8 Reasons Why You Are Inconsistent

[00:02] you probably struggle with consistency. I'm a Radiant coach, and out of my thousands of students, I've found that almost every one of them had difficulty with consistency. But, with some work, many were able to turn [music] this

[00:14] around, and their confidence skyrocketed. You can do this, too. In this video, I will go over eight major reasons you are inconsistent and how to fix them, so you can turn your inconsistency around and rank up way

[00:26] quicker. Benjamin Franklin once said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." The easiest way to imagine this quote in Valorant is fights like this. So, let's talk about pre-aiming. If

[00:39] from this video, it's the rule of crosshair before movement. Imagining pre-placing your crosshair, and then peeking. If an enemy is there, you've crosshair, and will have a much easier fight for yourself. If you're not close

[00:55] the enemy to peek you. If you are prepared for an enemy to peek you, you will want to have your crosshair fixated slightly away from the corner you expect the enemy to peek from, like this. If we remember this crosshair before movement

[01:08] we'll find similarities between different situations, and can build consistency through that, as we'll always have that base idea. Now that we have our basis for pre-aiming, let's talk about aim itself, starting off with

[01:21] target confirmation, a very large topic when it comes to aim. The average player rushes most of their shots, missing out on easier and shorter fights. This is obviously not ideal. We want our fights to be quick, but we don't want to be

[01:34] panicking as we try to end each fight as quickly as possible. So, if we can build a habit of not panicking, and instead being more prepared to take an extra half second before we shoot, [music] we will see an increase in fight wins that

[01:46] we don't normally win. When you next play DMs, try to actively pay attention shoot when you confirm that your crosshair is on target. This will help have to adjust to an opponent in different scenarios. With target

[02:01] confirmation, we want to start slow and take [music] our time. This will help panicking in gun fights, which means more of our fights are in our control. And naturally, you will find yourself slowly speeding up as you get more

[02:14] even feel like you're losing any time. Of course, having good crosshair placement is the first step to improving that consistency, but your pre-aim can't always be perfect. That's why you also need to have really solid dueling

[02:27] how you [music] react to being caught off guard properly, you're basically gambling that it won't happen. So, let's have a look at movement. In cases where our crosshair isn't in the right position, panicking like this is not the

[02:40] answer. The way to build consistency here is to remember these exact and train our panic response. When we get surprised, we want our instinctive response not to be one of panic, but of order and control. So, when we're caught

[02:53] [music] we ideally want to flick, take a shot, adjust our [music] crosshair, then confirmation as well, since there's no point in training to give ourselves time

[03:07] to shoot our opponent just to fall short when we are surprised. But all these things can be hard to take on alone, and it can be overwhelming trying to figure out what you need to work on the most. That's where our team of Radiant and VCT

[03:19] coaches come [music] in. We have personally helped thousands of players and found that 80% of our students reach their promised rank [music] in just 6 others on IRP, we will give you a personalized 10-week plan, and we're so

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[03:47] link in the description to have a look and see if we have a spare spot. Back to the video. We know that DM's exposes to a lot of different factors and it can be overwhelming to tackle them separately. So, what can we do to isolate our

[03:59] movement? A good dynamic warm-up. A good dynamic warm-up is the answer. A lot of often spend [music] the first half of their first ranked game warming up, which of course is not good for consistency, especially if it's a bad

[04:13] game, since that can easily breed new issues. Let's hop into the range and you can [music] do for your movement. Depending on your level, you may find feel free to focus more on the tougher ones. Start off by putting the bots on

[04:27] easy, pressing start, [music] and standing in front of the barrier. Pressing only A and D, we want to be wide strafing from left to right, pillar when there is no target and switching direction after each kill.

[04:40] When the bot spawns, we want to keep moving while adjusting our crosshair towards the target, stopping only when our crosshair is on the target, then other direction. For the next drill, we

[04:52] far left or the [music] right end of the room. From here, we want to simply tap or burst the bots, strafing between our shots and never standing still, apart drill is the same as the first, but instead, we are on medium bots and can

[05:07] allow ourselves to two bullet burst, since we know we have less time. The last drill isn't actually its own drill, but a variation for your previous drills to make them harder. Make sure armor is on and buy a ghost and do everything

[05:19] headshots [music] to kill each bot. You should be mixing in short and long hoping you have connected these drills to some of the issues we've covered already. If so, we can consider how we can use DM's [music] and TDM's to

[05:33] further build good habits. DM's allow us to maximize our time [music] fighting in realistic situations and positions and TDM's force front-facing fights and enemies peek at the same time. Use [music] this rough guide. If you're

[05:47] struggling with target confirmation, TDMs will force you to use different will most of the time be appearing near your crosshair already, allowing you to take your time more and line up your shots with the help of some basic

[06:00] movement. A Guardian DM will enable you to work on your pre-aim, target confirmation, and basic movement habits all together. If you're struggling with movement, spend more time [music] in the range, then play DMs with the intent to

[06:12] take our time with our shots and move between them. We've spoken a lot about obviously super important for consistency, as it gives us a solid relearning the same things every day. But what about actually playing ranked?

[06:27] ranked game? Agent [music] select. Let's discuss agent choice. A lot of people try to pick agents that are self-sufficient and can support themselves. On paper, having a lot of utility and supporting power can seem

[06:41] great, but many people who pick an agent like KAY/O find themselves stuck in lower ELOs because they spend too much effort juggling utility and trying to initiative themselves and climbing faster. Try to stick to one to two

[06:54] agents with an extra backup agent. For example, if you're a duelist player who likes controller sometimes, [music] 90% of your games you'll want to be on one of your two duelist picks like Jett or Raze with the other 10% on your backup

[07:07] like Mix. If you're not already doing this, this will skyrocket your constantly jumping between a bunch of different agents with different playstyles. Nothing can truly prepare us for the choices we make in the moment in

[07:20] game, so it's important that our agent picks reflect our style of play that we enjoy. So avoid filling outside of your [music] comfort. Having your few agents before the game. What about during the game? It's really important that you

[07:33] have a clear vision of how you like to approach situations, otherwise you'd be hoping things just end up working out in your favor. How you actually play the game matters greatly for consistency as we often measure consistency based on

[07:45] impact round by round. So this section is about decision-making. Let me ask you a few questions so we can build better habits. Do you have a clear idea for the round when the barrier drops? Do you have a basic plan [music] and perhaps an

[07:58] idea for something goes wrong? Do you play your advantages well? In 5v4, [music] do you find a way to keep that advantage and turn it into a round win? Do you play your disadvantages well? Are you confident in yourself to even the

[08:11] reposition after getting a pick or are you often getting traded quickly after lot of you to answer these questions [music] confidently, which means you'll need to remember the questions I just asked you for the future. But something

[08:25] you can [music] do right now is go to your career and watch any recent replay and just spend 10 minutes watching back only your deaths. For each death, think and if you can answer them or if you could come up with a new idea for the

[08:39] next time you're in such a situation. Watching back over replays will open up that you hadn't thought of before in the moment, which could definitely come in handy for the next time. Unfortunately, we're not machines and we won't always

[08:52] make the right play, but with work, we can [music] raise our floor for decision-making and maybe not always make the best play, but more often make a good play. Also, unlike machines, we get tired and can lose focus after lots

[09:04] [music] of playing, but we can do some small things to help us keep our focus and energy up so each game is more similar to the last in that regard. In my many years of coaching, [music] 98% of my students struggle to play more

[09:16] than five games in a day while maintaining proper focus. This is what a ranked threshold [music] is. Some days focus will come much more easily than on other days, but ask yourself honestly where your [music] rough threshold is.

[09:28] After three, four, five games, are you thinking as clearly as in the previous hopes of winning and playing well? It's important for improvement and use of [music] our playing time. When we feel our focus isn't right, we want to

[09:42] we're allowing our body and mind to rest. The length of breaks we require will vary, so don't rush yourself. It's very important to note that it's better that we miss out on a potential game because of extra rest rather than

[09:55] lack of focus. Since if we're not improving or not having fun, [music] make things easier for ourselves by minutes. For example, getting up for a drink and doing a little stretch and

[10:09] letting your eyes rest. This may seem very minor, but I assure you that every Aspas just sits in his chair after a map? No, he gets up, gets some fresh air, speaks to his team, and gives his mind a chance to reset before the next

[10:23] map. And by the way, [music] no, scrolling Tik Tok doesn't count. At the very least, get up and walk in circles just to get a little exercise. Start your threshold at three games if you have the time. An odd number means on

[10:36] likely having gained rank or slightly lost it without feeling like pulling your hair out. And speaking of wanting to pull your hair out, the final reason, difficult to feel comfortable with your setup and you may feel the need to

[10:51] constantly tweak it slightly when something feels off leading to insanity because nothing's working. When you feel this, let yourself rest and reset and spend extra time on your next warm up to comfort check yourself. If things feel

[11:04] off still, carefully make small changes and measure them carefully over the course of multiple days. Don't be the person who changes sense or crosshair [music] between rounds or even chair heights or monitor tilts. Over time,

[11:17] constantly making changes so often will slowly drive you insane because you'll never find something that feels right because you need to allow yourself time to build muscle memory for them. On the other hand, if everything feels natural

[11:30] in your warm up but awful when playing ranked. It's likely not a setup or settings issue, but rather a mentality issue. This is why it's important we take our time when we make changes, and when things feel awful, we don't rush to

[11:42] make those changes, but instead, we rest and then see if they still feel awful after resetting and go from there. Ultimately, you can't be consistent sure you're putting in the time and effort for it. Like I mentioned toward

[11:55] the beginning, by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Hopefully, helpful, and I look forward to seeing your green carpets. Thank you for sticking with me to the end of the video, and I will see you next time.