The text is a dialogue between two Rocket League coaches, Classy and the narrator, who are running an experiment called the Silver Project. The project involves training and coaching silver-ranked players to improve their skills. The coaches decide to pick six players to train, with Classy and the narrator each choosing one. The chosen players are Boomy and Jesse.
The narrator provides Boomy with a rigorous training regimen, focusing on mechanics and practicing with defensive and offensive training packs. Despite Boomy's struggles, the narrator encourages him and assures him that any progress is a good sign.
As the weeks pass, Boomy's skills improve, and he manages to rank up to Silver 3 and then Gold. In a 1v1 match against Jesse, Boomy wins, outscoring him by one MMR point. The narrator and Classy are pleased with Boomy's progress and believe they've found a promising player.
Throughout the training, the narrator provides advice and feedback to Boomy, helping him to understand and improve his gameplay. The narrator also shares some of the techniques he uses to analyze and improve his own game.
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1. The text is a transcript of a Rocket League coaching session.
2. The coaches are Sir Classy and a YouTuber.
3. They began an experiment called the Silver Project, where they each took a silver ranked Rocket League player under their wing.
4. The trainees were coached to improve their skills as much as possible.
5. After a couple of weeks, the trainees were matched up for 1v1 games to see who had progressed the most.
6. The coaches also planned to compare the players' starting MMR (Matchmaking Rating) and ending MMR.
7. The coaches decided to get six random silver players to play some games while they watched.
8. They then picked an apprentice from that pool based on how they did in the scrimmages.
9. The trainees were very excited about the experiment.
10. The coaches noticed that one of the trainees, Satoshian, was quite a bit better than everyone else.
11. The coaches agreed not to choose Satoshian so that they could get a fair coaching battle.
12. The coaches picked Boomy as their trainee, who agreed to do an hour and a half of training every single day.
13. The coaches focused on teaching Boomy mechanics and committed him to training quite a bit.
14. They scheduled 30 minutes a day of free play for Boomy.
15. After five days, the coaches decided to check in on Boomi's progress.
16. Boomi had mostly improved mechanically, but it might feel like he wasn't seeing the results because any number of tiny mistakes can make things difficult.
17. Boomi was struggling with consistency.
18. The coaches advised Boomi to keep doing the training packs and not worry too much about not seeing the results immediately.
19. Boomi had the right idea about things but needed a little bit of correcting in some areas.
20. Boomi updated the coaches on his progress and Discord.
21. After some time, Boomi ranked up to Silver 3.
22. The coaches then played some casual games against some higher-level players.
23. Boomi hit a corner shot just like in the training pack during the casual games.
24. The coaches were impressed with Boomi's progress.
25. On the big day, Boomi's starting MMR in twos was 273, while Classy's starting MMR was 324.
26. After their 10 placement games, Boomi finished at 438 and Classy finished at 439.
27. Boomi beat out Classy by one MMR point.
28. The coaches had different philosophies on coaching, which was good for testing.
29. The coaches didn't go over humbleness, as it comes naturally.
30. The coaches had two very different philosophies, which was good for testing.
31. The coaches had a 1v1 battle, with Boomi's team against Classy's team.
32. Boomi had more possessions in the 1v1 game.
33. The coaches advised Boomi to try to hit the ball less because he would get little touches here and there.
34. The coaches taught Boomi how they would want to be taught.
35. The coaches advised Boomi to focus on good contact on his kickoff and to slow it down a little bit.
36. The coaches advised Boomi to get more aggressive with his open nets.
37. The coaches gave Boomi a topper as part of their trick up their sleeve.
38. The coaches were too old to know what a simp is and who Ella is.