This is kind of my problem in a sense...
My brother, a friend, and one of my cousins all play GG at a scrub-ish level. This is the same level I'm currently at. It's not a horrid level of skill in terms of casual play, but I'd like to try to get to a competitive level. I know that in order to do this I'd need to practice. However, I don't really know how I could really figure out how much I'm learning when I don't have the means of playing against anyone of a higher level.