i have a single issue holding me back from diamond and champ ,i am currently hardstuck plat I have great mechanics (dribbles,catches,flicks,airdribble of wall and bounces)decent game sense in other words,i rotate backpost,buy time ,lead the play into the corner,position for the worst etc. I watched a luke video where he said that it almost doesn't matter if you can't convert solo plays,so i tried doing that,and this is where i found i cannot do any solo plays. why you may ask ? Well because of plat tm8's not giving me a single opportunity to actually play the ball off of defense since they always go front post they always challenge in the corner and chase or after i do a save because they never do it,they hit the ball away and chase how do i get more solo play opportunities because rn the most i can do in attack is wait for my m8 to lose possession and the enemy to save it and hit it into their corner then i center off the backboard or 50 in the corner and pray either they mess up or my tm8 is actually capable of doing something. How do i get more play on the ball and not take 8 goals because of my tm8 overcommiting and playing golf while i dribble. Btw i can easily play in diamond 1-2 lobbies with my diamond 1 friend and like not get carried but not win all the time.

I can speed flip pretty good for the most part, but I realized that I always front flip into the ball. From what I saw, apparently it's better to simply jump into the ball, saving your flip for a wave dash to keep momentum after the kickoff. Has anyone tried this? Lmk if it works for ya

Went AWOL on this site for a while, but long story short I've done more photography. Salty shores this time, 2 out of the 3 variants (Night and Salty Fest bcs the Day variant wasn't really good). Loads to unpack here, including the iconic moai easter eggs hidden away in some corner of the map and spectacular views. Enjoy :)

4-Overall skill This is the single biggest reason one gets stuck: they're just not good enough. Granted, winning 100% of your games is not realistic unless you're smurfing, and you will, most likely, not be able to learn all that's necessary to leave your rank within a short amount of time (above d2 or so). However, you don't win games because of certain random things, you win due to a difference in performance (99% of the time, as coin toss in tourneys exists). Even with severe nerfs, better players have always beat worse ones, just that the difference in skill level has to be greater and greater the more harsh the nerf is. Plus, you don't improve by not spending loads of time on things. Freestylers didn't spend 100 hrs or less on flip resets, nor did pros spend 20 hrs learning how to creatively set up team plays and other mechanics. Nothing in rl that is relatively advanced can be learnt within a week, because then people won't have to spend hundreds and thousands of hours getting good. At the end of the day, you rank up by proving yourself and you prove yourself not with the roll of a dice or flip of a coin, but with consistent training and self-analysis. BONUS-Smurfs Everybody knows them. The gc guy who's so fed up with his rank that he decides to go play diamonds and champs to cheer up, while simultaneously being as toxic as possible for the fun of it. They suck. BUT, to be honest, they aren't that big a deal. I have seen people who are not smurfs get called smurfs simply because they play well or hit ONE moderately nutty shot, no matter how clean. Many people overestimate how many smurfs there are that are actively trying to ruin you game. What happens is instead a person who's noticeably (and often only mechanically, but not vastly) better but is trying to climb out along with the rest of us is called out and reported, simply because they are better. It doesn't work that way. ONLY IF their stats show an unnatural increase in rank or being at a medium to high level with under 200 wins, then yes, they are indeed smurfing. But if someone simply hits a ceiling double in diamond 2, they're not a smurf because you have no actual proof. Not everyone is as bad as you, and you just have to put up with it for one game anyways. That being said, it's much more difficult to tell in diamond and champ, because of the range in skill, but like I said, check the stats before you call them rats.

Didn't remember to post the Night variant cuz I was busy. My fault guys.