes almost
10:52second nature to you in game. Do this
10:54maybe 10 or 15 times, and then you can
10:56up the difficulty by going to different
10:58spots on the field with ball cam on. And
11:00this is where you should seriously start
11:01to feel some genuine improvement when
11:03you play the game. You should kind of
11:04start to feel like you know what you're
11:06doing. So, when you do this training
11:07pack, really focus on trying to get
11:08those air roll shots down. We are no
11:10longer just going to be flying into the
11:12ball. We are going to be trying to get
11:13very good angles with our air roll. And
11:15again, getting an 80% or above is that
11:17green light to go to the next phase.
11:26Welcome to phase four. If you are here,
11:28you have genuinely earned it. You have
11:30mastered all versions of aerial car
11:31control except directional air roll and
11:33that deserves a serious pat on the back.
11:35But you are not out of the woods just
11:36yet because we are here to learn the
11:38hardest thing in Rocket League and that
11:40is learning directional air roll. And
11:42while it is one of the hardest things to
11:43learn in this game, it is the thing that
11:45will enable you to hit those crazy shots
11:47that you see on Instagram reels and
11:48TikTok. So, get excited. We need to
11:50begin by picking our directional air
11:52roll if you haven't already. You've
11:53likely already found your aerial bias
11:55due to our drills from the previous
11:57phases. Just use that to figure out what
11:58you're going to use for your directional
12:00air roll. Whatever side was more
12:01comfortable, pick that. And once you do
12:03that, we're going to be bringing it back
12:04to the very basics, hovering in place.
12:07This is where we are going to learn all
12:09four input states of directional air
12:10roll. So, to start, whenever you're in a
12:12hover, begin directional air rolling.
12:14And while doing this, simply push your
12:15thumbstick to the right. This will do
12:16one of two things. You will either enter
12:18a tornado spin or you will enter a
12:20reverse tornado spin. It depends
12:22entirely on what air roll you have
12:23bound. If you have air roll left bound,
12:25you will enter a tornado spin. If you
12:26have air roll right bound, you will
12:27enter a reverse tornado spin. And since
12:29I personally use air roll left, I'm only
12:31going to be saying the thumbstick inputs
12:33that I use. So, if you have air roll
12:34right bound, simply reverse the left and
12:36right thumbstick inputs and everything
12:38will be the exact same. So, for example,
12:40if I say push your thumbstick to the
12:41right, you have to push your thumbstick
12:43to the left. Up and down is still the
12:44same. But since we now know what two of
12:46the four thumbstick inputs are, a
12:48tornado spin where your car will rotate
12:49around the front center of your car and
12:51a reverse tornado spin where it'll
12:52rotate around the bottom center of your
12:54car, we now need to learn the other two
12:56inputs, up and down. Honestly, I
12:57couldn't tell you what they're called so
12:59I'm just going to refer to them as up
13:00and down. If you push your thumbstick
13:02up, depending on which air roll you have
13:03bound, it will rotate around one of the
13:05front [music] corners. And if you push
13:06your thumbstick down, your car will
13:07rotate around one of the back corners.
13:09These are the foundations of learning
13:11how to directional air roll properly.
13:13So, what we're going to do now is pick
13:14one of those directional inputs. I'm
13:16going to personally use down for the
13:17sake of demonstration, but you can use
13:19any input. But if you want to follow
13:21along with the video, I'd recommend
13:22starting with down. So, bring your car
13:23into a hover, begin directional air
13:25rolling, and whenever your hood is
13:27facing the direction you want to go,
13:28quickly flick your thumb stick down,
13:30just so your car starts to move that
13:31direction. So, say we want to go towards
13:33this big boost pad in the corner. How do
13:35we get there? Well, just like we said,
13:37whenever the hood of your car is facing
13:38the boost pad, pull down. And whenever
13:40it's not facing it, no input is
13:42required. Simply only pulling down when
13:44the hood of your car is facing the boost
13:45pad will angle your car to go towards
13:47this boost pad. And to slow down, simply
13:49just reverse this. Whenever your hood is
13:51facing away from the boost pad, pull
13:52down on your thumb stick. And one key
13:54thing to remember is to not hold down
13:55boost the entire time. And this is
13:57because whenever you are using
13:58directional air roll, you are always
14:00going to be changing what direction your
14:01boost will be pushing you. So, learning
14:03the timing of the boost is very key.
14:05Just try to be very aware not to hold it
14:07down the entire time. And this is when I
14:08would strongly recommend using that game
14:10play speed mechanic we talked about
14:12before, as it will make this much
14:13easier. But congratulations, you now
14:15understand how directional air roll
14:17works. Now, with that all being said,
14:18it's time to give you some drills to
14:20actually practice how to do this. So,
14:21here we go again. We're going to be
14:23hovering around the ball, but this time
14:24holding down directional air roll the
14:26entire time. And you have likely noticed
14:28by now that I am not on a regular map. I
14:30am on the pillars map that I can almost
14:31guarantee you have seen in every other
14:33aerial car control video. But we are
14:34only going to be using this map for the
14:36fact that it is a huge circle. This will
14:38give you much more room and time to
14:39actually figure out when to pull your
14:41thumb stick to move your car in the
14:42right direction. But what I would
14:44recommend whenever you can make large
14:45consistent circles both clockwise and
14:47counterclockwise around the pillars map
14:49is going down to a regular map and using
14:51that smaller kickoff circle for a much
14:53more significant challenge. While I bet
14:54you're having a lot of fun going in
14:55circles, we also need to practice going
14:57in a straight line. And to do that,
14:59we're going to be yet again going goal
15:00to goal. And just like before, we're
15:02going to be bouncing off each backboard
15:03trying to maintain flight and holding
15:05down air roll the entire time. And the
15:07reason we're holding down air roll the
15:08entire time is because we're trying to
15:10build that mental map that will give us
15:12control of the car no matter what
15:13position it's in. So, when you're
15:14comfortable doing the last two drills
15:16with that one thumb stick input, I want
15:17you to start incorporating another thumb
15:19stick input. And I'd recommend the
15:20tornado spin, or thumb stick right. And
15:23since you already have an understanding
15:24of what your car is going to do with one
15:25thumb stick input, your brain is already
15:27kind of built a map for the other. So,
15:29it'll come much easier. I want you to
15:30use these last two drills to learn all
15:32four directional inputs fairly
15:34comfortably. And once you have that, we
15:35can move on to this next drill, which is
15:37going to be practicing that full
15:38control. So, to do that, we're going to
15:40be loading up the Rocket Labs map
15:41Barricade. And on this map, we can do
15:43multiple different drills. We, of
15:45course, can make circles all the way
15:46around all four pillars, but that's not
15:48why we're on this map. Firstly, we're
15:50going to be using the pillars as a
15:51slalom course, starting on the outside
15:53of one and working your way to the
15:54inside of another while air rolling the
15:56entire time. What you want to do is make
15:58circles while weaving in and out of
16:00these pillars. And by this point, if
16:01you've been practicing consistently,
16:03things should kind of just start falling
16:04into place. That mental map I keep
16:06talking about is finally starting to
16:08come together, and all these micro
16:09adjustments are becoming subconscious.
16:11So, I have one last drill to leave you
16:13with. Staying on the Barricade map, we
16:15are now going to be making an X. And of
16:17course, we're going to be using these
16:18pillars as our guide. Start by wrap-
16:20ping around one pillar and heading to
16:21the center of the map, and then slow
16:22yourself down, kind of hovering in
16:24place, then picking a pillar either to
16:26the right or to the left. You are then
16:27going to head out to that pillar, wrap
16:28around it, and then head back to the
16:30center, repeating the cycle over and
16:32over and over again. And now you have
16:33every ingredient you could possibly need
16:35to become good at aerial car control.
16:37But I do want to mention, if you have
16:38the ability to play workshop maps, you
16:40need to use this to your advantage. Even
16:42just playing a rings map will expose you
16:44to levels of awkward angles and
16:46positions that you just can't get as
16:47easily in free play. But it is not
16:49required to learn this mechanic. So,
16:51don't worry if you can't. But with all
16:53that being said, you have made it to the
16:54final training pack. And if you score an
16:5680% or above on this one, you have the
16:58official Bread 3 stamp of I am good at
17:01aerial car control. So, be proud of
17:02yourself. And just one more thing before
17:04we go, I wanted to say that this channel
17:06officially has access to memberships,
17:08thanks to you guys. And I didn't even
17:09announce it, and we already had someone
17:11become a member, which is crazy. So,
17:13thank you, Dylan Rips. But But all that
17:15being said, I'm really proud to see
17:16where this channel is going and I can't
17:18wait to see where we go. Thank you guys
17:19for being here. I'll catch you in the
17:20next one.
17:25>> [music]

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