practice makes perfect

Tech skill practice

DO THIS ALL ON VANILLA

DO THIS ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK IN FULL, AND SOME PART OF THIS ONCE A DAY MINIMUM

MAKE SURE TO REMEMBER/THINK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THESE AS I DO THEM
> Don’t overcomplicate. “What does this cover? What space does this cover? If opponent knows I’ll do this what can I do instead?” E.g. vs. his dash dance starting from farther away, instead of dash attackinng, I can wait a bit + WD back (defense) or I can just dash dance instead/dash forward dash WD back.

Before doing strings, just make sure there’s no frame holes (shield grab thing)

- AC/L fair, bair
> Try doing it on crouching Falco/Fox
> Try doing it spaced vs. Samus/Peach in a way that lets you still shield/be safe vs their mash
> Don’t forget to face different ways
>If I get bored, try different drifts too + timings (delay fair/bair)
- Defensive string (aerial dash back, WD back, dash WD back, block, back roll, FJ)
- Offensive (repeated aerial, tilt, dsmash, grab, dash out dash in grab, dash out dash in dash attack)
- L canceling dair

- WD back ftilt, slight wait WD back
- RC dtilt
- SH nair OOS
> Standing puff
- Shield poke nair for side plat pressure as Sheik
- Needle cancel (standing, RNS, regular aerial needle cancel)
- Nair stuff
> 0 nair, FJ FF nair


- Dash control, dash dance control
- Dash wavedash
- Wavedash
> WD OOS
- WD back FF to the ledge


- Ledgedash practice
> Kirby drill (20XX)
> Unclepunch if you can
- Other ledge actions
> Waveland in place, shino stall, Sami stall, timing tilt/aerial, getting to platforms, comfort with basic ledge actions
- Platform movement/threatening range
> Shield drop
> Run off aerial + associated range(s)
> Where can I hit quickly/not so quickly and  how do they complement needles? I.e. are there ranges my aerials don’t reach that my needles do?
> Moving between side and top, top to side (extremely important)


- Edgeguarding sequences
> From stage, from ledge
>> Release bair, WD off bair, run off DJ nair, instant SH nair, teeter, needle from farther away at the ledge, turnaround needle, etc.
- Corner pressure sequences
> Stationary/drifting w FJ bair, WD back shield, delayed WD back _> confirm -> ftilt, dash forward dash back bair, WD back charge needles, etc.
- Juggling sequences
> Positioning to threaten with bair then converting off that
> Falling ahead of them
> Need to study this tbh


- Punish practice
> Marth dthrow usmash, Marth low % flowcharts
> RTC vs. Fox, Falco, Falcon
> Gimps vs. Fox, Falco (pay attention to trajectory after throw, vary timing of leaving ledge, vary distance from ledge, etc.)
> Low % throw routes vs. Peach
> Nana kill
> Falcon edgeguard (dsmash at the ledge included)
> Yoshi, Pikachu, Sheik, Ganon CGs (both port and non-port 4)
> Falco PS/crouch under lasers/moving out of laser stun

- Neutral practice
problem:
"i think when that happens vs CPU i'm often concerned with getting the inputs right, and also i get flustered/don't have a good idea of how to feel/what to think if it goes wrong (eg don't execute correctly, execute correctly but get hit, etc).
how to say...i'm okay at setting reaction points in specific situations but iteratively adjusting/setting them is hard for me"

solution:
> Strong and weak positions in different matchups and shadowboxing different outcomes + slight variations on spacing/timing
> First train myself to identify good spacings/spacing + action state combinations
Then train self to think ahead/set reaction point once i achieve those states
Then get better at executing in all of those situations
>> This is vs. CPUs
>> Setting reaction points
> “Adapting” vs. CPU; changing what I do/what I look for after getting hit even once
> Getting as close as I can to CPU without getting hit; trying to barely avoid the CPU’s move(s) in terms of timing then counterattacking
> 20xx recording drills (e.g. get the Fox to full hop aerial a lot? Falco laser -> aerial a lot? etc).