Delayed Flicks | Rocket League Tutorial

Today's topic is the delayed flick, and to teach this, I had to do some MS Paint magic (so excuse the "artwork"). Armed with this understanding of game physics, you'll be able to understand WHY your delayed flick worked or failed - which you can use to improve your consistency with delayed flicks.
Rocket League Trainer Shot File:
www.rocketleaguetrainer.com/sh...
Camera Settings:
FOV: 110
Height: 160
Angle: -10
Distance: 380
Stiffness: 0.8
Swivel Speed: 8.0
Controller Settings:
Air Roll Left: L1
Air Roll Right: R1
Air Roll: L2
Handbrake: Triangle
Ball Cam: Square
Rear Cam: L3
Reset Shot: R3
Scoreboard: Select

[@luchvk]

Great information here. I really liked the physics explanation part. It's so much easier to know what to do and how to adjust if you know what's going on behind the scenes. Your videos are getting more and more high-quality. Great work!

[@Kevpert]

luchvk Thanks! I agree completely; it gets you out of that mindset where you can get frustrated because the outcome of your technique seems random. As for the quality, I just started using Adobe Premiere and I'm barely scratching the surface on what I can do... Excited for how I can better teach new concepts!

[@PandaFan2443]

C3 in 2s, D3 in 1s and I still barely know how to flick. This video will help.

[@djsauceguy9302]

I suck at physics

[@lukebaker8235]

This isn't hard physics though. Understanding that the farther forward the ball is on your car, the farther forward it will go is a pretty easy concept to grasp.

[@vagedischarge]

I just stumbled across your tutorial series (I know, even after you were the subreddit's featured channel) and your videos here are helping me improve my game immensely. I just wanted to say thanks. I hope this series continues.

[@Kevpert]

Doppler I appreciate it, and there's always to come - I'm never short on ideas!

[@jzlago]

That little physics part in the beginning was so useful, I really thought that (because it is a physics based game) it would work like real physics. Thanks for the explanation, great video as always :)

[@albertsong6411]

This is the best video I've seen on explaining the physics behind dribbling!

[@sebastiancarden921]

This is the best single topic rocket league tutorial I've ever seen. Kudos bar for you sir!

[@DeDoopliss]

That tip on matching the ball speed was a great help.

love the detailed breakdown. thank you for this

[@Jackjewicz]

Nice video, I really enjoyed the physics explanation. I was a bit surprised to find out the thing with reflection angle, but now werid stuff that happens with ball really makes sense :D

[@Muftaay]

i always saw how overzero does these in his stream and never really understood how. thanks for the tut!

[@beesting7198]

I just started working on these with my batcar exactly 3 days ago. High timing, and as always great frickin videos man. Literally "Rocket Science"!

[@Kevpert]

Beesting Ha! The Batmobile so awesome since everyone is scared of its flicks, so they end up backing off and giving you the space to flick. Thanks for the kind words.

[@jaysonrosario5823]

Wow thanks for the camera settings 👍🏼👍🏼

[@charliefoxtrot4452]

As a champion level player I found this physics explanation hugely helpful! Thanks for doing all the hard work so we don't have to :)

[@StuxiTV]

Super well done, very helpful :)

[@Kevpert]

StuxiTV | Rocket League! Cheers Stuxi - just saw your latest montage... Wow. Seriously amazing stuff, you've incredible talent. Keep it up!

[@rincx329]

Thanks Kevpert. Never really figured how to do them, went into training after this video and now I can do them in training. A little more practice and i might hit a few of these goals.

[@Kevpert]

Awesome to hear, hope it becomes an offensive weapon for you!

[@Adesanmii]

thanks for this video Kevpert helped a lot.. u r probably the best in this kind of business

[@illujin-]

This dude deserves WAY more subcribers. I've been watching his videos since day one and it's all extremely good content to help you become a better player in RL, straight up. Keep up the hard work! 👍

[@Kevpert]

Appreciate all the support D Black!

[@illujin-]

Kevpert np

[@robinvanes8887]

Thanks for this tutorial! I'm going to practice right away.

[@Darkrumors]

You gained a new sub today. Great content. Keep it coming!

[@Kevpert]

Appreciate it, will do!

[@ricerice566]

I've been looking for flick tutorials everywhere ty t

[@nmac9339]

Good stuff man, will be checking out your other videos.

[@Kevpert]

Appreciate it Nate!

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Excellent video. I was seriously looking for something on this because I learned how to dribble and flick but my flicks lost their height and I needed to understand why. Thanks Kevpert

[@Kevpert]

No problem, glad you got some use out of it!

[@bunnyboyy1410]

awesome video! I was talking to you on a twitch stream of that tourney. you got a sub

[@Kevpert]

bunnyboyy1 haha that was a great time, appreciate it!

[@DonZav]

Thanks for the tutorial Kevpert! Feels like im in Rocket League school or something lol

[@Cookiemagination]

Finally I understand how my 1v1 enemies got these powerful flicks....after being ranked in plat 2 I still didn't get that until now xD thanks kevpert!

[@millersfamily1687]

Kevpert can you tell me where the center of mass is on the octane? Thanks a lot

[@blaiseman94]

Good explanation using some simple biomechanics! Have you had classes on it before?

[@riolu98]

Well explained :) thanks

[@mahmoudibrahim1424]

thx for the video it really helped

[@Jace16]

I find that I do this on accident but kind of on purpose when the ball is coming towards my car from the front I sometimes jump and flip late to make the ball roll on my car and then flip towards the goal

[@WRINKLE5646]

+kevpert hello i am having troubles with getting the ball up on the hood of the octane to start the dribble any tips?

[@navysmithnavy]

@kevpert Can you do a video on team plays such as line-ups ,passes, shots. Who should be where when , etc. My teammate and I have made it to rising star , but we seem to disagree alot on the fundamentals of who should be where when on line-ups vs taking the shot. We usually play 2v2's but a 3v3 vid would be fine too. P.S. Love your vids have helped alot so far.

[@Hexoka]

is there any chance that you make the Training for the new Ingame Rocket League Trainer?

[@GoldenFlame3464]

note that the ball is floating when he respawns, you can get this on ps4 as well but chances are you'll not

[@oCraky]

For anyone on PS4 I made a dribble helper thingy. I tried to copy the helper in the video. Code is: 1202-D497-C5CF-F8E7

[@Gr3nblatt]

Hey kev, since your artworks and physics-explanations are exceptional I would love to hear some hints and/or see a tutorial on generating power from low speed. I created some shots for myself where my car starts quite close to an unmoving ball (or a ball that flies slowly away from me in some direction) and tried to generate as much power from there as I could. Well while I am obviously still struggling with rotations in the air I was surprised that I apparently still don't know how to hit a clean powershot from the midline: I placed an unmoving ball in the center circle, my car two car-lengths away and tried to bash it in without the ball touching the ground. With a clean frontflip at the center of the ball, I make it 1 out of 3 times. If I hit the ball just slightly off center, I generate way less power and can't reach the goal-zone. Why is there such a difference when my speed is the same and where/how do I need to flip in the ball to make it arc the most?

[@Gr3nblatt]

I fear the answer will be "flip straight into it and tap x twice as fast as you can" but I don't get what causes the major speed difference when I do this (and probably flip slightly too early or off center)

[@doomstrike8129]

Really nice! I didn't know about the RL physics you drew in here so that is great to know. Question for you, in free play where you are lag free i find it's always easy to dribble and keep the ball from bouncing to much. How do you keep the ball from bouncing on your hood in actual games? I find that once I'm in game with a 60 or so ping Its very hard to stop the ball from bouncing which leads to a lot of missed flicks. I love Dominus for flicks because it's so long I don't have to worry as much about the bounces but when it comes to 1 v 1 I hate the low profile since it makes winning kickoffs and 50/50s pretty hard. I end up using Octane but since it's so much shorter my flics fail and I end up in front of the ball. Any tips?

[@stirrr]

Set the search filter only in your area, the game stopped lagging completely with me and I have always 24 ping max.

[@doomstrike8129]

Yah that isn't the case, not everyone is able to get that kind of ping. I'm in Canada and the best I've ever had is around 45 ms. In fact I'm west but I get a better ping on east by an average of 10 ms. Just how the ISP's choose to route traffic

[@lukebaker8235]

I'm not even lag free in free play. :(

[@dattelkattel5022]

Very helpful thanks:)

[@raymondbyerly2781]

How can I submit a replay for subscriber analysis or is that not open for console players

[@MrHyukeN]

Kevpert Do you have this trainer in Custom Training?

[@tharvgm6348]

Nice video, but I have a question though...In this video you only cover forward flicks, but how does this work for backward flicks? Personally I find these really difficult, because many times I cannot hit the ball on the second jump :(

[@furiangameclips]

great vid

[@moayad_zh]

rocket league scientist nice vidoes ^_^

[@justynjjs]

Thanks for that tutorial. Where about did you find out about the hit box sizes and center of gravity?

[@Kevpert]

Justyn Spooner I recommend looking at /u/7_NiCkL35's incredibly detailed spreadsheet (look for the stats on pivot points). Here's his post and insights: www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/57jzil/new_advanced_hit_box_data/

[@justynjjs]

Perfect, thanks! …that is one detailed spreadsheet!

[@ptw225]

dang the quaty is insane it 2016

[@paulschubert6422]

Hey kevpert. Your animations are great. Is there a website or a resource that shows the very center of each cars hit box visually like you represented them on this video? Where forward to backward the straight up and down arrow that shows the perfect vectors for carrying the ball on the top of the car is? For all the cars of course, thanks

[@Kevpert]

Paul Schubert - Hey Paul, go to reddit.com/u/Varixai, and find his most recent Hitbox spreadsheet post. You may have to go back a couple months because he hasn't updated it for a while, but it has all cars before the Animus/Centio update. Look for the Pivot Point data.

[@paulschubert6422]

Sorry if I'm being annoying. I found the data but is there anywhere where it's visualized. Visualized like you did in the video so I can SEE on each car or specifically bat mobile where that perfect upward vector is. My brain is very visual and reading the numbers I can't turn the concept of that into where on the car.

[@pandaEXPLOSHIN]

your description says L2 is air roll as well. do you even use the brake or just the e brake

[@blueblueread]

really useful

[@fritzguye]

Is the rocket league trainer site down permanently? Just tried to go there and 404

[@loganwolf1671]

What are your camera settings?

[@darkmadness127]

How do you make the settings so that when the ball goes in the goal you dont get the replay?

[@Kevpert]

DarkMadness12 It's a setting in Rocket League Trainer, only available for PC though.

[@noobclan00]

are your can settings styled for a more calculated and visible flick?

[@Kevpert]

Ervey Ayala Absolutely, it lets me see behind the ball to see the positioning of my opponent, and it's pretty useful in determining how far forward the ball is on your car for a flick.

[@MakeshiftcafeBlogspotMC]

is this viable in other gamemodes?

[@axlerichardson3555]

Thanks bro

[@cubby5683]

I used this in a match to set up a bounce dribble. I had ball on top of car and noticed that my opponent was far back. I wanted to do a bounce dribble so i did a weak delayed flip and bounced it and then scored off of the next shot

[@Kevpert]

Ooooh that's really smart. The best players can move seamlessly from bounce, flick, and pop dribbles - looks like you're finding your own ways to do that.

[@cubby5683]

Kevpert haha the poor guy didnt even know what a bounce dribble was. Ive never seen anyone at my level do one :/

[@hmmm6265]

Hey Kevpert, I have been struggling to do backwards flicks with a low projectery. I find myself in so many situations where I could use these, but I always fail, and the ball gets infront of my car before I even flick. Could you make a tutorial on this, or explain it to me by replying? I know you have made a video covering this, but it just doesn't work for me. Great video anyways. You deserve way more subscribers, for this quality content.

[@Kevpert]

WolfbitingSheep Hmm, which car do you use? Cars with a long nose like the Breakout make this especially easy. But anyway, what you have to do is fly past the ball with boost before back flipping. That means the ball needs to be balanced further back on your car (during the dribble) before you attempt to jump, tilt back, and boost in front of the ball before backflipping.

[@hmmm6265]

Kevpert Thanks for replying :D I use the Dominus GT. But about what you said: balancing the ball on the back part of my car. If I do that, I get a high projectery. I´ll try boosting past it though, when I get back from vacation. But I would think it will go even higher? I will experiment with it, and keep in mind what you said. Thanks again for replying.

[@LuckyGuyRocketLeague]

which car do you recommend playing ranked? I usually use the octane/ venom or xdevil, and for freestyling dominus. And another question.. So basically if the ball is at the back of a car you can give the ball a lot of hight, and if it's at the front more momentum or just a lower shot? I'm pretty good at flicking and I usually use the front of my car to do it.

[@LuckyGuyRocketLeague]

btw keep up the good work, your channel is great for people that are trying to improve.

[@Cyriusss]

Lucky Guy - Velocity Octane, Dominus, Breakout, Its pretty much personal preference but these cars are most popular (for good reason), i never ever see an venom an x-devils are pretty rare, but if you think you can play optimal with those cars then there shouldnt be people telling you you should play with x car instead of your favorite

[@firenyth]

i had no idea that the angle of hit is in relation to the center of mass, and i have 860 hours in the game....

[@abdulelah5852]

is it TheLegend27?

[@EngageMk8]

Hi Kevpert! I was wondering if you have an email I can contact you at regarding a business opportunity?

[@chkpwd]

Did you see my comment on your last video?

[@matthijsbeckers1551]

How do you place the Ball in the corner? My game in the middle

[@Kevpert]

It's a Rocket League Trainer software shot file (only for PC). If you're on console you can just do it organically, or you can wait for the custom training tool coming to RL in December.

[@kylelovegrove8424]

Do you have your air roll mapped to the accelerator?

[@kylelovegrove8424]

jk I saw it mapped to the left trigger after I posted this

[@charles9114]

hey KEV do you know how i can get a controller on screen like at 4:57 but instead of putting a controller to map my moves i want to put a keyboard... any ideas?

[@Kevpert]

Hmm... not sure. I'm almost positive there are a bunch of programs for that though.

[@charles9114]

Kevpert yeah just trying to find one

[@bambammacho]

In battle cars the ball hits the wall and goes up -_-

[@Leon-yo9ud]

The camera settings tho

[@makeyouquit911]

i think flicks are the best way to beat opponents its my go to in 1v1 and im in shooting star becuase if it

[@Kevpert]

Munib Abid Very true, if you're a beast at it you can get to the champion ranks. I do recommend bounce dribbling just to round out your game and make you more of a complete 1s player though.

[@makeyouquit911]

Kevpert yea I need to..... I can never get crazy amount of power on it when I shoot its annoying

[@lolapsole6088]

Subbed

[@sikenamore]

Are there any tips to getting more height on delayed flicks with the octane? I can get some decent speed, but it's always too low.. So much easier with X Devil or breakout

[@GETscopedF00L]

Positioning, timing and practice

[@Pancakes4Handshakes]

Don't lean forward to make it go higher and place the ball a tiny bit further back than usual.

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Brett Harris I usually try side flicks and also try to make sure you're going the same speed as the ball. Ideally you should dribble to the point when the ball is no longer making those little impact sparks on the hood(basically matching ball speed). I'd say that will have a significant impact on your flicks.

[@Rlaxox]

Does Xbox360 controler have Analog Triggers?

[@KreedFilms]

yes, if you press halfway down, the car will go slower

[@reeeeeAAAHH]

sorry to be pedantic but angles of incidence and reflection are measured from the axis perpendicular to the object surface, not parallel to it

[@Kevpert]

Jason Lim Whoops, you're totally right, did the wrong angles :p I'll be using this demonstration for a future video on pop dribbling, so thanks for letting me know!

[@naawaf0494]

Thank u 😍😍😍💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@tobiasnilsson4345]

Why are you using x-devil? Just wondering because its not one of the top cars

[@Kevpert]

Tobbe59 The center of mass is closer to the middle of the car, so I like how you can get from balancing the ball on the front of the car (to build speed) to a delayed flick relatively quickly, compared to a Breakout or Dominus. Same hitbox as the Dominus, with slightly better turning as well... So kind of a no brainer for me.

[@daveclosinger6697]

How to make it so that freeplay doesnt do replays on gols?

[@Kevpert]

It's in the settings of Rocket League Trainer.

[@bradas128]

how do i see where the centre of mass of my car is? or where is the centre of mass for the octane?

[@TheTouroVermelho]

If you're using octane you have to keep the ball really close to the middle of the car, but I don't recommend octane to do flicks, it's too short. I've always played with octane, and I can't get used to the other cars. If you are like me, you have to practice a LOT of timing :v

[@bradas128]

Touro vermelho produções e gameplays thats not the issue and youll know that if youve seen dappur play in 1s. if anything the octane is the right length for flicks in 1v1 because flicks with cars like the breakout are far too powerful.

[@ibi847]

Those 22 dislikes are people who got dribbled by this tutorial

[@BuzzteeP]

I'm triggered. angle of incidence is the angle between the light ray and the normal, not between the light ray and the surface. xD good video

[@lordfaen]

i can imagen how strong this must be at lower 1v1 brackets :)

[@modybird4889]

Why does the nose of your car move down when you move your joystick down?

[@Kevpert]

Even though you're jumping and tilting up, when the ball is far forward on the nose of your car, the ball will actually force the nose of the car down. For some cars, you can use this to immediately flick the ball and get that delayed flick effect (e.g. X-Devil), whereas on other cars with longer noses (e.g. Breakout), you actually have to tilt down.

[@modybird4889]

Kevpert what about tall cars such as the octane?

[@playerguy2]

I'd beg to differ, 100% elastic collisions do exactly what you showed as 'normal physics' but in non elastic collisions there is a loss of momentum normal to the surface and a loss of momentum parallel with the surface, dough I don't think Rocket league simulates the latter. That's for the walls, the vehicles dough seem to work as you explained. Oh and heat due to friction (etc..), but again, I don't think Rocket league simulates it.

[@Super-Super-Man]

HI, can u please share ur camera settings with me?)

[@Likeahbowse]

Superman description

[@Super-Super-Man]

oookay Oh, thank you!

[@jimothyjimothy1]

"If your on console or don't have access to Rocket League Trainer" boy does the Rocket League website have some info for you ;D

[@manurandula]

is this still valid?

[@samuelmcdonagh1590]

I can't articulate how fast I clicked on this video when I saw it

[@jonashave3251]

You need to make delayed clicks. ..

[@rangeslider]

perfect reply :) Well played.

[@boredbanana7324]

I kinda feel that this tutorial is somewhat incomplete. Let's take your bounce dribbling video for example. What I loved about that tutorial was, that you did not just provide the viewer with the information on how to execute bounce dribblings but you gave me a set of tools to answer and more importantly how to create certain scenarios. So now whenever I an opportunity to set this up, I'm like "OK buddy, let's play a minigame called bounce dribbling." . I kinda miss that in this video and still have some question marks floating over my head. Like what is the main difference between a delayed and a regular flick? Is it the arc? The distance the ball travels? Is the delay big enough to be utilised as a mindgame? Can it be used in close quarters? Can I self sabotage this consistently and basically pop the ball only a few meters ahead instead of properly shooting it. And what a the leading arguments that should be going through my head while juggling the ball on my roof at the middle line to come to the conclusion,"OK bois, this is gonna be a delayed flick." . I know most of this might be redundantent, and it might be myself looking for mysteries and complexities at places where there are non to find and it's just a flick with badass power behind it. But I also though back then I had an idea on bounce dribbling, but realized I knew jack after seeing your video. In the end though I feel I need a bit more incentive to learn a move as disguntingly hard to learn/master as the delayed flick + air roll. From an explantory side I have 0 complains regarding this video, your presentation has been always top notch(aside of the paint illustrations :> ).

[@Kevpert]

Bored Banana First of all, just a huge thanks for your post, it's really got me thinking. The reason why this tutorial is much shorter and only focuses on the technical side is because of two things: the audience it's intended for and the scope I set for the tutorial. You're right, delayed flicks are a hard and limited skill, since they're only really useful in 1s and maybe a little bit of 2s. This tutorial is going to have the most use for players in the champion ranks in 1s, who are already convinced that they need to include attacking moves like delayed flicks to get them to the next level. For players ranked below that, they probably have other salient skills they need to work on first before tackling delayed flicks, but it's ultimately up to them if they want to learn this or not. As for scope, one of the problems I had with my past tutorials was that they were so large that it took me 6 weeks to complete a tutorial, since really, each tutorial was multiple tutorials in one. That made me dread tackling a new tutorial, so slimming down the process has made it much easier for me to handle, and now I can more easily make tutorials (as opposed to taking 3 month breaks in between). Having said all that, I agree that my tutorials should have little in-game clips of when to use a certain skill; I'll make sure to include that in my future tutorials. To answer your specific questions, delayed flicks are all about increasing power compared to standard flicks. Tilt less, and you can fling the ball 2/3rds of the pitch length (best when a player is shadowing you), and at close quarters, you can tilt more for lower shots. I guess you could "self-sabotage" and do a weaker flick so that you can get a second touch, but I'd recommend pop dribbling instead, since you maintain possession of the ball the whole time (that'll be the topic of one of my future tutorials). As for mindgames, just hitting one long-range delayed flick is the biggest mindgame of all - players will back off if they're concerned you're gonna do that again, so that's when you use the space to get closer or move into pop dribbling/bounce dribbling.

[@noobplaysleague7552]

can you do this with the octane? Is it much harder?

[@tussalgull5986]

wish i could do this lol

[@Goodlar]

very good stuff. Just watched your video on aerial car control, it was very good as well. Definitely subbing! Have you thought about starting a Patreon? I bet some of your subscribers would want to support you.

[@sabretooth5089]

yo, bro, my friend is RS and i'm Challenger II and he smacks me senseless, if i beat with these techniques, i'ma find you and kiss you haha also what program is best to open .shot files like the Rocket League Trainer file up in description?

[@Kevpert]

www.rocketleaguetrainer.com/p/download if you're on PC, otherwise you'd have to wait until the December update to set up your own shots through the new custom trainer coming to Rocket League. Haha best of luck!

[@youraveragenoob928]

Because im a lvl 19 semi pro and nobody does this, i can rek

[@steez1325]

To many mathematics

[@TheTouroVermelho]

I can't do it with octane, it's too short :v

[@Darkrumors]

Odd, I do it more often with the Octane than anything else.

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Touro vermelho produções e gameplays Octane is more difficult compared to the dominus or breakout because of the car's hitbox.

[@Kevpert]

Definitely doable for the Octane, especially for the long distance delayed flicks (with the higher arc).

[@TheTouroVermelho]

Kevpert But it needs a lot of practice, doesn't it?

[@Kevpert]

Needs a ton of practice. Took me a good 30 minutes per day for a couple weeks to get to where I was in this video.

[@jrose8937]

Am I the only one who figured this out by myself?

[@Jaken576]

I thought English was my best language but I didn’t understand the first minute

[@iamkokan]

how lol

[@zuhri5820]

Just like maths class...

[@cobscobs]

y r u sing ps3 controller

[@cobscobs]

using soz

[@Snaips]

Why are you using ps3 controller* sorry*

[@Christian-ki5js]

ps3 controllers are OP technically.

[@Kevpert]

Just personal preference, just like how it feels over a PS4 controller. It does have squared input, but there are tools like Durazno that can do that for you on any controller.

[@Shadey114]

I thought i was in school

[@cubby5683]

no dislikes on video yet haha

[@andrewhughes3539]

That diagram wasn't accurate