Looking for players willing to test an unconventional Smash training method.
I've been working on a Smash training guide for far too long. I'm just afraid of how it will be received, if at all. I talk to a few people, they show some interest, but it rarely leads anywhere. I believe that what I have to offer is genuinely beneficial for competitive players seeking to improve their performance, convincing players to follow my particular training methods is where I struggle.
I'm putting out an open invitation for anyone who wants to try something new that covers subjects no other training guide currently offers. Community feedback would be invaluable to me at this point, and having just a few participants who've found everything else wanting is who I'm after.
Skill acquisition is about the reduction of uncertainty. Each input (or “step”) in a combination increases a player's uncertainty until a missed input forces a neutral state. The reduction of uncertainty isn't merely in “playing more”, but training within fixed environments that foster certain behaviors that, when layered together, form the foundation of a player's playstyle.
We achieve this through several means: goal reorientation, stock leverage, stage conditioning, and moveset reduction. Moveset reduction is understanding how viable options are reduced with each successive input step. Stage conditioning forces the player to develop strategies that counter the behaviors they've learned under the ordinary, developer intended environment. Stock leverage is a self imposed constraint on behavior within static and dynamic gameplay, adhering to a ten to one leverage ratio as standard practice. Finally, goal reorientation is about moving beyond binary “win/lose” conditions, turning the end match stats into a performance metric.
Apart from training there's plenty more I could say that would cover theory and mechanics.
I'm not looking for people who already agree with me. I'm looking for players willing to test the ideas and tell me where they succeed, where they fail, and what could be improved.
If any of this sounds interesting to you, or if you have questions or comments, leave a post or send me a message. If I could get *just a single person* to engage with, that would be a huge deal for me.