Forced Standing

A Forced Standing is a mechanic in modern Street Fighter games where the hit opponent is put on an upright position upon contact.

Description
Forced Standing should not be confused with Overheads, where the attacking character performs an attack that needs to be blocked standing. Rather a forced standing attack can usually be blocked low or high and even be an overhead itself. Crouching opponents are forced to standing during the hitstun in the following hits of a combo sequence.

Tactics
While for most characters this is simply asthetic, some characters can depend on their opponent to be standing to do their most damaging (or basic) combos. Attacks that force standing help players not have to manually worry about the stand of their opponent before the initial hit connection.