The Secret To Pain-Free Double Bass Drumming!

[@marthynjovanovic]

Pedal Settings Video Guide (free): www.drumtechniqueacademy.net/pedalsettings

[@jacknewton7024]

Very interesting and extremely informative! As a drummer and coach I love connecting anatomy to music as there is an undeniable physical aspect to it, especially playing instruments. The human ankle is pretty badass as it allows us to walk upright and of course play the drums. It's a joint that goes up and down, round and round and side to side. What this means to us as humans and not just drummers is that there are a lot of muscles in the ankle all keeping in balance with one another using the ankle as a fulcrum. Almost like a 360 degree teeter totter. These muscles are all communicating with each other, counterbalancing constantly to keep us standing on our feet. One question I like to ask is: Why do we have muscles? The tibialis muscle on our shin is on the opposite side of our ankle from our calves. The calves are certainly bigger in size which allows them to take on greater loads seeing as we walk on them all day and do these weighted calf raises. One problem that may arise when we don't spend any time at all working on our shins is that they may end up underactive and also result in tight or overactive calves. Tight calves and weak shins prevents us from doing proper squats by not allowing our knees to track over our feet which results in our feet turning out like duck feet, knees caving in or excessive forward lean; all things that eventually cause injury if done repeatedly. Not every drummer has to worry about this obviously and there is no one size fits all approach to keeping our joints strong and healthy but in a complicated joint like our ankle, it may really benefit us if every muscle gets a little attention so they are at least assigned specific jobs so to speak. I know not everyone has time or is interested in adding drum drills into their workouts but one thing I'm a huge fan of which I found has a great transfer over to the kit is light plyometrics (jumping exercises), like jumping rope and the agility ladder and doing it with a metronome. Great for endurance, great for tapping into the elastic properties of our muscles and its fun.

[@joemanderino6234]

What model of mic is that mounted to your glasses. The content is great also.....

[@marthynjovanovic]

that's a regular lavalier mic...

[@craigstrickland1572]

This is what killed me back in the day, trying to play at speed and the shins were on fire. Now that I have some of your knowledge I want to try again.

[@marthynjovanovic]

Give it a shot 🤟

[@toddgaster5905]

Thanks so much bro! Your a great teacher, l can't wait to join and be your BEST student!

[@marthynjovanovic]

Thx alot Todd...you're amazing

[@athloen64]

Do you offer your course in German?

[@marthynjovanovic]

For the coaching you can choose between German or English... the video tutorials are all recorded in English...

[@jesperhallberg6687]

Great tips 😊

[@marthynjovanovic]

Thanks for watching Jesper

[@alixjulien426]

i have issues to play with shoes on, i don’t "feel" the pedal underneath my feet, so it’s harder for me to do just ankle technique, as i feel the need to hit the pedal with it, i add leg motion,and i feel tired easily, so a use sloppy heel toe technique to go fast... any advice ? thanks for these vids, greetings from bordeaux, france

[@xadeofficial1817]

What are the odds? My shins hurt. I feel when I try to pick up speed, my shins start to compensate for my heels. How do I prevent this from happening?