(as shared by fishsauce)
Before I do the VOD review, I usually write down what I feel happened in the match, how I felt overall, big takeaways, next steps, etc.
What I look for during VOD review:
How was my presence (was I overly defensive, did I represent a game plan? etc.)
What was I doing that the opponent picked up on?
What was I being dumb with?
To take it to another level, I’ll watch a higher level player with my character play the same matchup or just in general to see how they approached to sort of see what I could do more of / stop doing.
I review if I feel like I was just missing something, so generally after each session, if I have the time since there’s generally always something
It used to be every session, probably until I got to Genbu. Now, it is if I feel like I get read like a book, or don’t know how to deal with something. I can generally tell mid game if I am throwing something out too much and getting punished for it, then I write that as a note in my TO STOP Habits: to consciously not do in the next session.
I did a decent bit during the pandemic when it was just all online and all at my PC. It was most useful when I started off winning a set against someone and then they adjusted and started fucking me up.
A few matches I actually sat there and sort of mentally tallied where they would get most of their damage for nine rounds in a row, and there were a few times where it suddenly became much more obvious what was happening.
Outside of stuff like punishment and string recognition, I try to think about what my gameplan was going into the match vs. what happened. Questions like - was I standing in the right range or was I looking to set up the right situations?