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My coach has said (not to me, as it would be useless advice for me) that, ideally, when prepping for a comp a few months out you should have at least two thirds of your rolls against people worse than you, because you'll be able to try new things and get better at them, where in hard rolls you'll fall back on what you are good at and play conservatively. Against a newbie you can try new things, and figure out how to do them well. Right now, I get that in 1/20 rolls, because the only guys worse than me barely show up, or don't roll that much because they get exhausted after one round.
I can't speak for every gym, but everyone at mine had been welcoming and helpful. The better guys reach out to make sure I'm making progress, keep an eye on me. When they kick my ass they're full of compliments and tips. "This was good, this was stupid, you're actually decent at abc for a second there but you need to add xyz to really pull it off."
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