Berklee Grad Teaches 6 Foot Speed Exercises for Drum Set!

Part 3 of my "Berklee Grad" series. In this video I take you through a few exercises that i developed to help increase your foot speed and agility. Any questions are welcome in the comments!
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[@NathanSletner]

Bro, I know why you titled it how you did, but you are SO far beyond a “Berklee Grad”. You’re the shit. All the love, man!

[@jharis.yokley]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@dmacprod]

This was amazing bro

[@RyanLivesForGodAlways]

Forgive other people when they do mean or bad things to you and if you do not forgive others their sins, you will not be forgiven y God, and if someone insults you, compliment them. Jesus loves yall Have a great day everyone and Jesus loves yall. If you believe in God, read the Bible and pray to strengthen your relationship with God. You know that there is a real Heaven and a real hell, get connected with God. You’re amazing! Matthew 6:15 - But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Amen!

[@RyanLivesForGodAlways]

@@jharis.yokley Forgive other people when they do mean or bad things to you and if you do not forgive others their sins, you will not be forgiven y God, and if someone insults you, compliment them. Jesus loves yall Have a great day everyone and Jesus loves yall. If you believe in God, read the Bible and pray to strengthen your relationship with God. You know that there is a real Heaven and a real hell, get connected with God. You’re amazing! Matthew 6:15 - But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Amen!

[@Francisepdrums]

Loved that you put “real world” examples of every exercise! 🙏🏽🔥

[@elielbuenrostro963]

Exactly!!

[@ruoccolv]

Thank you for leaving the frustrating mistakes in your videos! It is very motivating to know that it’s not so much about natural ability, but how much repetition and practice is required. Keep up the good work!

[@michaelsanger5294]

This was a game changer for me, instanstly flipped my brain upside down and improved my playing by just one session, many thanks for this.

[@noaheslinger1867]

bro u are insanely underrated. this is super helpful stuff and you are an incredibly skilled drummer.

[@Original_na_original]

Man, you’re the soul of 21th century drumming. Such a cool blend of modern vocabulary with creativity and overall nice and chill personality! Love ya❤ p.s lessons are absolutely dope, hits right in the spot of technical problems

[@dominikn19]

Maestro Yokley. 👑

[@brohan24]

this is exactly what i needed. working on the 5th exercise right now, and it’s a fun challenge, particularly where you have to switch from 16ths back to triplets cleanly. thanks a lot for sharing your exercises, jharis! btw, you’re hella fast bro lol

[@rodneyljones59]

Appreciate you!! 🤝🏾

[@Houzez.]

Excellent as always, it would be great to see a video of double stroke techniques on the bass drum.

[@iangubbins]

Well this guy is gonna absolutely pop off soon.

[@andreasbreitwieser1449]

Enjoy your music 🎶and enjoy your exercises. THANKS a lot for sharing, you're on 🔥The Way 🔥🥁

[@eddievandongendrums]

Love it Jharis!n Keep this up, Would love to see some more of these concept breakdowns keeping the groove going while exploring singles, doubles, paradiddles into your playing!

[@yogeshlorekar1234]

Great exercise .. thanks for shearing..❤🙏🏻

[@ZaneStackhouse]

This is good shit bro, I was afraid it might have been a little "clickbaity" with the title but these are some really specific and helpful exercises.

[@warrenh]

These are great! I appreciate the real world examples and that we get to see you pushing yourself past your comfort zones.

[@iternityhuman1782]

gr8 kit set up Bro, mad skills!!!

[@wilkinsnl]

The finish on that kit is gorgeous.

[@rubenlopezcastillo8056]

Great lesson

[@julibatacamusic]

Man, you are an amazing musician. Your way to play drums inspire me so much. This content is so good; I love it.

[@brianhamlet7666]

Nasty work my man. These will definitely help any drummer. Especially me!!! Thanks I’m subscribing.

[@joshautrydrums]

Preciate this bro!! I’d love to see a video breaking down kick pedal settings/optimizing spring tension and footboard angle + all that stuff

[@jharis.yokley]

I’ll work on that!

[@Vzyane777]

Hey bro! I love your lessons! Could we get a lesson on how you practice your hand control and dynamics? Ive been wanting to know how you control your dynamics in your playing 😭 thnks man!

[@bryansam5987]

My man! Love the lesson! Now on to the kit I shall go!

[@braxtonbeatbandit]

Just the stuff I’ve been looking for-thanks Jharis!!

[@rodriambrogio6427]

thanks for this content man, I find it really useful

[@alexveraza1922]

Amazing exercices wow!

[@thelmabradley7176]

I am loving the triplet doubles too!! 🥰🥰 Thanks so very much, Jharis!!❤❤🥰🥰

[@johnrobinson8323]

Thanks for these awesome exercises! 🥁❤️

[@kapiltriv]

Great video

[@christopheborlee921]

Jharis Yokley = fire chill bro

[@TheZooNinjaS]

Love this man!

[@blanknickname]

Top!!tnx man

[@thelmabradley7176]

Thanks so very much for displaying the alteration on the left and right foot or vice versa, and using singles with your hands while incorporating both feet , one at a time, Jharis!!❤❤❤❤

[@brak1381]

Man, I can’t thank you enough for the exercise and advice. Top notch work 👏😎☮️

[@phillippeharris5557]

Mann this is awesome you have exercises that actually translate when playing! Thanks so much

[@F.Sarpong]

Just got a kit would love more of these videos to practice

[@Absolute_Unit]

Great video ! Is there any way you could make a video showing us drills to build limb independence ?

[@jharis.yokley]

@@Absolute_Unit yes, that’s definitely on the horizon! 🙏🏿

[@nicsster1]

I love this lessons. Your amazing. Please can you do a lesson on foot technique. Also on how to play doubles on a single pedal. Thanks.

[@jeffmalpezzi145]

Great lesson, awesome content as always

[@hapadusky]

Great exercises. Thanks for sharing!

[@TochSticksMusic]

Man! Thanks for these 🙏🏾 ❤️

[@jeduthunadesina]

Amazing. Thank you sharing🙏👍

[@Em-ws2tr]

Super helpful! And I'm a big band drummer.

[@CarlHamilton1914]

This video was super helpful and I can’t wait to dig into it! For a video idea, it’d be cool to see your approach on improving your ride cymbal technique? I heard Tony Williams used a “drop catch” technique and I’d be curious to see your take on applying this. Thank you in advance

[@sevenfacecomplex]

man this the best foot video of all time dude.. hardddd

[@imiss2016]

Can u please do your favorite colorful or creative chops!

[@ryandebenedetti]

Bro please keep doing these vids!

[@SimonAvrushenko]

Beyond helpful, appreciate it👊🔥

[@vivienverrecchia7920]

Yess jharis I was waiting for it !

[@nunnayuhbitness6708]

Kudos for pursuing your own voice.

[@F.Sarpong]

Could you do some independence exercises

[@anonpreeya4104]

This is awesome man!

[@chris4mac]

Excellent stuff dude! Been looking to improve my pocket specifically with my kick hits, def think this is gonna help. Thank you! Any other tips for working on pocket?

[@jharis.yokley]

Maybe I’ll do a video on this but, to me, improving pocket has a lot more to do with playing along to records than a metronome. So I would play along with any music that you think is right in the pocket

[@chris4mac]

@@jharis.yokley Makes a lot of sense! I feel like a lot of time while I'm playing, things feel pretty good but when I listen back to recordings I'm like 🤦🏻‍♂Gonna go put in some time on the kit, thanks for the reply!

[@StuartJrBarrett]

Great content

[@elijah108]

great vid!

[@GoodOleDrums]

I have a simple question that I hope you will see and find time to answer: How much difference do you find in the pedal type you use? Single/double chain, direct drive, belt? And also, do you have a favorite type of pedal or a favorite specific go-to pedal and for what simple reason. Your time and experience is valuable so thank you for the lesson! 🙏🏿

[@jharis.yokley]

90% of the time I won’t adjust the pedal that I play on. Over the years I’ve learned ways to be able to play similarly on any pedal 🙏🏿 I don’t think I have a preference when it comes to single/double chain or anything like that

[@GoodOleDrums]

@@jharis.yokley thank you for responding. I try to develop my foot skills to play on whatever is available so I’ll continue it.

[@alexkalogeras9269]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bobmarshall9284]

great video, thank you! do you have any advice for playing the doubles specifically? are you sliding into them or just kind of treating them like two singles in a row? that’s something i struggle w for sure. hope for more vids, these are great

[@jharis.yokley]

Sometimes I slide into the doubles but most times I’m trying to get two ankle strikes for every knee drop. If that makes sense. I haven’t really spent much time on foot technique in general

[@bobmarshall9284]

@@jharis.yokley yeah that makes sense. thx bro!

[@leeyatding]

You are super awesome

[@Xolin11]

I appreciate you showing the learning process as well as the application. when you end up in a situation where you're playing a part of one of the exercises in the real world, do you set a boundary saying "don't go there" for the sections that you tend to slip up on? or do you take the risk? I'm guessing you ended up cleaning that section with the 3lets to 16ths after what was shown in the video recording either way.

[@jharis.yokley]

@@Xolin11 in the real world I almost always take the risk. I feel that even if I mess up, it’s not the end of the world. Also, I’ve learned how to cover up mistakes over the years 🙏🏿

[@jameeldababneh4757]

Great video! Do you use the slide technique for fast doubles or just 2 ankle hits with 1 knee drop (same as larnell lewis technique)? If you can do another video about foot technique it would awesome 🔥

[@jharis.yokley]

Mainly 2 ankle hits per knee drop 🤘🏿

[@vanialee6881]

these are so helpful!! thanks so much. also what meinl hi hats are those?

[@jharis.yokley]

15” byzance extra dry 🙏🏿

[@nickrails]

Awesome exercises with real musical applications......man your execution at high tempos is impressive. A future video regarding foot technique for high tempo doubles would be really useful. What technique (s) are you using once uou start hitting 140 plus?

[@jharis.yokley]

@@nickrails thanks 🙏🏿. For sure, I’ll probably do a foot technique video in the future

[@nickrails]

@jharis.yokley Cheers man, loving the channel

[@Playername_Blue]

🔥

[@dcd_cabrera]

V nice JY. How do you find playing different kits backline on tour? Do you travel w your own pedal? Adjust tension/settings of the pedal there? Or just train the foot to do it on anything?

[@jharis.yokley]

I train the foot to be able to play any pedal 🙏🏿

[@ninthlyfe6838]

Yo Jharis, I've been following your work and your channel for about a month now. I really hope these videos will be super helpful for me. Do you have any tips for me regarding triple strokes on the single kick (~3 years, self taught)? I can do doubles pretty fast but triples always mess me up and I end up locking up during the 2nd stroke at medium tempos. It just feels like a mental thing since I can do it without thinking sometimes but every other time I try it it just doesn't seem to click.

[@jharis.yokley]

Growing up, I always used to play along to the song “In The End” by Linkin Park. Playing that kick pattern over and over made my foot faster playing three and four strokes 🙏🏿

[@rayboreham2648]

Any chance of a pdf showing the various exercises?

[@jharis.yokley]

Maybe down the line I’ll put everything in a downloadable book

Dooope !

[@alesh_k]

Awesome! Would you do all of them everyday for a month or something? Or would you split them up somehow?

[@jharis.yokley]

@@alesh_k the first exercise I would do everyday for sure. The others can be split up depending on what you wanna work on at the moment 🙏🏿

[@creative-dotcom]

How many minutes should I practice each exercise?

[@jharis.yokley]

There isn’t really an ideal length of time. Once you get the coordination down, just doing it every day for a few minutes while increasing the speed will get the job done

[@maximpopov199]

How did you do this Man?

[@jharis.yokley]

@@maximpopov199 lol 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@ashtonmclernonsmith3077]

does it also work if your 5'11????

[@jharis.yokley]

@@ashtonmclernonsmith3077 well, of course!

[@universe7632]

Thank you.

[@RainbowBlondeRecords]

🌈🌈🌈

[@marcopolo4468]

My foot literally just got faster tf

[@RyanLivesForGodAlways]

Forgive other people when they do mean or bad things to you and if you do not forgive others their sins, you will not be forgiven y God, and if someone insults you, compliment them. Jesus loves yall Have a great day everyone and Jesus loves yall. If you believe in God, read the Bible and pray to strengthen your relationship with God. You know that there is a real Heaven and a real hell, get connected with God. You’re amazing! Matthew 6:15 - But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Amen!