Trying to do shorthops without attacking is a little hit or miss. Advice for short hopping in Ultimate? You gotta tap that shit like for 0.001 seconds I can go into training and practice just the short hop and do it 9 times out of 10, but as soon as I try to run at the dummy and short hop then aerial, I end up … Like people are saying, if you do jump and attack together it does a really easy short hop + aerial but I know what you mean. So to recap, the three methods of performing a short hop (on a GC or Pro controller) are as follows: Press and release X/Y very quickly; Press X and Y together; Press X+A or Y+A for a short hop attack; Master how to short hop in Smash Ultimate and you’ll be well on your way to beating your friends in any Smash showdowns you set up. Ultimate . I'm very new to smash and trying to get better at basic movement techniques. I know that short hopping is super important but I'm struggling to incorporate it into my gameplay.