This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UHUW57bzk has some cool movement things I figured I should practice. So I made an org mode entry for it with todos, so there's a bit more structure to the training.

smash-4-training-routine.org

Training

Movement [0%]

This is mostly centered around Marth/Lucina. Some of these entries are generic, but some others are specific to Marth or Lucina. If you practice this with another character you might wanna find some movement specific combos for it.

Practice fastfalling [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1364

Make sure you can fast fall very consistently with shorthops.

As a side note, you don’t need to keep the movement stick pressed down to fast fall, as long as you press it once you enter fast fall.

Practice in place

Practice going left/right

Practice buffered aerials [0/4]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1421

Make sure you can double jump after a fair to make sure your attack is actually buffered.

Press jump and A at the same time.

Fair

Bair

Uair

Dair

Practice buffered airdodge

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1565

Do a buffered airdodge, make sure you can throw out something like an Uair/Fair to make sure you are properly buffering the airdodge.

Practice aerial movement with attacks [0/3]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1631

Press neutral air at the top of a short hop, and then fast fall.

Do it in place, get comfortable with it

Do it while jumping from left to right

Practice moving while doing it [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1658

Move to the edge of the stage, facing the blast zone. Now neutral air at the top of the short hop, and fast fall while moving backwards, until you get to the other side of the stage. During this whole process you should **not** turn around. When you reach the end of the stage you should still be facing the opposite blast zone.

Once you feel comfortable with this try doing it with forward air/up air/down air as well.

Left

Right

Back air switch around [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1750

While running in one direction, switch directions, instantly jump, and throw out a back air.

Make sure your momentum is almost untouched, you might wanna switch to Cloud/Ike to practice this one, it’s very obvious when you are doing it right with them.

Run, and just switch

Chill, you have time. Just run, and put your stick on the other direction to skid, don’t do anything else yet.

Actually jump, and do the back air [0/2]

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Right

Ledge jump [0/2]

Get on ledge, drop down, and quickly jump back on stage

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1258

Left side

Right side

Ledge jump attack [0/2]

Get on ledge, drop down, and get back on stage with an attack

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1282

Left side

Neutral air

Up air

Forward air

Down air

Right side

Neutral air

Up air

Forward air

Down air

Ledge jump attack buffered [0/2]

Get on ledge, drop down, and get back on stage with a buffered aerial attack.

With Marth, make sure you can get off two aerials (Fair/Uair) to make sure you are actually buffering the move.

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1302

Left side

Neutral air

Up air

Forward air

Right side

Neutral air

Up air

Forward air

Practice foxtrotting [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1847

Just press your dash in a direction, and let go. Before you skid press dash again, and you will dash again staggered.

Left

Right

Foxtrot direction switch [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1878

While foxtrotting you can change directions if in the first few frames of your dash you press the opposite direction, this one is really hard to explain so just watch a few seconds of the video above.

Left [0/3]

Dash twice, and switch directions

(Extra credits) Only dash once before switching directions

(Extra credits) Switch directions in place

Right [0/3]

Dash twice, and switch directions

(Extra credits) Only dash once before switching directions

(Extra credits) Switch directions in

Let go of ledge, and back air [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2814

Let go of the ledge, and quickly back air.

Left

Right

Grab ledge from stage [0/3]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2840

Near the ledge go out, and push your movement stick down, and then towards the stage. This will immediately grab the ledge.

Left side

Right side

(Extra Credits) Drop down into ledge, and back air instantly [0/2]

Left side

Right side

Go through ledge with Up-B [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=3040

After pressing Up-B, before hitting the ledge hold your movement stick Down to go through the ledge without grabbing it.

Left

Right

Ledge jump airdodge [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=3069

Let go of the ledge, and airdodge.

Airdodge, and fall back on the ledge (grab it)

Airdodge towards the stage [0/2]

Airdodge towards the stage, and land on the stage

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=3083

Buffered airdodge towards the stage, and land with an attack [0/4]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=3085

Bair

Fair

Uair

Nair

Shield dash [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=3258 https://www.ssbwiki.com/Shield-stop

This is executed by simply pressing the shield button during a dash.

Left

Right

Fighting [0%]

A lot of these items are mostly based around Marth, and Lucina. I’ve tagged those entries, but a lot of them are generic as well.

Approach with neutral air first hit [0/3]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=1982

Approach by fast falling, and only hitting with the first part of Neutral Air

Neutral air hits consistently

Fast fall neutral air hits consistently

Practice some follow ups, for example:

nair -> jab -> dancing blade

nair -> jab -> buffered fair

nair -> jab -> ftilt

nair -> jab -> fsmash

Practice dancing blade timing [0/2]

Do dancing blade as fast as you can, so it shows up as a true combo

Do dancing blade as slowly as you can, so you can still do the next hit

Aerial spacing [0/7]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2332

For these items we pick Final Destination, stand in the yellow dot, and make sure we always land on the yellow dot once more.

Use the c-stick to make sure you can control your aerial momentum independently.

Back air [0/4]

Do a full hop back air [0/2]

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Right

Do a spaced full hop back air [0/2]

Left

Right

Do a short hop back air [0/2]

Left

Right

Do a spaced short hop back air [0/2]

Left

Right

Forward air [0/4]

Do a full hop forward air

Do a spaced full hop forward air

Do a short hop forward air

Do a spaced short hop forward air

Up air [0/4]

Do a full hop up air

Do a spaced full hop up air

Do a short hop up air

Do a spaced short hop up air

Down air [0/4]

Do a full hop down air

Do a spaced full hop down air

Do a short hop down air

Do a spaced short hop down air

Do a down throw -> back air (low %), and land in the yellow dot

Do a back air -> fair, and land in the yellow dot

Do a down throw -> back air (low %) -> forward air

Some combos [0/2]

Full hop -> Falling uair behind opponent -> uair

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2593

Buffered air dodge through opponent -> uair behind opponent

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2710

Instant dash attack

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2755

Dash, and immediately use the c-stick to throw out a dash attack

Pivot forward tilt [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2770

Dash in a direction, turn around, and in the first few frames of skidding(?) throw out a forward tilt.

Make sure you can do it consistently!

Left

Right

Pivot grab [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2794

https://www.ssbwiki.com/Pivot_grab

While dashing, a character can pivot in the other direction, but at that exact same moment of pivoting, the player can press the grab button.

Left

Right

B-Turn around [0/2]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2907

In mid air, press B, and instantly press the movement key on the opposite direction, that will turn you around.

Left

Right

B-Reverse [0/3]

https://youtu.be/d3UHUW57bzk?t=2915

With momentum in mid air, press B, and instantly press the movement key on the opposite direction, that will turn you around. Corrin is a cool character to practice this with, they bounce super hard mid air.

Left

Right

(Extra Credit) Go to battle field, and while running B-Reverse up into a platform, hitting an enemy above you.