The 3 Exercises That UNLOCKED My Ankles | Drum Lesson

[@marthynjovanovic]

⭐ Pedal Settings Mastery: www.drumtechniqueacademy.net/pedal-settings-mastery

[@FrostyDrums]

Marthyn, in your first warmup, are you using any hip flexor or 100% ankle? I'm really struggling to slow down my ankle technique. My right foot wants to go at 180bpm while I can really control my left foot down to about 150. I can't understand how to do ankle at 80-120 as you suggest. Thanks!

[@slammlovr]

me either!

[@JuanManuelDiNillo]

Thanks Marthyn for mentioning me. I will do those exercices

[@michaeloehmen6989]

Hey Marthyn, thanks for all the excellent videos. Thought I would throw an idea at you that I don't think I have seen mentioned yet. The New Breed, excellent book for working on 4 way limb independence, but can be used to great effect working on overall bass drum mastery, particularly exercise V-A and V-B in the first reading section and exercise 10 in the advanced reading section. They both keep the bass drum foot very busy, as well as working on your other limbs. Practicing this book with a left foot lead has helped my double bass tremendously

[@DeanFennell-or1je]

This was great to know, I will start this immediately! Thank you Sir!

[@thomasnappo6309]

Love your honesty...that's why l subscribed

[@Dissentient01]

Thank you for your hard work sir!

[@carlosarredondo4932]

Love your videos man you’re a great teacher! I’m looking into purchasing a double pedal. I’m a heel up guy because i like the double strokes, I’m looking at that Pearl redline pedal, would you recommend it for a heel up player?

[@marthynjovanovic]

Thx my friend...yes that's a great pedal

[@ZachBratland]

Thanks Marthyn!

[@Mescalito71]

What pedal is that?

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Some interesting ideas here 👍💪🏽

[@SireGrailknight]

Hi, man! Greetings from Sweden :) I see in your videos you have Pearl Eliminator Redline and Axis and perhaps some more pedals. I personally own the double pedals Pearl Eliminator Redline and Axis Longboard. But I wonder why you don't use Pearl Demon Drive, instead of the Pearl Eliminator Redline? Since the Demon Drive is more expensive and thus should be better, I guess. But I do think Pearl Eliminator Redline is a great pedal, don't get me wrong!

[@HellsKingSJR]

For exercise 2. What if you don't have a controllable tempo. What then?

[@brendan5222]

Just keep at it, it will just click for you one day randomly. Speaking as someone who struggled for years with even 140 bpm

[@drummingninja1065]

I don't know if it's me, my pedals being old and something seizing in the bearings, or what, but the ankle technique doesn't do a damn thing. Try moving just the ankle and it barely moves the beater and footboard. My double bass is absolute shite

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

It's not your pedal, for sure. Maybe the settings yes but not the pedal. Unless it's a pedal from 1950 or something and it's oxidated. If your pedal barely moves lower the spring tension.

[@drummingninja1065]

@@King-Gilamashur2758 thanks for the reply. It's a DW 8000 series pedal. I do know the pedals are really hard to get close to the same tension. One of the springs attaches to whatever the part is that grabs the cam doesn't swivel freely. The small ball bearings inside don't move on their own and get stuck so one pedal has always been noticeably harder to push down. I've adjusted to it but I also know my hip flexors get tired pretty damn quick too.

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

@@drummingninja1065 you need to lower the springs and practice only using your ankles. Your hip flexors shouldn't do any work. Do this, sit on the kit in a way that your lower legs freely hang, then start swinging the beater only by moving your heel up and down (your hip flexors should not be engaging, only flick your ankle), then adjust the spring tension so that it's loose enough so the beater reaches the drum head. Don't worry about power or even hitting every time, just keep the constant swinging with your ankle, like a basketball bouncing off the floor. Then as you get more comfortable and can go faster, increase the spring tension accordingly. But I tell you, you can play very fast with ankle motion even with low spring tension, so don't obsess about it. As long as there's a bit of tension to bring the beater back you're OK to start practicing this.

[@drummingninja1065]

@@King-Gilamashur2758 awesome advice! Thank you!

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

@@drummingninja1065 also another thing that will help you a lot get rid of hip flexor dependance is to practice while off the drumkit. While keeping the ball of your foot on the floor, lift your heel as much as you can. Then intentionally drop your heel to the floor and lift it to the initial position. Try to get used to that motion and eventually with time and practice you should be able to keep it going with constancy as if your heel as bouncing up and down. Your upper leg should be completely relaxed while you do this. Do it anytime you can while you're watching TV or something.

[@bishop8095]

I absolutely cannot push through 140bpm. When i try to isolate my ankles and focus on using my calves, my beater isnt even touching a drumhead most of the time and i cant control the motion. Ive been practicing everyday for past 4 months with no improvements. I dont know what to do anymore. It cant get any worse at this point.

[@HellsKingSJR]

I feel ya. I've been playing for a long time (15 years) with double bass involved throughout most of those years and I still can't go faster than 120 cleanly. I've been strictly practicing ankle motion for the past year, have gone through a ton of trails and errors, and nearly gave up on drums entirely because there was no progress. Recently (about a week ago) I discovered that the standard or recommended pedal settings by all the KZbin trainers were just not my thing. I couldn't maintain balance or control the beater swing, and had a very similar issue to yours. So I adjusted everything, the beater angle, length, and spring tension. I had to crank things up all the way and pull the beaters back and out from 45°. I still can't play cleanly just yet but I'm starting to feel the pedal more than I did before and more hope has come to my thoughts. Perhaps that may be something you can look into.

[@attiladrumGE]

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[@marthynjovanovic]

Hey Attila. thank you for your message. Why do you think it has been hacked?

[@attiladrumGE]

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[@attiladrumGE]

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[@marthynjovanovic]

Got it...thank you for taking the time to tell me about it. Can you pls send the screenshot to [e-mail]...our support will check this right away. Thx my friend 🙏

[@attiladrumGE]

@@marthynjovanovic ok, done!

[@makevet6531]

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