I wouldn't say that. You just need some experience with stuff. I'm guessing you had that mentality before we even started battling, because you were just about to give me the win if it disconnected again, and you shouldn't do that.
Just keep battling, you'll see you can make good use of a strategy.
A tip: You may not want to use Stored Power if it's your only attacking move. Its base power depends heavily on the amount of boosts it has, and chances are you may not get a chance to set it up very often in such an offensive metagame.