Since I joined Anther's Ladder, I haven't won a single ranked match, and I've only won two friendly matches.  In almost every ranked match, I didn't win a single game.  All I want is to escape Bronze rank, but it seems like I can't and won't improve, and it's frustrating as hell.

However, I have noticed some bad habits of mine, and finding my issues is the first step to my improvement.  Here is a detailed list of reasons why I suck at Smash 4:

1. For whatever reason, I always drop my shield when I'm getting jabbed.  I don't know why, but it never occurs to me that the opponent is going to use the finishing part of the jab to get a multihit.
2. I can't deal with shield pressure.  I play Villager, and I know that neutral air is a great OoS option, but I still always seem to get hit or grabbed after I drop shield or roll out of whatever they're pressuring me with.
3. I sit in shield way too much.  Often times I'll run away from the opponent and shield, and then I just end up getting grabbed and combo'd to oblivion.
4. I don't know what to do when my opponent is at the ledge while I'm trying to recover.  A lot of the time I'll get scared and drop down to try to jump back up and fair them, but sometimes I miss and I get killed because I regrabbed the ledge.
5. I can never land a grab.  Even when I try to get a read off of a Lloid Rocket, I always miss and end up getting punished because Villager's grab is SO DAMN LAGGY.
6. My airdodge and tech timing is off.  Whenever I'm about to get hit with an aerial and try to airdodge, I always mistime it and get hit, and when I'm trying to recover, even though I SWEAR I mashed the shield button, I always get stagespiked and either barely miss getting killed or just fly straight into the blast zone.
7. My mindset is probably what hinders me the most.  I always go into a match thinking "I suck, because I've never won a ranked match, so I'm going to lose this match."  Whenever I get combo'd, I panic, because my opponent already racked up a ton of damage on me and I never think I'll be able to come back.  Even when I think to myself "I can still win," my opponent KOs me and all my hope drains away again.  I don't know what to do to stop this.

I really want to improve, so I really want to find a way to fix all of these problems.  I'd love it if someone could help me not suck at this game and help me improve my defeatist mindset.