How to air dribble in Rocket League

The difference between an amateur and a professional is how they act and deal with situations. An experienced person would deal with situations differently than an amateur because he would have experienced them firsthand and dealt with them in the past. That is why he knows what to do, how, and when to do it.

This statement does also apply to gaming because the difference between a professional and a casual or a noob is the experience and the number of hours that they have practiced the game. It’s common for professional gamers to reach 10k or 12k hours in a single game; because of that, they know the game more than the developers. 

So obviously they found ways to take advantage of the game’s engine. For example, bunny hopping in Counterstrike, or Rocket Jumping in the Quake. These techniques give an upper hand to experienced players over the newbies. So if a new player adapts these tactics they can get good at the game quickly.

In this blog, I will talk about how you can air dribble in Rocket League. If you learn air dribble you can control the ball in the air as much as you can on the ground. It’ll also make you better at scoring points. But before that, you might want to know what air dribble is. 

Also, if you are trying to get a hold on air dribble, you must learn about speed flip in Rocket league.

What is air Dribble and how to do it:

So basically air dribble is like real-life dribbling in soccer and as we know Rocket League is a blend of soccer and racing hence this technique has been named after it.  In air dribbling, a player uses booster and car maneuvering like air pull and movement to keep pushing the in air with precision. It is essential to keep in mind that it needs a lot of practice to get used to it.

Anyway here’s a step-by-step guide that will teach you how can you do air dribbling:

Step 1 “Focus On Aerial Control”:

The first step for air dribbling is that you need to control your car in the air properly because if you can’t control your car without the ball it will be close to impossible for you to control while also dribbling the ball. Firstly you need to excel at air rolling and aerial movement only then you should focus on dribbling. How to do it is up to you. 

You could try to learn it without air rolling first with only boosters and movement binds with air rolling.

Step 2 “Setup”:

Firstly you need to load up freeplay so you can practice the dribbling freely. 

• Now for starters, you need to drive the ball in speed to the curve of the ball and just leave it before hitting the wall. What this will do is it will give the much-needed elevation when it hits the curve of the wall.

• Now after the ball hits the first half of the hexagon jump and hit the ball again but keep in mind to do that only when the ball reaches half a hexagon. Not less no more because if you don’t do that the ball will move unpredictably.

• Don’t be glued to the ball eyeball at least one or one and a half car distance between you and the ball. Because that will allow you to make more free adjustments and the margin of error will be minimal.

Now practice this setup before moving forward with the next thing if you do it properly you’ll be much more likely to gain aerial control of the ball quickly.

Step 3 “Adjustments”:

The next step happens after the first touch just like I have described on above. Now what you want to do after mastering the setup is you need to get the adjustments right and your work will be done 80%. 

• If you are starting off the left wall then after the first touch you need to adjust your air roll. So press air roll and turn your joy stick to kind of in the middle of down and left. If you play on a keyboard then press the air roll bind and press down and the left arrow at the same time.

• During adjustments just leave the boosters because if you don’t you might overshoot it and it will result in you leaving the ball alone or messing up the entire thing.

That’s it just try to practice the setup more and more until you get the thing right. Your car should be under the ball while the ball facing the net.  

Step 4: “Carry”:

The last step in air dribbling is to carry the ball toward the opponent’s net. The last thing you need to get right is to just get under the ball until you score or someone snatches the ball from you.

• Now try not to boost all the way to score because you will most likely lose control while making the touches harsh. You need to guide the ball towards and not shoot the ball.

• Just quickly tap the boost while remaining under the ball and gently guide it towards the net.

That’s it now you have successfully learned how to air dribble and most importantly how to score with it.

Is air dribble easy on the joystick or on the mouse and keyboard?

Most of the Rocket League players are on gaming consoles like PlayStation and Xbox and all professional e-sport players play the game on either of these consoles. So playing on a joystick is objectively easier on a joystick than on a mouse and keyboard. So to speak about air dribbling it is also easier to perform on a joystick.

Because of the two sticks on a controller, it’s a lot easier to make micro-adjustments, and because of that it is easier to carry the ball while dribbling it in the air.

Conclusion:

In Rocket League, there are tons of things that you need to learn before getting good at it. Air dribbling is one of them. It takes a lot of practice to get used to it but if you stay consistent and apply the methods that I’ve given above I’m pretty sure you could learn it quickly.

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