Silver to FACEIT Level 10 in 6 months (My Practice Routine)
How to Improve at Counter-Strike
In this video, the speaker shares his experience of going from a silver elite to 2500 elo on Faceit in roughly six months. He provides tips and principles that he found most helpful when practicing a new game.
Building a Roadmap
- Pick your objective and write out what the speaker calls "my player bible," which is a detailed description of the player you want to be.
- Break down every single detail of what your final product looks like.
- Rate yourself on each skill in your player bible on a scale of F to A after playing for one or two weeks.
Building a Technical Foundation
Mechanics
- Mechanics are king until the highest levels.
- The speaker broke his mechanical foundation into three main areas: movement, gun mechanics, and protocols and positioning.
Movement
- Good movement means being able to do whatever you want with your character fluidly and comfortably.
Gun Mechanics
- The speaker recommends focusing on recoil control, spray transfer, and aim.
Protocols and Positioning
- Protocols refer to how you approach different situations in-game while positioning refers to where you stand relative to other players.
Practicing Efficiently
Daily Routine
- The speaker recommends warming up before playing by doing aim training maps or deathmatch servers.
- Spend time reviewing demos after playing games.
Practice Sessions
Easy Item vs. Weaknesses
- Select two items from your list each day: an easy item that can be improved and an item that is currently holding you back the most.
Drills
- The speaker recommends using drills to improve specific skills, such as recoil control or spray transfer.
- Use bots to practice flicking and tracking.
Mental Game
Mindset
- The speaker emphasizes the importance of having a growth mindset and not being afraid to make mistakes.
- He also recommends taking breaks when feeling frustrated or tilted.
Focus
- Maintaining focus is crucial during games.
- The speaker suggests using techniques like visualization and deep breathing to help with focus.
Conclusion
Continuous Improvement
- Revisit your player bible every couple of months and dive deeper into previously unrecognized or underdeveloped skills.
Importance of Movement and Deliberate Practice
In this section, the speaker emphasizes the importance of movement in gameplay and how deliberate practice can improve it.
Movement Practice
- Subpar movement negatively impacts gameplay.
- Daily practice on movement is essential.
- Focus on exploring maps with 100% attention to detail.
- Switch between working on air strafing, stopping in a precise position, crosshair placement, finding new grenades or angles.
- Spend entire time focused only on making clean, precise movements.
Gun Mechanics Practice
- Recoil control and various types of aiming are important for gun mechanics practice.
- Use wiperac aim arena as a warm-up for recoil training.
- Use recoil master pro map to spray 50 full clips at a distance of 5 while paying attention to where bullets are missing.
- Track average percentage accuracy in Google Sheets.
- Deathmatch between 800 and 1000 kills each day largely on taric.gg or warmup server community servers.
Aim Bots vs. Deathmatch
In this section, the speaker discusses why deathmatch is better than aim bots for developing aim skills.
Aim Bots vs. Deathmatch
- Aim bots do not help much for developing aim skills compared to deathmatch.
- Deathmatching can be frustrating but is far better practice than aim bots.
Protocols and Positioning
In this section, the speaker talks about protocols and positioning in gameplay.
Protocols and Positioning
- Break down the game into individual basic scenarios for each map and write out each possible scenario in a document
- Research professional pug or match footage to learn various approaches to each situation
- Use the five wise method to understand why a player or team does something in a given situation
- Shadowboxing is a technique where you join a private server and run through scenarios without any enemies to practice protocols and positioning.
The Best Way to Practice Mechanics and Basics of Positioning
In this section, the speaker shares his thoughts on how to practice mechanics and basics of positioning.
Execution and Identifying Flaws
- Playing positions and identifying any flaws afterward is a good way to practice mechanics and basics of positioning.
- This may not be the best way, but it's the best method that the speaker has found in his years of competing.
Repetition and Study
- After playing a game outside of daily practice, reflect on how you played.
- Analyze gameplay in relation to the list of skills created in your player bible.
- Focus your practice accordingly.
- Do this after each daily practice session as well.
Relentless Analysis
- Always analyze yourself relentlessly pushing to identify mistakes, errors, and optimizations.
- Most mistakes or errors are not only technical but often accompanied by mental mistakes such as autopiloting or losing focus.
- Constantly be on the lookout for these mental mistakes as well.
Daily Practice Routine for Improvement
In this section, the speaker shares his full daily practice routine for improvement.
Goal: Improve Consistently Over Time
- While playing or practicing, focus on improving above everything else. Winning is secondary.
- Consistently improving over time makes everything else inevitable.
Two Areas of Practice Each Day
- Focus as much as possible on two areas of practice for the day while playing. Everything else is secondary.
Conclusion
In this section, the speaker concludes by thanking viewers for watching and sharing where they can find more content from him.
Thank You!
- Thank you for watching and supporting the speaker throughout the years.
- The speaker hopes this helps viewers pave their own road maps to improve at whatever they enjoy.
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