hello YouTube community it's time for
another technique tutorial I got a
comment in the comment section from
Jack hey Marthyn what you explained
really helps me a lot thank you so much
one thing that has not been covered yet
is throne positioning how to find the
right distance for putting the throne
relative to the pedals and how to find
the correct height of the throne height
height
alright that's the topic for today we're
gonna talk about throne height and
distance from the drum stool to your
pedals how I set up my drum stool
relative to the pedals and I'm also in
the second part of the video talking
about the settings I recommend if you're
just starting out learning the ankle
technique a short little disclaimer the
settings that I advise right here work
perfectly fine for the ankle technique
I'm not talking about other techniques
like heel toe swivel or whatever this
is just the stuff that works best for
the ankle technique alright let's go
all righty so let's start with the drum
throne height that I use here the two
factors that are important for me number
one
the hip joints have to be higher than
the knee joints and the second important
factor is that I need a more than 90
degree angle between my upper and my
lower leg all right let's start with the
first point hip joints higher than the
knee joints yeah for me that is
important because at tempos above 210
BPM when using the ankle technique I
need to apply some pressure from my
upper leg to push down the pedalboard
and to decrease the beater swing for
those high tempos and if my hip joints
at the exact same height as my knee
joints then it's harder to apply this
static contraction this constant
pressure from my upper leg and this just
makes it harder for me to play at higher
tempos that's why I prefer to sit a bit
higher and my hip joints are higher than
my knee joints second important factor
is that I need more than 90 degrees
between my upper leg and my lower leg
reason for that is the following if this
kind of angle right here more than 90
degrees my feet are placed more to the
front and this way it's almost
impossible for me and for my foot to
leave the foot board if my foot leaves
or my feet leave the foot board then I
would lose balance so actually I don't
want to lose touch with the foot board
and if I got this more than 90 degree
angle basically my feet you know my two
pedals are my balance point so I don't
lose touch to the foot but i'm always
balanced and it's easier to push down
when you first start out using the ankle
technique there is one big disadvantage
to this throne height and distance to
the pedal and the big disadvantage is
that with this kind of foot position and
this puts your lower leg in a position
where it's really likely that you also use
your shin muscle your tibialis anterior to
lift you know the ball of your foot and
the toes after the beater hits the bass
drum head which is not what we want you
just want to contract and relax our calf
muscle calf calf and just want to use
our calf muscle and not the shin muscle
and in this kind of position it's kind
of easier to activate your shin muscle 
and this brings me to throne height and
drum seat position number two which I
would recommend for someone who is just
starting out using the ankle technique
and for someone who has a hard time just
activating their calves and not using
their shin muscle or the muscle groups
in the upper leg especially their hip
flexors so again a short little
disclaimer as you can see here I
recommend to sit really low with your
hip joints lower than your knee joints
the disclaimer is this kind of drum seat
height puts a lot of extra stress on
your lower back so if you sit like this
forever you're gonna hurt yourself so
but just to learn the ankle technique I
recommend to sit that way because there
are some big advantages with this kind
of sitting position so two things are
important here knee joints are actually
higher at the same height as your hip
joint and number two upper leg to lower
leg got less than a 90 degree angle
those are the two important factors when
starting out let's start off with the
first one knee joints higher than hip
joints in this kind of position it's
way harder to actively use your hip
flexor and lift the weight of your leg
as you know with the ankle technique as
short repetition you just want to use
your calves not your shin muscle and not
your hip flexor and with this kind of
drum seat height and your hip joints
lower than your knee joints it's very
hard to actively use your hip flexor and
you want to relax that muscle group so
it's kind of easier if you sit lower
that way second important factor less
than 90 degree angle between your upper
leg and your lower leg with this kind of
ratio between your upper leg and your
lower leg it becomes very hard to also
activate your shin muscle your tibialis
anterior this has the benefit if you're
just starting out you're gonna put more
emphasis on your calves and not on your
shin muscle and this way you will learn
the motion way quicker again if you sit
like this this puts a lot of extra
stress on your lower back which is not
what we want in the long run but just to
learn the ankle technique there are some
benefits there that can help you you
know it's not that easy to just use one
muscle group
while relaxing other muscle groups in
your upper and lower legs so this way it's
gonna be a bit easier to learn the ankle
technique once you're comfortable with
the ankle technique and this low seat
height then it's time to switch the drum
throne height again increase it make
sure that your hip joints are higher
than your knee joints and ratio between
your upper leg and the lower leg is more
than 90 degrees and then you will be
fine just be careful you don't want to
activate your tibialis anterior all
right YouTube community that's it for
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