I’ve been getting a lot of comments lately about my background clips. If you came here to comment on my movement and/or crosshair placement, I am a kvks player not a Val player this is just meant as entertaining broll ex 4:39. If you want to talk about my aim I’m already better than I was in this video and I will continue to improve with aim training. Valorant clips are just meant as fun broll, the quality of this video should not be affected by what the game play is, or even what game it is, it’s a report of what I’ve found in research and a logical explanation. It is not a look I do this so listen to me.
Could you say learning any type of skill, you would need to take on a reasonable cognitive load? I enjoyed this video a lot and it relates to a lot of learning how to learn content I have been consuming.
I've never had any anxiety problems up until I started aim training. I started because my aiming was straight doodoo sauce. I know this sounds weird but when I went to aim train and would constantly mess up I would fill this big heavy pit in my stomach that would make me quit. I've never had this problem with anything else ever. I took breaks in between my sessions sometimes going days or weeks with out it knowing that if I went back that I would get this feeling again. I feel that something in my brain just couldn't handle aiming at small dots and knowing that I was making huge mistakes and my aim was trash. Amazing how the human body functions lol.
I really appreciate how transparent you are as a creator. I'm a bit traditional or stuck in my ways so I've personally never given much credence to aim trainers. Most "aim coaches" or whatnot just spout a lot of word vomit very confidently so they can procure as many desperate silver 1s as possible convincing them that their "Pro aim guide" will get them to radiant in a couple weeks. I often find myself drawn to watching these videos not to learn, but to witness some of the blatant misinformation or negligent advice that's given. This is the same reason I found my way to your channel. To my surprise though you seem knowledgeable while still retaining humility and are extremely persistent in your message that your methods aren't the end all be all. I really respect that. This is the first time that I've actually been genuinely interested in an "aim coaches" content and might book a session for myself one day just to give it a fair try. Before anyone says who asks, no one did. It's late and i'm feeling introspective.
You can’t find anything like this on youtube anymore everywhere is just basic recycled information that we all know, but this feels like valuable information
Fantastic video. One very minor thing I'm going to nitpick is the brain wrinkle thing. The sulci and gyri of your brain are evolutionary adaptions that increase the surface area of the cortex, so in a way the wrinkles do make brains better. The thing is neuroplasticity works on the microscopic scale and not the macroscopic scale. The wrinkles are actually consistent enough between individuals that neuroscientists have named sections of the wrinkles (things like Wernicke's and Broca's areas, just to name two) that they have identified to serve a specific function (like recognizing faces, processing language, producing language, etc). When you learn a new skill or improve an existing one, the wrinkles stay the same, but the synaptic connections between the neurons that let you execute that skill are optimized, whether that be by synaptic pruning or by forming new connections. Again, great video
Just wanted to add my 2cents: AimLab has helped me improve my aim immensely. It's kind of like a musical instrument though... you'll only get out of it what you put into it. Think of it like going to the gym... there will be a lot of days where you just don't feel like it, but putting in that effort to get it done anyway is what will begin to separate you from your competition. The benefits compound over time. In that light, it's essential to find a way to make training fun... to walk the line between enjoying your improvement while embracing the challenge and pushing yourself. Another tip: I've found that getting into the habit of reading even just 10 pages from a book each day will greatly improve your focus. On the topic of fasting: I've found it to be the case that I'm more alert and my gameplay is better if I wake up in the morning and and just get straight to gaming before eating anything. After breakfast I notice I always feel sluggish and slower to react. This can be remedied by taking a short walk after any meal.
Sleep is a weirdly underappreciated part of the learning process. There's a study that suggests taking an hour long nap directly after an hour of training is just as effective as training for 2 hours. I'm not sure if the study has been peer-reviewed, but I believe it.
There’s a lot of info promoting shorter (20 minute) deep rest (naps nsdr whatever) immediately after training for a great boost in learning. It’s very important.
This is an amazing guide. More people have to see this instead of immediately giving up on practicing aim just because they just practiced for too long.
Thanks man for this info, what's working for me rn is isolating every mechanic on the game and then mixing them up. I got ADHD and my meds make me super alert and aware of my enviroment, so just a tip, if any of you guys reading this got ADHD like me, don't play straight away when the meds kick in, just wait 1-2 hours so the initial rush you get fades away and eat something in the meanwhile. I gotta say that I just hit Immortal 1 last week, and part of that achievement I owed to you my friend, for all the effort you make on researching and brining this information to us.
@@xotristan I honestly don’t think this is true at all, as someone who has played a lot of tf2, overwatch, csgo, and now valorant they are just 2 different things. Some if it carries over but getting really good at hero shooters isn’t gonna make you a god at tac shooters, it feels very different imo
This is the type of content the gaming community needs! Games aren't just entertainment or fun, they can be super helpful in your expansion/self improvement journey! if you want to improve in any realm of human endeavor you need to master your awareness/consciousness. 👀
Im so happy I found your channel. The way you explain aim and how to improve in certain aspects as well as your mentality has been helpful to me so far. I wish I had found your channel sooner. I've got about 1150 hours in Kovaaks and 1300 in aim trainers overall and I still feel like a beginner. Just your information i've consumed thus far has helped me at the very least, identify my weaknesses and how to train them. Thanks for your content!
There are so many skills that go into FPS and the most common are aim, movement, and game sense. Aim and movement are achievable to increase in skill via discipline. Some may be better at it than you at first, however don't let that stop you from putting the time in to fix your errors. The stronger you discipline yourself to improve these skills over time, the more you'll see the progress made over that period compared to those that didn't do so at all.
Glad I found this video, as a previous rust player for years my aim has gotten worse in games because rust was a previously all spray pattern game so my tracking involved me using spray patterns while tracking so my aim got worse. Glad I found this
All the information in this video comes from ANDREW HUBERMAN a neuroscientist from HARVARD UNIVERSITY. So it is indeed accurate. Andrew Huberman has his own podcast where he teaches more and more in depth about tons of topics that will help you improve as a gamer as well as all aspects in life.
@@WestProter mb I thought that it came pretty late in the vid so for people who don’t watch the entire video (since that would mean you have a 100% view time) I wanted them to know that it’s valid information that they should follow
if you play something too difficult that makes you do too many errors you will probably develop bad technique or not develop good technique, but too easy tasks won't help improve that much after you master the scenario, playing something easy with something harder is something that i found really good to grind scores as you will improve your technique and fundamentals with the easy version while you will challenge yourself with the harder version
That’s what happened to me I had to take a break to get rid of bad technique and relearn I’d say do scenarios that you think you are capable of and comfortable I did grandmaster scenarios when i m vt gold that didn’t work well
I personally believe in the smooth is fast fast is smooth philosophy. Training your reaction timing and precision is more important than speed and it’s hard to unlearn habits you’ve developed over the years where you just focus on speed and flicks and praying your shots land. I do the 1 wall X targets games in aim labs and rather than focusing on speed I focus on reaction timing. You want to focus on clicking the targets as fast as you can once your crosshair lands on the target, not to be the fastest in flicking between the targets. I drilled this in my mind and started off very slow and my goal was to click all the targets without stopping my movement to click them. It was all one smooth motion between flicking to different targets and clicking them. And it really sucks trying to do this and forcing yourself to not be fast but it only took a few weeks to get my speed up to where it was before when I was just mindlessly flicking as fast as possible and hoping I could land a shot.
To add to the discussion on alertness and focus, there is a theory in psychology called the Yerkes Dawson law which states that performance of difficult tasks follows an upside down "U" in relation to arousal ratings, suggesting that performance peaks with middling arousal and tapers off as one becomes too stressed.
Hey WestProter! I dont typically comment on videos, but yours was the few exceptions. Ive watched all your videos and love that you have an explanation backing what you are saying. Currently a Diamond (near complete) VT with a few Jade scores, and i love trying out new scenarios! Your wealth of kvk playlists has really freshened up the list of more things for me to try out! :) Ill have to get in an aiming session soon with ya! Keep it up!
This is basically similar to meditation, being alert or conscious but not too much alert that will get you distracted really easily and neither less alert or being calm cause that state won't have the required adrenaline or drive to improve. What is even more fascinating is that in Hindu culture or yoga lessons, it is recommended to meditate while on empty stomach (not fully empty but partially full) for the best experience of meditations while being really really focused! Great video my guy!
I would probably say that focusing during aim training is the MOST important thing you can do. You will improve so much more when you focus, if you just aim train like an npc you will not get better! Please make sure that you are always looking for what to improve on.
On a side note, the folds in your brain are called Gyrification. Neuro plasticity is just your brain rewiring its neural connections to become optimal at certain things. As you get older, your brain typically becomes more hardwired and gets worse at this, which is one of the reasons it's harder to learn a new language when u get older for example.
I highly recommend Andrew Hubermann's podcast. Some of the early episodes detail how exactly neuroplasticity works and how to essentially learn most quickly. He's a Stanford Neuroscientist and he uses well-conducted studies to back up what he is saying. Much of it is right in line with what is in the video its just a more detailed look at it if any are interested.
I climbed my highest in csgo constantly listening to music, all of my stream highlights have music in the background going haha, it helps me focus 10x more idk why.
2:37 and beyond made me wanna get better at hitscan, so i've been working on that, and all i can say is learning and doing a bit more research has pretty much retrained the way i am in games to a flow state almost. Appreciate this video, a lot.
holy shit thank you so much! i'd been struggling with my older version of element but this one is perfect Thank you so much! I swear non of the other tutorials worked but this one did! ily
Thank you My brain is looking much wrinkly lately because of the tip you have given! aim improved ten fold and i am now gold in valorant ( 120 adr on omen )) thank you!!!
Good video overall, though I’m not sure about your claims about acetylcholine and creating errors. I’m a fan of Huberman myself but, as a mol. bio student, acetylcholine is just the main mechanism for cellular communication from one axon to another across the synaptic cleft and not a particular marker of neurogenesis or neuroplasticity. Acetlycholine levels that are particularly high or low tend to be markers of dementia, not learning. Secondly, while some errors are important, consistency is too. Flicky, adjustment heavy routines create constantly different movements, scenarios, etc, whereas focusing on developing good habits and gradually speeding up is standard in other precision-based activities; it’s the recommended method of practice in both my violin and piano studies. Forming solid neural pathways through focusing on myelinating them for recall speed and consistency will yield better results. Add error to your protocols by constantly pushing your boundaries slightly, so that you’re never comfortable and always progressively overloading. I do love that you stressed the importance of good sleep too. Often overlooked by gamers especially, consistent quality sleep is the #1 thing one can do in improving performance in all fields of life except your college party life.
about music when you are training. i listen to music everyday the hole day even when im sleeping. it helps me ignore the background noises of the world and let me focus on what im doing, im kinda good at aim games like immortal in valorant and master 1 at aimlab doing 123k at my best on gridshot and i did that while listening to music. if im on aimlab i like to talk to friends on discord and listen to music at the same time and it works for me. in valorant i play ranked listening to music. note that the music is more like a background noise than acctually music for me so if can get distracted a lot with real world noises try this. it works for me and may work for u sorry about any language errors im brazilian so thats not my main language
Hay im new to aim training and I got alot out of this video and wanted to say thanks. I also think sinceanc is weird brains are weird but I appreciate your research and look forward to more stuff from u
Judging by the vocabulary you were using, I suspected you listen to Dr. Huberman. So good to see some of his knowledge apllied to videogames. You won a subscriber 🎉❤
Works extreamly good, especially when you combine your attention with feeling of revenge crates thermo-nuclear cocktail... Improved sixshot by 40% in less then week
I watched aim theory 1, then 2 and then 3. And now I’m subscribed. At first I will admit I’m like I KNOW ALL OF THIS… but man did I get humbled 😅 thank you for this amazing information ℹ️
I love this 10+min videos, full of information as always.. also i notice your videos got youtube ads now, im not gonna skip the ads and keep supporting 😎🤟
but isnt andrew huberman also known to cite a study, that has been done ONCE and claim it as true? are there multiple studies done on this subject that can actually work as concrete proof or did he bring it up on the podcast and said yeah a study said this..
I’d agree it’s not perfect but it’s the best we have for now. As things are in science everything said here could be proven untrue 3 years from now. This is not some perfectly established fact but rather what seems to be the most likely possibility for what is correct. If you want to spend thousands unlocking different papers and citing them back to me to show why this video is bs be my guest
Wanted to mention the Burstflick task in Aimlab, seriously the best task I've ever used from both a neuro-scientific and personal perspective. If you read this you should definitely give it a shot. (pun not intended)
@@WestProter Lol I can see where you’re coming from, but hear me out. Burst-shot, as far as I can tell, emphasizes different errors as compared to most static scenarios. It immediately punishes any deviation in straightness with a miss; furthermore, it also immediately errors if you don’t shoot as soon as the crosshair is on target without overshooting. These rules in combination with the varying sizes in target (from large->small) makes it ideal for training for speed because it punishes poor techniques and habits and yet still rewards precision with the small dots (the large dots also seem to help get back on track when you successively fail and also aid developing peripheral aiming, but those are benefits I’m uncertain of outside of personal experience). Anecdotally speaking I usually push 80-90% accuracy at above 100 shots per minute, ideal for plasticity, and it’s produced the largest difference in-game for me as a result. I’ll post a vid of what I mean soon. Sorry if this response was too long, and I share the sentiment of your video - it might not be of the same utility to you as it is to me, as what works differs from person to person. Anyway that’s my reasoning, may or may not be sound but it’s at least worked for me.
@@WestProter Just uploaded a demo of what I mean - just for if you're curious. Either way, thanks for at least giving it a try! Keep up the awesome work.
@@backfire8744 well the thing about the targets it doesn’t go from large to small, it goes from the literal moon to large. I don’t want to play a scen where I’m at risk of gru stealing my targets. If someone wanted to train that fast, ts would be far better than clicking just for carpal tunnel dodging, the restrictions you discuss really limit the ability to use that task as speed training, as a part of speed training is the recovery, though some scens like this can be fine. That being said, the feedback provided only cancels out the feedback to provided due to the fact that the smallest target is 1w6t te size
I just watched your Ron Rambo Kim video and you make a good point in this video , is the concept of there’s so much of this shit you just have to feel out yourself , yes take from others but you aren’t going to do everything exactly like someone else, we are individualistic by nature
4:45 I shower with cold water like 5 times a day in summer cause the temperature is 50C+ and I can say it makes you feel a lot more refreshed and you can think better just like when you sleep well I also tried it in winter and it feels good ...
I will say this. Ive been testing 1000-1600 dpi. 360hz monitor and good equip….. lowered my dpi to 800 and now my brain seems to process the micro adjustments instead of just getting lucky. So so so many factors play in to grip/aim/ gameplay style. Etc
Adrenaline helps me aim alot, when im in pinch situation and adrenaline kicks in feel like my aim is around 20% better and decision making process is taking less time for better decisions. So id say to not freeze over stress, try to "surf" on it.
don't. it's just something that's there for someone who wants it. can also be applied to any other skill or information learning (ie sports, school, projects, etc)
im half way in , but something i think should be touched on. is the fact that your brain isnt going to be primed for nuero plasticity. errors mean nothing if you arent getting upset/ frustrated to the degree that you want to be better and or ready to quit, you wont improve
Ya I have used many high sensitivities in the past month or two I gotta do some playing with them soon. Don’t see how it could teach you to stay calm though if you wouldn’t mind explaining that
I subscribed the moment you said "next time your roommate has their friend over, just immediately start aim training" You're amazing, keep it up.first vid of yours I've seen Btw
I followed this approach for a long time. I started improving a lot, when I slowed down and did 100% accuracy static scenarios, without microadjusting. Was that because I had a general flaw with accuracy that I managed to fix by doing that?
I have never recommended doing 100% accuracy static scenarios without micro adjustments and I don't think anyone else has either. If you were missing a lot and forced yourself not to miss, scores that are multiplied by accuracy will go up, but a slow flick with no micro is not the way to go. Check out MattyOW's static guide pretty cool video.
great video! but u would be better of doing a 20-30 min session everyday instead of two 90 min sessions. as the volume is actually higher and its better for your training if you do 20 mins of 100% effort, rather than 90 mins where the first 30 are good and then u half ass it the next hour because your hand and wrist is strained. Its just like any type of training.
If you want to get better aim get high, I’m not joking cannabis makes you Focus and improves memory. I get high all the time while gaming, now I’m a pro at apex I avg 2000 dmg a game
@@WestProter I make universal cheats nothing like aimbot or walls I’ve researched how to exploit many games and what I said is 100% scientifically backed up.
I can’t even try to fast while aim training, it’s because when I get hungry for some reason my body gets a little weak and my hand just isn’t as stable, I whiff way too much while aiming, this is why I keep on snacking while playing
@@WestProter ye Das cool, anyways bro i did some aimlabs training for the first time and my aim genuinely got better for the sheriff, the vandal on the other hand…………let’s not talk about it
hello @west Proter i play lots of fps games like apex valorant cs and many more my main issue is my aim my game sense in most games is decent but the problem is when it comes to the 1v1 aim duel i lose alot i keep missing my shots so i tried looking for answers on yt and everywhere else you could imagine and thats how i found you why i believe my aim is so bad is because the physical setup im on and when i say that i dont mean my monitor or the type of mouse and keyboard i use what i really mean is how i position my body relative to the table for example how high or low i am relative to the table or how i rest my arm on the table or if im resting my wrist or my whole elbow on the table or how close i should be to the table things like that i believe that if i would have proper form/technique i would be improving because this exact phenomenon applies to other sports aswell like for example in basketball before you practice shooting you have to have proper form in the way you hold and shoot the ball so i figured it would apply the same to mouse aiming i tried looking everywhere for an answer to this problem but i couldnt find it anywhere so maybe you can make a video on the basics of the form you should have.
At 10:13 you said that the neurons in ur brain move backwards if you take a rest in an hour after aim training. Is that a good or a bad thing? Since I usually aim train in the evenings and go to sleep right after.
@@WestProter Sounds cool! Could it be worth the effort to aim train earlier in the day and nap/meditate for 20minutes right after and then go play the game itself? Or is it still better to play right before going to sleep?
I’ve been getting a lot of comments lately about my background clips. If you came here to comment on my movement and/or crosshair placement, I am a kvks player not a Val player this is just meant as entertaining broll ex 4:39. If you want to talk about my aim I’m already better than I was in this video and I will continue to improve with aim training. Valorant clips are just meant as fun broll, the quality of this video should not be affected by what the game play is, or even what game it is, it’s a report of what I’ve found in research and a logical explanation. It is not a look I do this so listen to me.
Could you say learning any type of skill, you would need to take on a reasonable cognitive load?
I enjoyed this video a lot and it relates to a lot of learning how to learn content I have been consuming.
tbh your aim is quite good
Keep up the good work and content man. Let the haters hate and stay bad at aiming
I've never had any anxiety problems up until I started aim training. I started because my aiming was straight doodoo sauce. I know this sounds weird but when I went to aim train and would constantly mess up I would fill this big heavy pit in my stomach that would make me quit. I've never had this problem with anything else ever. I took breaks in between my sessions sometimes going days or weeks with out it knowing that if I went back that I would get this feeling again. I feel that something in my brain just couldn't handle aiming at small dots and knowing that I was making huge mistakes and my aim was trash. Amazing how the human body functions lol.
He literally milked the first minute and half repeating himself 😂😂
I really appreciate how transparent you are as a creator. I'm a bit traditional or stuck in my ways so I've personally never given much credence to aim trainers. Most "aim coaches" or whatnot just spout a lot of word vomit very confidently so they can procure as many desperate silver 1s as possible convincing them that their "Pro aim guide" will get them to radiant in a couple weeks. I often find myself drawn to watching these videos not to learn, but to witness some of the blatant misinformation or negligent advice that's given. This is the same reason I found my way to your channel. To my surprise though you seem knowledgeable while still retaining humility and are extremely persistent in your message that your methods aren't the end all be all. I really respect that. This is the first time that I've actually been genuinely interested in an "aim coaches" content and might book a session for myself one day just to give it a fair try.
Before anyone says who asks, no one did. It's late and i'm feeling introspective.
Don’t go right from first video to coaching, especially if you don’t aim train. Try it for a bit then if your stuck talk to me.
Who asked?
I am the one who asked@@bringbackdislikes3195
You can’t find anything like this on youtube anymore everywhere is just basic recycled information that we all know, but this feels like valuable information
Fantastic video. One very minor thing I'm going to nitpick is the brain wrinkle thing. The sulci and gyri of your brain are evolutionary adaptions that increase the surface area of the cortex, so in a way the wrinkles do make brains better. The thing is neuroplasticity works on the microscopic scale and not the macroscopic scale. The wrinkles are actually consistent enough between individuals that neuroscientists have named sections of the wrinkles (things like Wernicke's and Broca's areas, just to name two) that they have identified to serve a specific function (like recognizing faces, processing language, producing language, etc). When you learn a new skill or improve an existing one, the wrinkles stay the same, but the synaptic connections between the neurons that let you execute that skill are optimized, whether that be by synaptic pruning or by forming new connections. Again, great video
Just subbed, fantastic content
Big brain
Gyrification
Whoa we got d same name
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Just wanted to add my 2cents: AimLab has helped me improve my aim immensely. It's kind of like a musical instrument though... you'll only get out of it what you put into it. Think of it like going to the gym... there will be a lot of days where you just don't feel like it, but putting in that effort to get it done anyway is what will begin to separate you from your competition. The benefits compound over time. In that light, it's essential to find a way to make training fun... to walk the line between enjoying your improvement while embracing the challenge and pushing yourself.
Another tip: I've found that getting into the habit of reading even just 10 pages from a book each day will greatly improve your focus.
On the topic of fasting: I've found it to be the case that I'm more alert and my gameplay is better if I wake up in the morning and and just get straight to gaming before eating anything. After breakfast I notice I always feel sluggish and slower to react. This can be remedied by taking a short walk after any meal.
Avoid high carb breakfasts
Sleep is a weirdly underappreciated part of the learning process. There's a study that suggests taking an hour long nap directly after an hour of training is just as effective as training for 2 hours. I'm not sure if the study has been peer-reviewed, but I believe it.
There’s a lot of info promoting shorter (20 minute) deep rest (naps nsdr whatever) immediately after training for a great boost in learning. It’s very important.
This is an amazing guide. More people have to see this instead of immediately giving up on practicing aim just because they just practiced for too long.
I make noticeable improvements in just an hour or two but I’m too lazy and I have a life 🤩
@@batigolmc5733lmao if your playing for a hour or two your training regardless
Thanks man for this info, what's working for me rn is isolating every mechanic on the game and then mixing them up. I got ADHD and my meds make me super alert and aware of my enviroment, so just a tip, if any of you guys reading this got ADHD like me, don't play straight away when the meds kick in, just wait 1-2 hours so the initial rush you get fades away and eat something in the meanwhile. I gotta say that I just hit Immortal 1 last week, and part of that achievement I owed to you my friend, for all the effort you make on researching and brining this information to us.
isn't it good that ur aware of everything going in the game?
@@Machaas did you watched the video?
Tac shooters are easiest to aim in. Try hero shooters or other fast paced games and then come back and thank him when your aim gets good on its own.
Thanks for the ADHD tip, just started vyvanse recently and been struggling, I'll keep this advice in mind!
@@xotristan I honestly don’t think this is true at all, as someone who has played a lot of tf2, overwatch, csgo, and now valorant they are just 2 different things. Some if it carries over but getting really good at hero shooters isn’t gonna make you a god at tac shooters, it feels very different imo
This channel is beyond underrated, this kind of information is so good.
I just need to make more content and I’ll have more viewers.
@@WestProter nah u got it broski. Don't even watch the views, just keep banging out content
dude... BEYOOOND underrated
This is the type of content the gaming community needs! Games aren't just entertainment or fun, they can be super helpful in your expansion/self improvement journey! if you want to improve in any realm of human endeavor you need to master your awareness/consciousness. 👀
Im so happy I found your channel. The way you explain aim and how to improve in certain aspects as well as your mentality has been helpful to me so far. I wish I had found your channel sooner. I've got about 1150 hours in Kovaaks and 1300 in aim trainers overall and I still feel like a beginner. Just your information i've consumed thus far has helped me at the very least, identify my weaknesses and how to train them. Thanks for your content!
There are so many skills that go into FPS and the most common are aim, movement, and game sense. Aim and movement are achievable to increase in skill via discipline. Some may be better at it than you at first, however don't let that stop you from putting the time in to fix your errors. The stronger you discipline yourself to improve these skills over time, the more you'll see the progress made over that period compared to those that didn't do so at all.
Glad I found this video, as a previous rust player for years my aim has gotten worse in games because rust was a previously all spray pattern game so my tracking involved me using spray patterns while tracking so my aim got worse. Glad I found this
All the information in this video comes from ANDREW HUBERMAN a neuroscientist from HARVARD UNIVERSITY. So it is indeed accurate. Andrew Huberman has his own podcast where he teaches more and more in depth about tons of topics that will help you improve as a gamer as well as all aspects in life.
Ya. I literally said that in the video. Also he's at stanford not harvard.
@@WestProter mb I thought that it came pretty late in the vid so for people who don’t watch the entire video (since that would mean you have a 100% view time) I wanted them to know that it’s valid information that they should follow
if you play something too difficult that makes you do too many errors you will probably develop bad technique or not develop good technique, but too easy tasks won't help improve that much after you master the scenario, playing something easy with something harder is something that i found really good to grind scores as you will improve your technique and fundamentals with the easy version while you will challenge yourself with the harder version
As long as you can understand your errors the scen shouldn’t be too hard
That’s what happened to me
I had to take a break to get rid of bad technique and relearn
I’d say do scenarios that you think you are capable of and comfortable I did grandmaster scenarios when i m vt gold that didn’t work well
appreciate the discussion of attending to errors (then trusting that you will adapt) and 90 minute blocks
I personally believe in the smooth is fast fast is smooth philosophy. Training your reaction timing and precision is more important than speed and it’s hard to unlearn habits you’ve developed over the years where you just focus on speed and flicks and praying your shots land. I do the 1 wall X targets games in aim labs and rather than focusing on speed I focus on reaction timing. You want to focus on clicking the targets as fast as you can once your crosshair lands on the target, not to be the fastest in flicking between the targets. I drilled this in my mind and started off very slow and my goal was to click all the targets without stopping my movement to click them. It was all one smooth motion between flicking to different targets and clicking them. And it really sucks trying to do this and forcing yourself to not be fast but it only took a few weeks to get my speed up to where it was before when I was just mindlessly flicking as fast as possible and hoping I could land a shot.
Really good video! I love how more and more people are bringing up science in regards to improving at videogames.
ey one of my favorite valorant youtubers
@@foursgaming7612 Haha thanks man
To add to the discussion on alertness and focus, there is a theory in psychology called the Yerkes Dawson law which states that performance of difficult tasks follows an upside down "U" in relation to arousal ratings, suggesting that performance peaks with middling arousal and tapers off as one becomes too stressed.
Hey WestProter! I dont typically comment on videos, but yours was the few exceptions. Ive watched all your videos and love that you have an explanation backing what you are saying. Currently a Diamond (near complete) VT with a few Jade scores, and i love trying out new scenarios! Your wealth of kvk playlists has really freshened up the list of more things for me to try out!
:) Ill have to get in an aiming session soon with ya! Keep it up!
This is basically similar to meditation, being alert or conscious but not too much alert that will get you distracted really easily and neither less alert or being calm cause that state won't have the required adrenaline or drive to improve. What is even more fascinating is that in Hindu culture or yoga lessons, it is recommended to meditate while on empty stomach (not fully empty but partially full) for the best experience of meditations while being really really focused! Great video my guy!
I would probably say that focusing during aim training is the MOST important thing you can do. You will improve so much more when you focus, if you just aim train like an npc you will not get better! Please make sure that you are always looking for what to improve on.
When in combat should i focus on crosshair or focus on my targer?
@@paiteeraphat1388 i usually focus on the target because i can center my screen on m y target
@@potatodaddy4935 and that is correct
Good video! Its worth mentioning easier scenarios can be beneficial. I've noticed my smoothness improving a lot more when I use something simplistic!
7:15 me literally aim training and listening to this. very calming and informative
Cannot believe I am just now finding this channel. I plan to binge these videos!
Thank you for amazing content.
This is one of the best atm unfortunately.
I’ve been playing FPS games on pc for a lengthy 10 years now. Aim has always been my issue. This helped. Thank you.
On a side note, the folds in your brain are called Gyrification. Neuro plasticity is just your brain rewiring its neural connections to become optimal at certain things. As you get older, your brain typically becomes more hardwired and gets worse at this, which is one of the reasons it's harder to learn a new language when u get older for example.
iirc I left out most of the information regarding aging from this video, because the only result I can see it having is uninspiring people.
We watch these videos because we procrastinate a lot, we all know damn well all you need to do to become better is PRACTICE
found your video through the YT algorithm; lots of good information also watched the huberman podcast because it! Good stuff
Love to hear the algorithms pushing this!
I highly recommend Andrew Hubermann's podcast. Some of the early episodes detail how exactly neuroplasticity works and how to essentially learn most quickly. He's a Stanford Neuroscientist and he uses well-conducted studies to back up what he is saying. Much of it is right in line with what is in the video its just a more detailed look at it if any are interested.
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I climbed my highest in csgo constantly listening to music, all of my stream highlights have music in the background going haha, it helps me focus 10x more idk why.
Fantastic video as always, keep up the good work man! :D improvement is all in the brain
this guys really good for advice inv him to the disc
these are some really intresting strategies for improving aim dude
2:37 and beyond made me wanna get better at hitscan, so i've been working on that, and all i can say is learning and doing a bit more research has pretty much retrained the way i am in games to a flow state almost. Appreciate this video, a lot.
Came here to improve aim and left with a way to better my life.
holy shit thank you so much! i'd been struggling with my older version of element but this one is perfect Thank you so much! I swear non of the other tutorials worked but this one did! ily
When you discussed neuro modulators and impact of sleep i instantly recognize it was from huberman podcast.
dope.
Huberman pog
This video was very well made, good job dude.
"8 hours of sleep is really important when training"
...dammit
Thank you My brain is looking much wrinkly lately because of the tip you have given! aim improved ten fold and i am now gold in valorant ( 120 adr on omen )) thank you!!!
Good video overall, though I’m not sure about your claims about acetylcholine and creating errors. I’m a fan of Huberman myself but, as a mol. bio student, acetylcholine is just the main mechanism for cellular communication from one axon to another across the synaptic cleft and not a particular marker of neurogenesis or neuroplasticity. Acetlycholine levels that are particularly high or low tend to be markers of dementia, not learning. Secondly, while some errors are important, consistency is too. Flicky, adjustment heavy routines create constantly different movements, scenarios, etc, whereas focusing on developing good habits and gradually speeding up is standard in other precision-based activities; it’s the recommended method of practice in both my violin and piano studies. Forming solid neural pathways through focusing on myelinating them for recall speed and consistency will yield better results. Add error to your protocols by constantly pushing your boundaries slightly, so that you’re never comfortable and always progressively overloading. I do love that you stressed the importance of good sleep too. Often overlooked by gamers especially, consistent quality sleep is the #1 thing one can do in improving performance in all fields of life except your college party life.
As a neuro student watching this, I'm glad it wasn't just me haha
about music when you are training. i listen to music everyday the hole day even when im sleeping. it helps me ignore the background noises of the world and let me focus on what im doing, im kinda good at aim games like immortal in valorant and master 1 at aimlab doing 123k at my best on gridshot and i did that while listening to music. if im on aimlab i like to talk to friends on discord and listen to music at the same time and it works for me. in valorant i play ranked listening to music. note that the music is more like a background noise than acctually music for me
so if can get distracted a lot with real world noises try this. it works for me and may work for u
sorry about any language errors im brazilian so thats not my main language
Wow your flicks are insane!
Lol. But fallen angel is s tier song good taste
Hay im new to aim training and I got alot out of this video and wanted to say thanks. I also think sinceanc is weird brains are weird but I appreciate your research and look forward to more stuff from u
i learn better when i understand whats acutally happening on a "scientific" level. so for that i thank you
Judging by the vocabulary you were using, I suspected you listen to Dr. Huberman. So good to see some of his knowledge apllied to videogames. You won a subscriber 🎉❤
Does this work for Wii remotes
an actual answer to a joke question: yes
wii remotes already give you good aim
Good question I'm trying to become #1 in World at War on Wii
@@edorhow do I get good aim on my gameboy 🤣 - you simply don’t
Does this work on Samsung fridge?😊
How to tell that you dont have a work without actually telling it:
Have a what?
Works extreamly good, especially when you combine your attention with feeling of revenge crates thermo-nuclear cocktail... Improved sixshot by 40% in less then week
bro this guy is actuall goated
best aim video I've ever watched
I watched aim theory 1, then 2 and then 3. And now I’m subscribed. At first I will admit I’m like I KNOW ALL OF THIS… but man did I get humbled 😅 thank you for this amazing information ℹ️
The time you spend thinking/daydreaming about training develops wrinkles your brain the same amount as when you are physically practicing
“If your roommate brings a friend round, immediately play kovaaks”
I love this 10+min videos, full of information as always.. also i notice your videos got youtube ads now, im not gonna skip the ads and keep supporting 😎🤟
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These are good tips.
Personal tip; try smoke a little w33d and enjoy godly aim and 1 taps
The Huberman Lab podcast should be mandatory for anyone who cares about learning
I needed a reminder that when learning it needs to be difficult and being frustrated is part of the process. Thank you.
This is 2 million views quality type video 💯 good vid brother good audio quality too 💯
I really appreciate that! It's a 15 dollar amazon's choice mic.
My brain lasted longer on the science class than this video, what did I just watch
Aim science
best aimtraining vid ive ever seen. all the science is correct also!
this is an absolutely amazing video! btw no one noticed the transition on 11:35
next time my family comes over for dinner im busting out the pc
thanks alot, it helped
Got here from ridd btw, scrolling through your content, insta subscribe
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but isnt andrew huberman also known to cite a study, that has been done ONCE and claim it as true?
are there multiple studies done on this subject that can actually work as concrete proof or did he bring it up on the podcast and said yeah a study said this..
I’d agree it’s not perfect but it’s the best we have for now. As things are in science everything said here could be proven untrue 3 years from now. This is not some perfectly established fact but rather what seems to be the most likely possibility for what is correct. If you want to spend thousands unlocking different papers and citing them back to me to show why this video is bs be my guest
Must say right now, this video might say, "fastest" but do not be afraid to take it slower. Some people just need more time to adjust to something
I do a 30 min session I always think less is more
Absolutely love the huberman lab podcast, been by far the most life-changing material I've consumed. Glad more people are getting exposed to it!
Wanted to mention the Burstflick task in Aimlab, seriously the best task I've ever used from both a neuro-scientific and personal perspective. If you read this you should definitely give it a shot. (pun not intended)
@@backfire8744 It feels like an off brand cooler taf but with targets the size of the moon.
@@WestProter Lol I can see where you’re coming from, but hear me out. Burst-shot, as far as I can tell, emphasizes different errors as compared to most static scenarios. It immediately punishes any deviation in straightness with a miss; furthermore, it also immediately errors if you don’t shoot as soon as the crosshair is on target without overshooting. These rules in combination with the varying sizes in target (from large->small) makes it ideal for training for speed because it punishes poor techniques and habits and yet still rewards precision with the small dots (the large dots also seem to help get back on track when you successively fail and also aid developing peripheral aiming, but those are benefits I’m uncertain of outside of personal experience). Anecdotally speaking I usually push 80-90% accuracy at above 100 shots per minute, ideal for plasticity, and it’s produced the largest difference in-game for me as a result. I’ll post a vid of what I mean soon. Sorry if this response was too long, and I share the sentiment of your video - it might not be of the same utility to you as it is to me, as what works differs from person to person. Anyway that’s my reasoning, may or may not be sound but it’s at least worked for me.
@@WestProter Just uploaded a demo of what I mean - just for if you're curious. Either way, thanks for at least giving it a try! Keep up the awesome work.
@@backfire8744 well the thing about the targets it doesn’t go from large to small, it goes from the literal moon to large. I don’t want to play a scen where I’m at risk of gru stealing my targets. If someone wanted to train that fast, ts would be far better than clicking just for carpal tunnel dodging, the restrictions you discuss really limit the ability to use that task as speed training, as a part of speed training is the recovery, though some scens like this can be fine. That being said, the feedback provided only cancels out the feedback to provided due to the fact that the smallest target is 1w6t te size
I just watched your Ron Rambo Kim video and you make a good point in this video , is the concept of there’s so much of this shit you just have to feel out yourself , yes take from others but you aren’t going to do everything exactly like someone else, we are individualistic by nature
I just had a job interview. Yea I think I'm stressed enough now
5:40 me watching at 2am needing to wake up tomorow
I´m 110 percent sure, you have been watching @Andrew Hubermans learning videoes! Ahahaha :)
I don't know if the research or this man's flicks is more impressive cause holy
I love Andrew Huberman. 10/10 sourcing.
4:45 I shower with cold water like 5 times a day in summer cause the temperature is 50C+
and I can say it makes you feel a lot more refreshed and you can think better just like when you sleep well
I also tried it in winter and it feels good ...
wtf? doesnt ur skin feel dry after..
@@shinsuu777 put lotion on
@@shinsuu777 its too hot and the humidity is also high, so my skin is always oily
@@shinsuu777 hot showers make your skin drier actually, cold water is better; cold water is cold though lol
Good stuff bro.
I will say this. Ive been testing 1000-1600 dpi. 360hz monitor and good equip….. lowered my dpi to 800 and now my brain seems to process the micro adjustments instead of just getting lucky. So so so many factors play in to grip/aim/ gameplay style. Etc
bruh your voice makes me very alert, next time i hope into the range am playing one of your videos in the background😅
Yes everyone be like this guy. Spam my content.
@@WestProter yes, more people needs to see this
Adrenaline helps me aim alot, when im in pinch situation and adrenaline kicks in feel like my aim is around 20% better and decision making process is taking less time for better decisions. So id say to not freeze over stress, try to "surf" on it.
aint no way im gonna take a cold shower just for a game 💀💀💀💀💀💀
don't. it's just something that's there for someone who wants it. can also be applied to any other skill or information learning (ie sports, school, projects, etc)
im half way in , but something i think should be touched on. is the fact that your brain isnt going to be primed for nuero plasticity. errors mean nothing if you arent getting upset/ frustrated to the degree that you want to be better and or ready to quit, you wont improve
never mind lmaoo you touched on it
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@@WestProter ridd?
@@ItzHatorade oh nvm. Sorry. Ridds been doing a similar series on his channel thought you came from there
The gameplay fps actually giving me motion sickness
I swear it wasn’t that bad when I uploaded
Just learn and use higher sens, it teaches you how to stay calm in chaotic situations and prevents lazy aim.For bonus you get less fatigue.
Ya I have used many high sensitivities in the past month or two I gotta do some playing with them soon. Don’t see how it could teach you to stay calm though if you wouldn’t mind explaining that
Wait, I have to sleep to get better???
oh I just finished the video and I need to eat too, guess I need to make some life changes
I just noticed the note profile pic.... looks fid bruh!
W video brodie
Great video
thank you for teaching me how to become non smoothbrained ❤️
aim training while fasting and abstaining from sugar, what do you say is it effective or no?
I subscribed the moment you said "next time your roommate has their friend over, just immediately start aim training"
You're amazing, keep it up.first vid of yours I've seen Btw
That line seems to be my peak on yt.
I do not understand half of what I just heard, but I trust it will make me git gud
I followed this approach for a long time. I started improving a lot, when I slowed down and did 100% accuracy static scenarios, without microadjusting. Was that because I had a general flaw with accuracy that I managed to fix by doing that?
I have never recommended doing 100% accuracy static scenarios without micro adjustments and I don't think anyone else has either. If you were missing a lot and forced yourself not to miss, scores that are multiplied by accuracy will go up, but a slow flick with no micro is not the way to go. Check out MattyOW's static guide pretty cool video.
great video! but u would be better of doing a 20-30 min session everyday instead of two 90 min sessions. as the volume is actually higher and its better for your training if you do 20 mins of 100% effort, rather than 90 mins where the first 30 are good and then u half ass it the next hour because your hand and wrist is strained. Its just like any type of training.
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ight let me get my EpiPen XD
If you want to get better aim get high, I’m not joking cannabis makes you Focus and improves memory. I get high all the time while gaming, now I’m a pro at apex I avg 2000 dmg a game
Your channel name
@@WestProter I make universal cheats nothing like aimbot or walls I’ve researched how to exploit many games and what I said is 100% scientifically backed up.
You see how people might not like you?
@@WestProter hu? Are you like this to fans
Average andrew huberman watcher
Love huberman
@@WestProter me too bro
I can’t even try to fast while aim training, it’s because when I get hungry for some reason my body gets a little weak and my hand just isn’t as stable, I whiff way too much while aiming, this is why I keep on snacking while playing
I just give reasons for why things may or may not work for you, it’s up to you what you do exactly.
@@WestProter ye Das cool, anyways bro i did some aimlabs training for the first time and my aim genuinely got better for the sheriff, the vandal on the other hand…………let’s not talk about it
Hey, I was wondering what you think about practicing fine motor skills with your hands during the day? Do you think this would be beneficial?
hello @west Proter i play lots of fps games like apex valorant cs and many more my main issue is my aim my game sense in most games is decent but the problem is when it comes to the 1v1 aim duel i lose alot i keep missing my shots so i tried looking for answers on yt and everywhere else you could imagine and thats how i found you why i believe my aim is so bad is because the physical setup im on and when i say that i dont mean my monitor or the type of mouse and keyboard i use what i really mean is how i position my body relative to the table for example how high or low i am relative to the table or how i rest my arm on the table or if im resting my wrist or my whole elbow on the table or how close i should be to the table things like that i believe that if i would have proper form/technique i would be improving because this exact phenomenon applies to other sports aswell like for example in basketball before you practice shooting you have to have proper form in the way you hold and shoot the ball so i figured it would apply the same to mouse aiming i tried looking everywhere for an answer to this problem but i couldnt find it anywhere so maybe you can make a video on the basics of the form you should have.
At 10:13 you said that the neurons in ur brain move backwards if you take a rest in an hour after aim training. Is that a good or a bad thing? Since I usually aim train in the evenings and go to sleep right after.
Not move but replay the motions backwards. It’s a very recent and not well understood topic, but it seems very good
@@WestProter Sounds cool! Could it be worth the effort to aim train earlier in the day and nap/meditate for 20minutes right after and then go play the game itself? Or is it still better to play right before going to sleep?
@@qerqa either doesn’t matter much