This question is probably geared more towards the more advanced players in osu!mania
Over the past summer break. I have decided to really push my osu! skills to the next level. As a result, I've been playing roughly 2-3 hours every day for the past 3 months. I've been trying to focus on 5-6* dump/chordjacking/fast stream maps, and even though I've been playing consistently, I did not seem to make any progress. In fact, I made less progress than when I was playing only twice a week!
During my preparation for the MWC, I completely stopped playing these maps and put all my efforts into playing accuracy maps. Unfortunately, we lost on Sunday to Chile (ggwp), but overall it was still a fun ride.
After that ordeal, I decided to come back to play some of the 5-6* maps. And suddenly wala! The maps which I was struggling all summer just to get an A on I was now breezing through it with S's! Even though I have not touched speed at all for a week, I had actually improved.
Noticing that this was also the case with another team member and also was in line with an advice I received a while back, I came to the conclusion that you should spread out your time playing harder maps. Just as you do not want to lift weights on consecutive days, you do not want to play heavy dumps jacks and streams for sustained periods of time.
As such, for the better plays out there, how often do you play the harder maps, and how often do you just work on other skills like accuracy, LN's, SV's ,etc? Do you have a schedule in which you divide up your time accordingly?
Thanks
Over the past summer break. I have decided to really push my osu! skills to the next level. As a result, I've been playing roughly 2-3 hours every day for the past 3 months. I've been trying to focus on 5-6* dump/chordjacking/fast stream maps, and even though I've been playing consistently, I did not seem to make any progress. In fact, I made less progress than when I was playing only twice a week!
During my preparation for the MWC, I completely stopped playing these maps and put all my efforts into playing accuracy maps. Unfortunately, we lost on Sunday to Chile (ggwp), but overall it was still a fun ride.
After that ordeal, I decided to come back to play some of the 5-6* maps. And suddenly wala! The maps which I was struggling all summer just to get an A on I was now breezing through it with S's! Even though I have not touched speed at all for a week, I had actually improved.
Noticing that this was also the case with another team member and also was in line with an advice I received a while back, I came to the conclusion that you should spread out your time playing harder maps. Just as you do not want to lift weights on consecutive days, you do not want to play heavy dumps jacks and streams for sustained periods of time.
As such, for the better plays out there, how often do you play the harder maps, and how often do you just work on other skills like accuracy, LN's, SV's ,etc? Do you have a schedule in which you divide up your time accordingly?
Thanks
