Free Air Roll vs Directional Air Roll… A Rocket League Experiment

[@tylerwillems9358]

I think the one huge advantage of using directional air roll is the ability to turn on more axis than free air roll. There are a lot of instances where you need your car on a certain side of the ball to make the best play, and directional air roll will allow you to not only position on that side, but to turn your car's orientation to also have better position (nose on the ball for example). Sometimes with free air roll, it just isn't possible to do both things simultaneously.

[@grofakrl]

i feel like its kinda chalked tho tbh, being 100x more used to directional vs free going into this - need a video of like "i played 1 month of only free air roll to compare to directional air roll" or something like that (it requires practice to use properly) mad respect for the experiment tho, you're onto something🙌

[@Keyowick]

i was going to say the same thing

[@enyraries]

If we bind directional air roll to a trigger, we can moderate the speed at which we are turning, giving us as much control as free roll. Technically speaking directional on the trigger would be much better than free roll. I've always been better at free roll persnally. The differences in what's "better" probably make little to no difference in most ranks, and personal preference will be much more helpful.

[@tenacitytv_]

I used to only used Free Air roll up until I hit Grand Champ before I switched to mainly Air roll right. Now I'm definitely more used to directional but I still have all those years of only using free air roll and I think that definitely still allows me to use it with very good control. And after using both for so long and getting good at both I'd still absolutely say directional is the better move. Once you have full control with directional you can move in ways that you just simply can't do while only using free!

[@Keyowick]

@@tenacitytv_ I totally agree but you did the video wrong you only used free air roll on l2 and that was wrong you have to set a directional air roll to the trigger like air roll right or left to control the speed of your spin you only used your direction air roll on l3 you was supposed to put it on l2

[@Keyowick]

@@tenacitytv_ so can you please do a updated test because it was the wrong information and I would really love to see you try it the right way much love my man

[@fintanf1]

Hi, gc1 speaking here using free airroll. I absolutely don’t recommend it because mechanics are way harder to learn. If you’re a low rank please use directional, it’ll help you so much when you’re higher

[@omniimarket_]

Im champ, and Im also using free air roll, I cant taught myself directional one... but I think I will need to force myself to improve

[@raymondcarter9810]

Gc1 here with 1500 hours and lots of failures. 300hrs alone spent on airroll. Free air roll. Definitely wish I didn't listen to my friend when I was plat. I can do double flip resets but not consistently. So much extra strain on your forearms too lmao. All the thumb movements can give you a nasty carpel tunnel/pain issue 😆

[@mateshprince1535]

im champ 2 im trying to learn directional now before its too late. It really never is though there are pros like alpha54 that dont even use directional airrol which is pretty crazy. I mean i can hit flip resets easily with free but watching pros and freestylers get them looks so much better and smoother

[@fishyrishy788]

I must say normal air roll in the short term will get you to do well, and everything is consistent. But finding the angles to touch the ball and feeling like you can reach the ball no matter where it is feels much nicer when you have the access of directional air roll. I HIGHLY recommend putting in the time for directional air roll. The best way I did it was using free play slowing the game to 50% and then observing when I go in the air how I would turn my car to get left and right. Then find out how you can go backwards and forwards, angle the car up and down. And keep doing this for any scenario you might think will be awkward and its soo efficient and fast learning air roll.

[@GroovyCollier]

What's your rank? No knock, just curious from a GC with 3000 hours of free air roll

[@fishyrishy788]

@@GroovyCollier Im D3, I have only like 144 hours in the game. But I train mechs for the fun of it. I haven't really taken ranked seriously for me to climb, I barely even play. When I do get on, I play some ranked games with my friends and just train mechs. I learned how to speed flip since Gold 3 lmao. I do know that I am actually committed to climbing with my current skill level, I place myself around C2. This is based on other Champ players I have played with btw.

[@fishyrishy788]

It may not sound like I am experienced enough but with minimal hours I see a very large difference from normal to directional and in my opinion it's much easier for aerial plays.

[@deleteduser36b2cb28]

​@@fishyrishy788how do u slow to 50%?

[@fishyrishy788]

@@deleteduser36b2cb28 Go to training, open settings and under the training tab which you will already be under it will have a game speed percentage bar and just adjust it.

[@burnout7166]

GC 2 here who uses free air roll. The key to good car control is actually becoming comfortable with both free air roll and directional. I use free air roll when approaching aerial hits and when I'm looking to shoot the ball on net, and I use directional air roll for first touches, air dribbles, and half flips. I even use directional air roll to tornado spin last second on aerial hits to give me a stronger hit on the ball. Doing so barely sticks your corner out and get less surface area on the ball. When it comes to gaining flip resets or weird touches on the ball to get around defenders, I use free air roll because it is the most comfortable to me. I actually use free air roll and directional when air dribbling. In order to get the ball where I want it, I use free air roll and then use directional air roll once it is locked on my car.

[@readyt0hunt]

I’m in C3 and I’ve never once used directional air roll, wonder what could’ve been if I started off using it 😂

[@ByTrizzz]

Same for me man

[@antoineblondel8134]

Hey man What are your bindings if you don't mind? 😊

[@burnout7166]

@@antoineblondel8134On a PlayStation controller I have X as jump, square as free air roll and power slide, circle is boost, and triangle is ball cam. I use my thumb to press all of these when I need to, meaning that sometimes I press all of these at once with just my thumb. And I have air roll right bound to R1. These bindings work for me because they were the standard settings when I picked up the game in 2015. However it may be better to put boost/power slide on L1 but I’m too used to the fat finger method.

[@antoineblondel8134]

@@burnout7166 yeah I get you thanks! I'm currently C1 and I have always been using free air roll but I'm trying to switch to right air roll and that's why I'm asking around. Tbf I've no idea how to switch hahaha. Like it seems so unnatural to rotate automatically and not by myself but I guess it ll be better on the long run

[@dansbigfanguitarist]

While directional air roll is definitely better than non directional air roll, it’s fair to say the biggest issue for you is how much more used to directional air roll you are compared to free roll. I’ve been learning directional air roll, and my control is less consistent now without free roll, BUT I am doing some things better when I maintain control, so I’m seeing other benefits already. It’s just constantly uncomfortable. I will say, that as long as you practice directional air roll over time and then just start adding it in here and there, it makes the growing pains a lot less severe and become much easier than just trying to constantly force it, but I also made it GC without it, which I think gave me a good baseline to learn it quickly.

[@v-niftytrickster4166]

Also Tenacity, nobody ever said you have to constantly spin with free air roll. I feel like having simpler inputs is an advantage of free air roll

[@SamuelSaveli]

you dont have to , but spinning makes you reach the ball faster, so you would want to

[@JacobSkatezz]

​@Saveli Amaru šAKA no it doesn't boost makes u reach the ball faster spinning is to slow ur car down and get softer or harder touches on the ball

[@eckleyy]

What's your rank?

[@alexc5243]

Directional air roll all the way. I only use free air roll for things like wave dashes or very small corrections. There are some aerial maneuvers that just aren’t possible without directional air roll. It makes it so much easier to make the perfect touch. HOWEVER, I’m sure that some people could argue that you can still make the perfect touch using free air roll, but I feel like directional air roll makes it way easier to put yourself in the correct position, or to make those small adjustments in order to put yourself in the correct position.

[@darioleone3183]

Im Champ 2 and i cant directional air Roll idk how it works, i cant Control the ball in the air.

[@EasilySteezily]

​@darioleone3183 nobody does till they practice a lot

[@pedrosolorzano6020]

Just to clarify for anyone here, free could be harder to master but it gives you a wider sense of freedom, no pun intended. Directional feels locked at which movement set you can do depending on your current movement, with free you can do all aerial styles in one flight if you wanted to. Wouldn't be surprised if all of this would be argued by someone that prefers directional, I think it really comes down to feels, free just feels more in control for me.

[@To2mo23]

While it's probably fair to say that free airroll lets you have more fine control over the exact movement you make, it's objective that there are certain things you cannot do with free that you can do with directional. Directional airroll allows you to keep your left/right turning mid-air while also airrolling, and if you look at zen's controls he actually has directional airroll bound to his triggers, which allows him to fine-tune the speed of his air roll while still maintaining the ability to turn simultaneously. It's generally down to preference, and I think it's still good to have free airroll bound if you're only using 1 directional airroll button, which is how I've been doing it for years, however if I could instantly learn new controls without having to grind new muscle memory, I'd definitely opt to go for how Zen does it, since it seems like the clear winner IMO.

[@ConnMannMusic]

@@To2mo23 zen uses free air roll and air roll left. I’ve tried directional air roll on both triggers and it’s straight impossible not to mess up flips like that lol

[@alkers100]

You can do the functional equivalent of a tornado spin with free air roll if you feather the air roll button while holding left/right on the left thumbstick

[@GroovyCollier]

Interesting. As a GC2ish player that uses free air roll, I never paid any attention to that. I do think that free air roll can be vary viable if you are used to it. Tenacity has a bit of bias here because his muscle memory is with directional air roll. I don't blame him.

[@hardcoresaltstorm9503]

1000 hours with directional air roll is always going to feel better than what little practice you have with free air roll. More than 5 times you tried to use directional (which was unbinded) and gave the ball away, showing it's in your instinct to use it. Give free air roll something like 100 hours practice and then we can have a look at some relevant data

[@raymondcarter9810]

Definitely a bias I noticed. Harmless and not meant with ill intent, but still clearly biased. You're right. Data is not concrete enough.

[@owenhunter9916]

You should try air roll left/right on your left trigger so that you have access to dynamic air roll, which you can control how fast you roll

[@alexc5243]

I’d also like to highlight on Tenacity’s point of “the less you care about winning, the better off you’ll be.” I totally agree with this. About a year ago, I used to only play competitive and it would put me in a bad mind state. I would focus too much on my rank, feel pressured to win a game in order to grind MMR and my play style would suffer because of my mind state. Ever since then, I’ve turned off ranks and mmr in bakkesmod and have focused strictly on my mechanics, my opponents mechanics and not getting in my own head about what a person may or may not be capable of depending on their rank. I’ve been only playing casual for the last year but I went from being diamond 2 or 3 last year to consistently going against players with GC titles (don’t know what rank I’m playing in) but the skill level is much higher than what I used to play and it all came from just focusing purely on mechanics and nothing else.

[@Little-Hollow-]

That's sick. Keep up the work man.

[@DontJustListenTALK2]

free air roll is best used to shift direction in air for me if I want to go left or right making lots of small adjustments. A good test would be just to fly around the field with the ball in the center. If I want to go clockwise or counter clockwise. Its easier, but with directional air roll it can be harder. Its like looking left but going right. try out the training pack uncomfortable saves rocketleauge is not just shot attempts strong defense leads a great offense.

[@iamzacke]

Since 2016, i've only used air roll left and right. Never really tried free air roll cause the concept just seemed so inefficient to me.

[@raymondcarter9810]

What rank are you currently? I Love the game so far

[@iamzacke]

@@raymondcarter9810 I quit the game, reached mid GC2 but lost the passion for it

[@raymondcarter9810]

@@iamzacke damn. I just started Dec 2020 and hit a wall at gc1. If you ever want to come back. There are still good people around 😊

[@iamzacke]

@@raymondcarter9810 Yeah the people are fine, It’s more that after Gc1 there isnt much to learn anymore, it’s all about getting more and more consistent. And putting in thousands of hours

[@raymondcarter9810]

@iamzacke8318 Yeah, im getting to the burnt out stage but love the game. It's hard to get past this hurdle. As an adult, I don't have hours and hours like the kids do. Maybe play 16 hours a week and 8 of them is dedicated training. Kind of wild. I can learn to be the best at double taps, but then I neglect other areas. Even when I have an all around solid grasp on everything. Wave dashes, ceiling shots, aerials, speed flips, flip resets. At the end of the day, there is someone on the other side with more time and way more consistency. This game is supposed to be goofy and fun. But with all things considered, it does begin to feel like you're climbing a mountain barefooted. Obviously, it's not life threatening, but you get my point. You don't have to respond to this. Ranting. My long tangent. Basically saying I can see where you're coming from

[@khirondb]

WAIT UNTIL YOU DING DONGS FIND OUT THOSE ''MOVE'' BINDINGS (not the normal ones, the ones way at the end of the keybinds list)

[@Loodasavage]

Thanks man. You answered my questions and thank you again for all the tips you give us. I am an air roll right and left user myself

[@WiCk3dCj]

One thing I will say with free air roll your sensitivity is gonna play a big part if that’s all you’re gonna use like you don’t wanna use really high sense with free air roll

[@CactousMan639]

Well, I use high sense with free air-roll without an issue D= (still a noob player, though).

[@WiCk3dCj]

@@CactousMan639 I would try to lower your sense I use 1.3 on both but with a .05 dead zone the lower sense helps you get better first touches when you’re in the air and doing air dribbles and stuff (once you get more time in the game you’ll learn all of that the game really is time based just gotta put time into it)

[@Whopper3]

Im champ 2 and i have just started using directional air roll. Trust me it is so much more control with directional air roll. Im still getting used to it but i have way more control with directional air roll.

[@Keyowick]

bind your directional air roll to l2 Instead of l3 when you slowly push the l2 trigger it makes you spin slowly and the more you push the trigger in the faster the air roll spin that’s what the debate is about because you can ease into a air dribble then speed up with directional air roll

[@Keyowick]

I totally agree but you did the video wrong you only used free air roll on l2 and that was wrong you have to set a directional air roll to the trigger like air roll right or left to control the speed of your spin you only used your direction air roll on l3 you was supposed to put it on l2

[@Keyowick]

I tried it and it makes a difference but i’m only diamond 2 so it really doesn’t do much but I would want to see how you would do with it in a updated video

[@Keyowick]

Can somebody help get his attention I would love a updated video for the guys

[@_KaizenNinja]

IMO it's best to use free air roll for possibilities and directional for consistency. However, I believe free air roll is better if you can master it given its possibilities for switch ups.

[@DaLions_Den]

bro zen puts airoll left on a trigger or l2 giving you the best of both worlds. it's insane the amount of potential it has

[@iosmotions1348]

I literally ONLY play free air roll, I'm c2, you definitely can be good but I will say I do struggle at times, my boost is B, air roll is X, jump is A, and ball came and free cam is Y all on an Xbox one controller. So the reason it's so difficult is bc my thumb has to be on 3 buttons at one time basically

[@brutalnoodle8316]

Yeah it’s hard to say with this experiment being that you’ve put thousands of hours into directional air roll… give free air roll a thousand hours and then we’ll see.

[@abelinkinxvi1735]

Free roll to me helps alignment more than rotating fully, but I’m not experienced enough to use that many inputs simultaneously.

[@Prkwydrv]

I’m GC and only use free air roll. When I got into playing I started with directional air roll.. some dude told me it’s trash and I should just play with the free one. So here i am stuck with mechanics sooo bad

[@shadowqerz4267]

Im Diamond 3 and using free airroll. I feel more comfortable with it because I don‘t get the directional airroll movement. I Hit much doubletaps and stuff like this with free airroll.

[@RichyMTB]

For these who are wondering he used the Word: „AirRoll“ About 90 times in a 20 minute long Video

[@BLOOJ97]

ive been ssl using free airroll and never touched directional and usually sit in gc2-3

[@tim68453]

i've started to learn like aerial shots from the ground, like double touches, flip resets etc with free air roll. I can't do any of that off of the wall, do you suggest directional air roll?

[@ethanfinch6899]

that wont change anything, just keep practicing and youll be better

[@dcap09876]

Logic tells me that air roll at the top levels might hurt you if you use it for no real purpose. If a needed last second direction change to avoid a goalie occurs then do it sure. but if the goals open it will just slow you down. Thats simple logic. ive even seen pros trying to over do things and miss very important shots in tourneys right here youtube. knowledge is knowing how to do an intricate shot, wisdom is knowing when to do it. Listen to his words too, not just what you're watching. Its actually more important

[@Nicolelillie]

Personally I prefer directional air roll but there is a few freestylers that use free air roll take tornado for example I'm pretty sure he uses free air roll but you have 5k+ hrs of directional air roll but if you started free air roll and still did free air roll than you would say the opposite but the reason it was hard is because you have 5k+ hrs of directional. Same for me I have 1.1k hours with derectional so it's hard but in conclusion which ever you have most practice in you'll be better in.

[@dragon-xx1tq]

all 3 is the better option i switch between using left right and overall air roll situationally i mainly use left right to orient myself and i use normal for quick accurate adjustments for things like flicks and air dribbles ive played maybe 80 hrs now and im plat so i think im doing pretty alright with it

[@ohawk9]

As someone who's used both directional and free, i can confirm directional is the better one. Been using free for over 2 years and only been about 6 months with directional. I've made more progress in mechanics, rank and general game pace and speed including ball and car control in these 6 months with directional than i had in the 2 years of free, keeping in mind i havent even been spending time in Freeplay for directional whereas i spent hours in training for free. Just my opinion and experience tho, open to hear anyone else's

[@CarpeCerebrum]

4:54 yeah this. I never give a peepeepoopoo about win or lose, my lifetime is precious so i play for fun when i can play. i queue immediately for rank because casual is garbo. c2 right now i think although mightve gone back down to c1 at this point idk. Point is, its a video game, i play for fun. Also I barely roll. straight air with minor rolls when needed, it's not pretty but it works for now.

[@brutalnoodle8316]

I’ve only ever used free air roll. Only played the game consistently for 2 years. Peaked at champ 2 so far. No flip resets.

[@raymondcarter9810]

I can do flip resets and double ones. Free air roll. But they arent as pretty as directional people. GC btw. Issue is, which you'll see; half flips are so much harder. Getting the perfect touch after the reset is harder. If you haven't spent hundreds of hours on free air roll yet, don't. Use directional(coming from someone who only uses free). Alot less strain on the hands too

[@jamesbloomfield4189]

OK I found my self cracking up at 18min 43 seconds. I rewatched like 3 times to be sure. But I'm pretty sure you were on track to say they seemed so happy. like we not happy let's learn directional air roll. 😂

[@novocaine88]

I've never used free air roll. Always had left and right bound to L1 and L2 since day one. I can't fathom how free air roll even works in comparison. Either way though it doesn't matter. If you grind a set of controls enough, there's no skill limit.

[@HelloImTriplez]

Someone count how many times he says airroll😂

[@milorl4476]

he done 14 in the intro i think

[@milorl4476]

u tik 1:05

[@Jimmeh_16]

I lost track around 8 lol

[@RichyMTB]

90 (+-1)

[@RichyMTB]

No cap, counted it

[@MiguelGomes001]

Talking sh.. u know saying something 😂😂 11:54

[@Zattack0099]

Did nobody notice that he got put into 4 matches with the ^ ^ guy in competitive

[@jcnl6650]

I always use air roll right, sometimes I just instinctively use free air roll though

[@WiCk3dCj]

Considering lethamyr just uses free air roll Id assume you could get really good with free air roll plus I use it because leth inspired me to not follow the norm and use it

[@Stick1Master]

You can get to pro level with just normal air roll (alpha54 being a good example of a pro, a mechanical one at that too) but the skill ceiling is simply higher with directional. Certain movements you can't replicate with normala air roll so it's in everyone's best interest to implement directional asap too

[@WiCk3dCj]

@@Stick1Master that’s if they’re trying to go pro not everyone plays to go pro some of us play just for fun and to just learn and climb the ranks

[@Bluhcops]

I've almost made it to champ with free air roll but just started to actually be able to use it on air dribbles and flip resets. I think it's possible to get really good but not to hit top player status with it.

[@enyraries]

technically speaking, free roll gives you more subtle control as well as being easy to learn (being able to move the joystick more/less giving you more control over speed of the free roll). Directional input gives you more efficiency (left +neutral left in only 1 press of a button) but you can't control speed. Thanovic just released a video, and people have been putting directional air roll on the TRIGGER. This gives directional air roll the same control as free roll, making it better (only on triggers). Plus you can do a weird neutral jump while twisting, may be a new movement tech who knows. Please lmk if you agree/disagree! Tenacity you need to switch your binds! Lol

[@tenacitytv_]

Yeah I still use both types of air roll but I used them at different times. I'll use free air roll for small and precise movements and air roll right for control in the air or recoveries

[@enyraries]

@TenacityTv I don't know if I have the patience to make such a big switch but swapping the directional to the trigger could be huge for the precise movements, since youre already goated at it. I loved directional air roll on my left stick for half flips but idk how you do it all the time like that lol.

[@chamberlan888]

Binding air roll to triggers was enough for me to decide I don't need free air roll anymore. I only used free roll for recoveries / wave dashes since learning directional air roll anyway. There's definitely a learning curve with timing trigger release so you aren't still holding brake / accelerate when you land if you don't want to be but I feel like it's much better for my movement in the long run.

[@enyraries]

@@chamberlan888 I tried for a bit and could NOT half flip to save my life.

[@nathanx5906]

I’ve never used free air roll in my life

[@carbxi4016]

Try binding directional air roll to your triggers, the more you push down the faster it spins and the slower you push gone the slower it spins.

[@Stick1Master]

Severely underrated comment. This is literally _the next big thing_ in rocket league. This is what Zen does and I'm shocked that it's getting so much recognition only now. Almost 8 years into the game and people are going to have to switch their controls _yet again_ lmao

[@CactousMan639]

@@Stick1Master I think that's a very radical view. If that was the case, it would have happened already. I agree that analog input is better, but top players already control the spin to the touch by simply tapping it on and off.

[@saltypepper6287]

I played before directional air roll and never switched... tried to but it was to difficult, I got to accustom to free roll

[@tomchappy3388]

"Binded" *BOUND*

[@v-niftytrickster4166]

Been trying to learn directional air roll for a while now and although I have some control, anything I can do with directional air I can still do better with free air roll😔

[@PedroPascoaPedro]

That was also set my airroll to l3 when i fisrt started playing, but after going through two controllers with the same stick drift problem, I knew I had to change. I've had it in r2 and l2 meanwhile and non of them feel as good. Too bad I'm not rich

[@Willywonka1812]

I feel like this was helpfull im dimond 3 or champ depending on the day and watching you look like me using free airroll just messing up touches that you would never with directional makes me relize i need to learn directional

[@Afreti]

I've only used Free Roll all throughout my time playing rocket league. Yup. We got it tough sometimes.

[@Moeroe97]

As somebody who played since this game came out and never learned directional airroll I'd say it is possible to get decently good but I'm a hard stuck C3 for years now

[@raymondcarter9810]

A mechanics issue or game sense?

[@Cartoffelrl]

New vid yay bro love your content

[@Snakes_Explained]

Directional is how I learned it. I can’t be assed to learn free air roll and it doesn’t feel like it’s that much of a benefit if any at all. Just more confusing as fuck to learn.

[@riplippenoutdoors8909]

A video idea. Put a player who strictly uses free air roll against a player with directional im a free air roll only player d3 and i feel just as good as other people

[@actuallyrealvexy]

Can you do a vid of your controls. I want to see how much better urs then mine is rn.

[@dylanpsimer4583]

Something you're neglecting to do with your free air roll vs directional is you're not spinning the entire time. If you watch your rings, you stop spinning and adjust without air rolling every time you get uncomfortable. I think this is subconscious because the critical physical difference between the two is you need to make small inputs and no inputs for directional air roll. For free you constantly make inputs even for a straight z-axis. This inevitably is slowing down your free air roll speed. Think of it as adjustment then returning to neutral just like letting go of directional air roll. In summary, your skill of a 9 vs a 7 is not really a fair representation. You did mention this, I just wanted to add some specifics. I would also like to add for the first test any small change is going to affect your gameplay. I once just decided I was going to pick up more pennies and I immediately de-ranked. As you also mentioned mindset is a large factor in winning and focusing on anything else other than your standard play is going to negatively affect you overall. I enjoyed the attempt and just the fact that you have used both and like directional better is enough for me to be satisfied with the results. Thank you for the video!

[@lxqourhits]

this tells me to do directional airbroll nown😂

[@Chaos5415]

Earned urself a new sub!!!

[@laronda10]

Directional air roll on the right stick best of both

[@mechellekist3600]

Thanks so much

[@Wicaudrus]

It doesnt look smooth but its useful when you are free roll :D

[@gadex3947]

"I was out here talking sh-" *remembers he's on twitch

[@joakimheitmann1525]

For me its use freeroll for groundshots, directional for air

[@txrpedo]

Banger experiment.

[@Wicaudrus]

I think its about peoples choise.. Its like right and left foot at soccer, so if you are left kicker it doesnt mean you are better that player with right shoot :) Good video tho

[@dawidszarek3553]

I’m between c1 and c2, and still use free air roll, I’m not the best but after a while you get fairly used to it

[@TacosPotatoes]

There's the problem is with moving left and right in the air with free air roll. I, myself use free air roll mostly.. But directional air roll is very useful for moving left or right without stopping the roll.

[@CactousMan639]

You can also do that with free air-roll...

[@TacosPotatoes]

​@@CactousMan639 Well you can move slightly. Just not as fast and efficiently. Especially without stopping the roll.

[@CactousMan639]

@@TacosPotatoes I agree regarding efficiency at some points. But why do we need to roll ALL the time?

[@shootgreens9146]

he sees how us lower rank people feel with air control

[@sprunchyboi8408]

this vid made me switch from free to directional💀never going back to free air roll

[@cartireee]

Huh ive never thought it mattered very much, I always had both left and right air roll bound since I was silver and now I have really good car control since I can use both (I’m champ 2 btw) I thought everyone did that but I guess not

[@hexifyylol]

Thank You Bro U Helped Me

[@bikelife_linc]

I’m kinda like you I’m only using free air roll but (think) that I want to switch I just can’t get a grip on how to use directional air roll, are there any tips you can give me? And as a long shot could you train me?

[@Rev3xX_Playz]

He should’ve binned his free air roll to the button his right air roll is

[@LazyCyx]

Really though it's preference I think it's what you're more used to.

[@Jok3rSZN]

I use both Air roll right(RB) Free air roll(LB)

[@bikelife_linc]

Yessssssss this is what I needed

[@Terros.]

Thank you for making this vid

[@jaysonlincoln]

I use left and right air roll but I'm pretty bad at the moment

[@ziionjsn]

I just want to find a SSL who hasnt used Directional airroll. Its possible to do.

[@rhys_uk_]

Im pretty much ssl currently gc3 div 4 and i only use free roll and directional airoll for half flips, In my opinion use what you feel comfortable with there is no right or wrong

[@mrcheese9656]

Just saying bye to the chat 😅

[@yourjudgement7741]

IVAN’s the GOAT hahahahah

[@A_corofcb]

I took a shot every time he said air roll. I watched this video when it was posted. I just woke up from a coma 7 days later 🙏 while in a coma, I dreamt of doing air rolls through those rings

[@JoepMiddel]

Bro faces ^^ the whole time

[@bennyxnz]

hi ~ what are your thoughts on air roll left/right on L2? So your air roll is dynamic instead of just always full speed rotating?

[@Keyowick]

i tried to tell him hopefully he gives us a updated video because this was the wrong concept of the debate

[@Keyowick]

it could be useful I tried it but i’m diamond 2 so who knows if it helps mes

[@cyrnoz1803]

Gives more control, can't hurt

[@ethanfinch6899]

@@Keyowick bro chill. youre in everyones comments crying

[@Keyowick]

@@ethanfinch6899 why you even say something to me lol

[@Dayman7]

I think a better idea would have been to do a training pack twice and show how directional is actually better

[@OPENYOUREYES505]

I have been using regular air roll since i started playing its definitely more of a challenge to control but if you master it like zen your unstoppable

[@rivel-rl01]

he doesn't use that... he uses dynamic directional air roll

[@jordebor2054]

Zen uses directional airrol…

[@OPENYOUREYES505]

He uses free air roll... every1 is making vids about it and if its better or not

[@rivel-rl01]

@@OPENYOUREYES505 look up on google his settings, he uses dynamic directional roll, you can just look at the video thanovic made too

[@chamberlan888]

@@OPENYOUREYES505 He uses directional air roll bound to a trigger which means he can use a range of 0% - 100% directional air roll, aka dynamic directional air roll. It's the benefits of free and directional air roll combined.

[@soarl.]

Zen puts his air roll on his trigger so he can control the speed of the spin and can get crazy control do you think it will be meta?

[@tenacitytv_]

It's a cool way of getting more meticulous touches but I don't really think it's going to be something that becomes "Meta" . Like I don't see current pro players switching to it

[@emarbeats6896]

It's not necessary no

[@MikeyWhoaOfficial]

You can also do: Air roll right - Right stick right Air roll left - Right stick left Jump - L1 Boost - R1 For the same, if not more control. It’s actually crazy intuitive. The only issue is having to put camera swivel on the thumb buttons. It’s cool to use for fun tho. Also, one thing to note about L2 is that using break affects how your car reacts when getting flip resets. If you hold R2 underneath the ball on a reset, there’s a split second where you slightly drive forward under the ball which can throw off positioning. If you hold L2, you pretty much break, or get “glued” to the ball. It actually helps but it’s just something to note because sometimes I find not using L2 better in certain positions when making contact on a reset.

[@katanaarl0]

Air roll left is so good

[@T3MPESTT126]

Love your content Tena! 🔥💯

[@nourabdelfattah3672]

is someone gonna talk abt how he played against his team mate in the second and third game right after they were team mates in the first game

[@nourabdelfattah3672]

and then they played each other in the 5th match again

[@Mensoy]

I use directional air roll and sometimes air roll right :)

[@cfoust100]

I mean I feel like if you practice one way your obviously going to be better at doing it that way

[@raspyrl2489]

Wehave the dame airoll bind nice

[@hoi1899]

Nice video keep up the good work 👍

[@urnannn]

please explain how you transitioned from free air roll to directional. thank you

[@jeffmark6962]

Love the content tena keep it up

[@Kilua-RL-LVW]

new vid yay love your vids