How to practice and get good competitivly?

[GammaVoid]

I haven't tried getting good at smash since smash 4 came out, and I only played for about 5 months before I gave up. Coming into ultimate, I really want to try and get good but I keep feeling like I can't improve. I know the basics to the game, but I feel I struggle a lot in getting the right inputs I want all the time, for instance I feel like I never get smash attacks when I want them but I do them accidentally all the time. Another area where I feel I need improvement is movement, I feel like I can't ever move how I want to, and I struggle to get short hops every time. All in all, I'm looking for tips so I can improve myself and get good at the game. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Pyr]

If movement, input, etc is your main issue, take a level 1 CPU and just practice those things. Level 1s don't really do anything, so you can practice specific movement and inputs on them (f-tilt out of dash, for example), all in a stress-free environment. Move from platform to platform. Get spacing down. Get the overall feel down. Keep at it until you can do everything without even thinking.

 

[Cyn]

I haven't tried getting good at smash since smash 4 came out, and I only played for about 5 months before I gave up. Coming into ultimate, I really want to try and get good but I keep feeling like I can't improve. I know the basics to the game, but I feel I struggle a lot in getting the right inputs I want all the time, for instance I feel like I never get smash attacks when I want them but I do them accidentally all the time. Another area where I feel I need improvement is movement, I feel like I can't ever move how I want to, and I struggle to get short hops every time. All in all, I'm looking for tips so I can improve myself and get good at the game. Any advice is appreciated.

Not much you can do except put in the time and read/watch guides.

 

[LordOfMegadesk]

If I'm by myself, my sessions looks something like this:

1. Head into training, and SH for 1-2 minutes.
2. SH > FF for 1-2 minutes
3. SH > nair > FF for 1-2 minutes
4. SH > fair (in alternating directions) > ff 1-2 min
4. Practice various recovery combinations on both sides of the stage for 1-2 minutes
5. Head into versus and fight lvl 9s

Of course I prefer just playing matches with people better than me, but with my online mode not functioning properly, I don't always get to do that.

Also enjoy just watching gameplay videos and streams involving my main.

 

[Fenomonal]

Best is to focus on one thing at a time if you want your movement down practice movement everyday in practice focusing on the basics. Don't try to do to much, thinking you'll improve everything at once.

Movement -> Spacing -> Aerials -> etc -> etc. Or how ever you want to do it. But just put all effort into one thing at a time.