Aim Training Myths
Some really interesting ideas I saw when watching this video about aim training:
My main takeaways:
- Aim training is not the main practice but rather isolates specific techniques such as hitting A D targets (people strafing from left to right) or flicking.
- Sens and muscle memory doesn’t matter.
- Sensitivity just changes what muscle groups you use and to be a good aimer you need to be able to use all muscle groups. Low sens is using the arm and wrist, high sens is using the wrist and fingers. When you know how to use all muscles groups by changing your sens around, when you stick to one sens you will have superior mouse control to use that sens in all situations.
- Muscle memory doesn’t exist since you cannot memorize a specific shot, it is always changing depending on the game you are in.
- Keep warmups really short. 5-10 minutes max for strictly a warmup and 10-15 minutes for a warmup + some longterm aim group/training.
- If you warmup for an hour its a training session not a warmup. It causes you to be tired out and overthink the aiming.
- Higher DPI mean lower input delay. 800-1600 is desired but it isn’t that important.
- Raw reaction time doesn’t matter as much as awareness. If you don’t expect something, raw reaction time matters much more. 190-180 milliseconds is normal.
- Higher sens is technically better because it is faster, but it is harder to be consistent and be in control
- Voltaic guides are good aim guides
