Below is a teddit link so it does not require login nor actually give any ad impression to reddit. (means you also can not “interacting”, up/down votes, comments, etc)
https://teddit.net/r/RocketLeague/comments/14n5pzz/average_day_in_a_ranked_1v1_match_gold_ii/
Watch the clip and give it some thought. I will post my experience in the comments, feel free to share your thought.
I used to face players like these when I was gold in 1s as well. Since my aerial defence waa bad I used to steal all the opponents boosts, you can’t do air dribble on me when you don’t have boost xD.
Now since I’m gotten bit better I wait at the net and I hope I make connection with the ball. Most of the air dribbles at my level(I’m still gold in 1s but high gold III div 3-4) don’t have any horizontal deviation so if I align properly and fast aerial, I can defend most of their shots. Plus it would keep me a really good position for a counter attack as people who go for air dribbles land in very bad position and hence recover slower.