Mind Trick!
This was a great job; lots of movement and some really tight play on both ends! I miss Melee matches that are good
and fun to watch. Some notes that I wanted to address and you can feel free to take anything at your leisure.
As you already commented, you enjoy crouching. I am a moderate proponent for crouching in general and in specific matchups, but the Captain Falcon matchup is far too gay to employ regular crouching. I don't know if Falcon players look for it specifically or if they just like crouchers, but they have excellent techniques against crouching characters and it's a habit that tends to hinder good DI on reaction as well. GREAT egg angles off the edge; you really impressed me with those!
Um, what else...right, your use of neutral air and forward tilt. First off, I want to say that I like it a lot. I do, however, want to encourage you to try reversing your neutral air when it's practical; the frontal boxes are really just very very bad for Yoshi and it's almost always a lose-lose situation when an opponent tries to challenge it from the front. Reversing is much safer and is more convenient for when opponents are chasing you and you want to drop that high powered DJC neutral. You can do it in place or even just inch forward with it and it will still hit without running the risk of screwing up your tech and doing momentum shift DJC back airs (like I sometimes do). Your forward tilt usage is good--you're finding great spots to use it and with a high success rate! Try seeing how much more often you can stick it in...I really do think this has its very secure niche value in Yoshi's ground game and it's pivotal for his success against high and top tier.
I liked some of the shield pressure you applied when you got the chance. The spacing was very nice; you made sure to not get grabbed while still applying intelligent pressure. Another step of pressure you might want to consider adding is down tilt before or after a spaced first jab on the shield; it stuffs wavedashing out of shield and tags some pretty decent stun while giving you good time to react to jumping out of shield.
Finally, I do not consider downsmash worth the risk it entails in both the Ganondorf and Captain Falcon matchups. I refrain from using it as much as I possibly can because down tilt does the same job at a lower rewards rate without guaranteeing you eating a KO move if you miss.
Also,
I SAW THAT SUPERSHIELD AT THE END OF YOUR FIRST MATCH GOOD STUFF MAYNE! :D
