The Basics of Using a Fight Stick Tutorial w/gootecks (@gootecks) - Ultra Street Fighter 4

938 Views - Mar 19, 2024


gootecks has been training people left and right and the number one problem most players have is poor execution due to not knowing the basics of using their stick. In this video, you'll learn how to position your hands properly in order to have a solid base with which you can build your fighting game fundamentals on.

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[ntssmarty]

"i want you to imagine that you're a small baby daigo throwing out hadoukens in perfect silence well into the early morning"

[lollolrk]

"I'm not afraid of a man who has practiced a thousand kicks once, but I'm afraid of a man who has trained one kick a thousand times" Bruce Lee

[metromikenova]

I love how he emphasizes how quiet you should be with the joystick, even though he is slapping the shit out of the buttons.

[originalscreenname]

There is one thing that Gootecks failed to mention that I'm just now learning as a new stick player: stick placement is important to getting accuracy down. I was doing the exercise he gives here of doing fireballs over and over in order to make sure I could get the motions down, but noticed sometimes one side I could execute 8-10 times consecutively while the other side I might do 3-5. It wasn't specific to one side either; if I could pull it off on the right side the left suffered and vice versa. I tried changing hand positions which just made it uncomfortable on my left hand and wrist trying to hold and move the stick in somewhat awkward positions. It wasn't until I adjusted the position of the controller in my lap that I started to get cleaner and cleaner inputs on both sides without gating (hitting the edges of the joystick opening). I actually had to sit it off center and rotated about 5 degrees to find a spot that's comfortable. It's probably going to be different from person to person and stick to stick but I figured I should share for some folks that are having an issue with accuracy.

[xandlis]

100 Hadoukens! 100 Shoryukens! Both Sides! 10km Dash!

[GaryMarmon]

Would love to see more stuff like this. I think it's important to form good habits early, but there is a lack of information like this within the community. Back to Basics. kudos

[Eqvil]

I bought my first stick just yesterday, and I am so happy I found this video so early while I am still learning the basics. I made those left hand movements the whole day yesterday. This anchoring tip really makes a difference.

[abeness]

This is legitimately one of the most useful things I've ever watched for fighting games.

Thank you.

[gagelehr]

After two years of playing stick, the Japanese boy part just completely changed my execution. I'm SO much more precise because of those few sentences. Bless you Gootecks.

[xXspringsXx]

I’m 8 years too late but man thank you, that stick holding tip alone changed my whole game up… it’s like my brain knew it all along how fast my hand adapted to the correct position, I can hit supers in old school fighters 3x easier now!

[PrivateJoker]

8 yrs and this is still the best tutorial for using sticks

[Locra]

2021 and this is actually hella helpful, thank you so much for making this video man!

[THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

"90% of the movement of your stick will be done with these three fingers here" - gootecks 2k15

[Phyoomz]

Gootecks, PhD

I remember watching a video where he was talking about the importance of spacing and learning characters' "footsies" and a whole bunch of other stuff that I had NEVER considered. That was when I realized that I was lord scrubbington.

[JSanctum]

Still watching this +1 year later, very good practice guides for SF basics and fight stick training by gootecks here. Thank you again.

[mmettler]

Using a stick to get into Street Fighter 6 and this video is so useful, thank you!

[SXQX]

I've seen quite a few Stick tutorials but this one is seriously the best one! Im not even kidding. Thank you so much

[anthonycannizzaro]

I'm BRAND new to stick, I feel like this was really good advice for starting. Thank you so much

[wolfstatus]

Thank you Gootecks! for this vid but next video can you help me learn the basics how to please a woman.

[jacobtylerbrown]

I needed this so bad. I've been using stick now for 6 months and I still have bad habits, seeing this really helped me.