So I posted this in the Marth Forum, and I want to know what other people think about it:
I have had discussions with other people about what it takes to get good fast and my own feelings are this.
To become good at smash (this is not factoring in natural talent, which includes learning/adaption speed, reaction speed, ability to remember and comprehend events which happen to you, etc) you need 3 outside influences.
1) The Pro: You need the pro. You need to be ***** consistently. You need him to show you that you suck, to show you how techniques are supposed to be used, to show you how easily he can exploit every one of your weaknesses, how he can exploit your DI, how he can **** your soul. You need him so that you have a goal.
2) The Peer: You need the peer. You need to be constantly reminded that you need to continue getting better, or the peer will become the pro, leaving you behind. You need him to give you that burning motivation, to keep you engaged in the game, that sense of competition forever maintained because of the scaling abilities of both of you, pitted against one another. This is your main opponent. Love him, for he is the reflection of your abilities, and will be the source of your best improvement.
3) The Scrub: You want the scrub. You want to crush the scrubs spirit. You want to walk all over him, proving that you can defeat an enemy relying completely on technical skill, but that you could also just relax and take them down using strategy. You want the scrub so that, when the Pro and the Peer are both unavailable, you have something with a brain to beat on, to keep you from rusting. And who knows, maybe one day, one of the many Scrubs you have crushed will graduate from his scrub status and become a peer.
Beyond these three things, there is only mindset and will to play. You want to keep a positive attitude, always seeking an opponent that you will lose against. If there is one thing that has helped me get better quickly, it is that I love to lose.
I have had discussions with other people about what it takes to get good fast and my own feelings are this.
To become good at smash (this is not factoring in natural talent, which includes learning/adaption speed, reaction speed, ability to remember and comprehend events which happen to you, etc) you need 3 outside influences.
1) The Pro: You need the pro. You need to be ***** consistently. You need him to show you that you suck, to show you how techniques are supposed to be used, to show you how easily he can exploit every one of your weaknesses, how he can exploit your DI, how he can **** your soul. You need him so that you have a goal.
2) The Peer: You need the peer. You need to be constantly reminded that you need to continue getting better, or the peer will become the pro, leaving you behind. You need him to give you that burning motivation, to keep you engaged in the game, that sense of competition forever maintained because of the scaling abilities of both of you, pitted against one another. This is your main opponent. Love him, for he is the reflection of your abilities, and will be the source of your best improvement.
3) The Scrub: You want the scrub. You want to crush the scrubs spirit. You want to walk all over him, proving that you can defeat an enemy relying completely on technical skill, but that you could also just relax and take them down using strategy. You want the scrub so that, when the Pro and the Peer are both unavailable, you have something with a brain to beat on, to keep you from rusting. And who knows, maybe one day, one of the many Scrubs you have crushed will graduate from his scrub status and become a peer.
Beyond these three things, there is only mindset and will to play. You want to keep a positive attitude, always seeking an opponent that you will lose against. If there is one thing that has helped me get better quickly, it is that I love to lose.
I hope I can get some more friendlies with you at some point, playing you at Gauntlet was really fun. You and max should bring up some more PA smashers to BFWNY 4, housing on me.
