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- Jun 15, 2014
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Preface:
So I have been playing Melee for almost a year.
And up until recently I have not (and I wish I have started earlier) been practicing efficiently, determined and focused.
I really have been practicing alot. Multiple hours each day and naturally been improving.
I have known about most movement concepts and tried to practice/implement it all at once, with the mindset of "It will come to me over time"
Those days are over.
I want to give a special shout out to Mewantmorpie aka. Cheesyballs from the skype chat
for encouraging this practice style.
(Shout outs to all of you guys! (you know who you are!) I am glad we made that chat)
This style of focused practice, I believe, will yield the best results the fastest.
I am, by no means, an expert at this point, so please view anything I write subjectively.
My goal here is to share my learning experience and by doing so manifesting the knowledge I acquire, which both give you an insight as well as acting as inspiration/comparison to how you practice youself.
The ultimate goal is to archive absolute control of all known movement concepts so at no time during matches your mind will focus on executional aspects and can focus entirely on strategy.
My motivation for doing this is that I find myself getting flustered over flopped tech skill that I would expect myself to be able to do and as a result I perform worse constantly thinking back on that missed SH or WL and in turn making me miss even more tech skill.
One could say: Move on! The game plays in the present and not the past!
And you're right. But that is another aspect of a mindset that this post is not about.
Chapter 1 : Sheik's SH
Jump Squat: 3 Frames (1/20th of a second)
SH air time: 38
Earliest FF: 20
SH FF air time: 27
So my focus at the moment is on Short Hopping (SH)
And my goal is, obviously, that I want to be able to utilize SH for any given purpose. When practicing it is important to go over all of the ways one can use this tech skill.
In each session I practice every variation isolated and later on all mixed together.
While doing so I feel it's important to use Analog Jumps as well as Drift Control. Empty or with an aerial.
Early on I will not be focusing much on aerial mobility, or the aerial, until the simplest application of SH gets easier and eventually natural.
Routine:
(Restart count on failure)
Standing Empty SH FF x30
Dash Empty SH FF x30
Running Empty SH FF x30
After some time (hours/days/weeks) when the above starts feeling natural they will act as a warm up in a new routine (not counting repetitions anymore) and I will build on top adding more challenge
Standing Empty FF SH (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
Dash Empty SH FF (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
Running Analog SH FF (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
And yet again the above repeats and I can once again add more challenge, such as aerials, OoS etc.
Run Shield Stop Nair OoS Full Drift Back x30
Ftilt Dash Full Drift Forward AC Fair x30
Run SH Full Analog Back No Drift Rising Fair WL Back x30
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I will now talk about my experience
The first challenge is to nail a Standing Empty SH.
I note my grip as I try and execute it and I ask myself:
Are all fingers relaxed? Do I hold the controller naturally?
What is my goal?
Since I use Claw Grip. I want to have my index finger resting on Y flicking off the front edge of the button as quickly as I can.
I also want to actually press the button. If I rest my finger too lightly on the edge while trying, no input will be read since the button won't get pressed.
I find that resting my index on the right side of the button barely touching the "Y" and simply extending it quickly from a natural curled position secures a SH for me. While doing so I make sure I don't move my wrist at all and my thumb does not leave it's resting position. Same goes for middle finger (on Z) and Ring (on R).
While practicing the SH I try and relax as much as possible and try and nail 30 of those suckers in a row
So I have been playing Melee for almost a year.
And up until recently I have not (and I wish I have started earlier) been practicing efficiently, determined and focused.
I really have been practicing alot. Multiple hours each day and naturally been improving.
I have known about most movement concepts and tried to practice/implement it all at once, with the mindset of "It will come to me over time"
Those days are over.
I want to give a special shout out to Mewantmorpie aka. Cheesyballs from the skype chat
for encouraging this practice style.
(Shout outs to all of you guys! (you know who you are!) I am glad we made that chat)
This style of focused practice, I believe, will yield the best results the fastest.
I am, by no means, an expert at this point, so please view anything I write subjectively.
My goal here is to share my learning experience and by doing so manifesting the knowledge I acquire, which both give you an insight as well as acting as inspiration/comparison to how you practice youself.
The ultimate goal is to archive absolute control of all known movement concepts so at no time during matches your mind will focus on executional aspects and can focus entirely on strategy.
My motivation for doing this is that I find myself getting flustered over flopped tech skill that I would expect myself to be able to do and as a result I perform worse constantly thinking back on that missed SH or WL and in turn making me miss even more tech skill.
One could say: Move on! The game plays in the present and not the past!
And you're right. But that is another aspect of a mindset that this post is not about.
Chapter 1 : Sheik's SH
Jump Squat: 3 Frames (1/20th of a second)
SH air time: 38
Earliest FF: 20
SH FF air time: 27
So my focus at the moment is on Short Hopping (SH)
And my goal is, obviously, that I want to be able to utilize SH for any given purpose. When practicing it is important to go over all of the ways one can use this tech skill.
In each session I practice every variation isolated and later on all mixed together.
While doing so I feel it's important to use Analog Jumps as well as Drift Control. Empty or with an aerial.
Early on I will not be focusing much on aerial mobility, or the aerial, until the simplest application of SH gets easier and eventually natural.
Routine:
(Restart count on failure)
Standing Empty SH FF x30
Dash Empty SH FF x30
Running Empty SH FF x30
After some time (hours/days/weeks) when the above starts feeling natural they will act as a warm up in a new routine (not counting repetitions anymore) and I will build on top adding more challenge
Standing Empty FF SH (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
Dash Empty SH FF (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
Running Analog SH FF (Analog + Full or Partial Drift) x30
And yet again the above repeats and I can once again add more challenge, such as aerials, OoS etc.
Run Shield Stop Nair OoS Full Drift Back x30
Ftilt Dash Full Drift Forward AC Fair x30
Run SH Full Analog Back No Drift Rising Fair WL Back x30
------------------------------------------------------------------
I will now talk about my experience
The first challenge is to nail a Standing Empty SH.
I note my grip as I try and execute it and I ask myself:
Are all fingers relaxed? Do I hold the controller naturally?
What is my goal?
Since I use Claw Grip. I want to have my index finger resting on Y flicking off the front edge of the button as quickly as I can.
I also want to actually press the button. If I rest my finger too lightly on the edge while trying, no input will be read since the button won't get pressed.
I find that resting my index on the right side of the button barely touching the "Y" and simply extending it quickly from a natural curled position secures a SH for me. While doing so I make sure I don't move my wrist at all and my thumb does not leave it's resting position. Same goes for middle finger (on Z) and Ring (on R).
While practicing the SH I try and relax as much as possible and try and nail 30 of those suckers in a row
