>>365384984
this. you stay at a low skill level because you don't take the time to learn gameplay foundations, which you especially won't get if you only join lobbies with high skill level players. spend an afternoon familiarizing yourself with basic weapons (the 5-7, Bizon, AK, and M4 are meta picks for Pavlov) and drill them into your head. reload, bring gun up to aim, shoot in bursts, bring your offhand down to compensate recoil, repeat.
there are people who managed to keep up with players who have over 300 hours in just a month of playing. keep at it!