Nah my guy this aināt it. Did you look at his tracker?
He plays 15-17 games of ranked in a day pretty regularly. Heās played 150 ish ranked games just this act alone. Thats entirely too much time spent to not improve or stay hard stuck in silver. Itās clear he has hit a plateau of some sort.
Just mindlessly queuing more at this rate will not aid him. He would actually benefit from playing less ranked in this case and studying vods, doing coaching (you need someone with experience to identify and help you eliminate or reduce your bad habits). Playing DMs, learning agents in customs, spending time in the range, etc. just my 2 cents. Itās a public forum after all, wouldnāt discourage advice hereā¦
Going back it looks like Val is his first FPS, so your "play the game and you'll get better" statement still holds somewhat. I would just make sure he understands that just playing comp more isnāt gonna help as much as intentional practice in the game ALONG with ranked.
Maybe OP sets a healthy limit. No more than 7 ranked games a day. Other time should be devoted to just having fun, practicing skills and game knowledge and not worrying about ranked or your stats in ranked.