The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that can be applied to anything.
(Read the wikipedia article —> here)
I use it to improve consistency in Street Fighter 6 all the time. The idea is to break practice sessions into intervals, typically 5-10 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, which is named after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that creator of the technique used while he was a university student.
6 Steps of the Pomodoro Technique
A goal of the technique is to reduce the effect of internal and external interruptions of focus and flow. The original technique has 6 steps:
- Decide on the task to be done.
- Set the Pomodoro timer
- Work on the task
- End work when the timer rings and take a short break (typically 3–5 minutes)
- Go back to Step 2 and repeat until you complete however many intervals you set up
- After 3 intervals, take a long break (typically 20 to 30 minutes) instead of a short break. Once the long break is finished, return to step 2
In the beginning of Street Fighter 6, I was horrible at doing instant drive rush. I identified the weakness and decided it needed to be addressed (step 1 of the 6 steps.) I set a timer for 5 minutes.
TLDR
Go to https://pomofocus.io/ and set a timer for 5 minutes, set the short break for 3 minutes, the long break for 10 minutes, and the Pomodoro’s to 10.
Add the task “Instant Drive Rush”. Start the timer and neutral drive rush across the screen until you hit one side, then go the other direction.