hello drumming community in this
tutorial I'm going to show you one
amazing exercise which will drastically
improve your bass drum speed with the
flat foot technique the flat foot
technique has a number of advantages
which are beneficial to all drummers out
there number one is that this technique
once you've got it stored to a muscle
memory is really easy to control and it
gives you the tremendous power in
playing double bass the only thing that
seems to give almost every drama out
there a hard time is that it's really
difficult to improve your double bass
speed with this technique but in this
video I'm going to explain in detail on
which muscle groups you have to focus in
order to improve your bass drum speed
and I'm going to show the one exercise
which helped all of my students including
myself to improve their speed drastically
when it comes to the flat foot technique
right from the first time they've tried
it all right before we can start with
this exercise we have to clarify what
the flat foot technique is and what it
isn't when I'm talking about the flat
foot technique I mean that you lift your
whole leg by just using a hip flexor
muscle
it's important to mention that your calf
muscles are not assisting this motion
the whole motion is generated by a hip
flexor muscle after you lift your whole
leg off the floor you just simply relax
the hip flexor muscle again and let it
drop down to the floor at this point it
is very important to always maintain a
90 degree angle between your lower leg
and your foot your whole foot but that I
mean the ball of your foot your toes and
your heel should touch the floor at the
same time repeat this motion for a
couple of Bars at a slow speed with
each foot separately and then continue
with this video you don't need a bass
drum pedal right now it's best to start
working on this technique on the floor
 
all right back again I hope you have
repeated this motion for a couple of
bars with each foot the great thing
about the hip flexor muscle is that it's
really easy to control you get a lot of
power right away and you can practice it
almost everywhere because you don't need
a bass drum pedal to train your hip
flexor muscle one thing I recommend is
to practice this technique with high
shoes in the beginning to make sure that
you don't start incorporating the
muscles of the lower leg at any point
now that we have clarified how this
technique works we're going to tackle the
most difficult part of this motion and
that is to improve your speed with the
flat foot technique when you first start
off using this technique you're going to
improve your speed constantly until you
suddenly start to hit a wall this
happened to all of my students and it's
totally natural because the hip flexor
muscle is not used to fast up and down
motion at all the key element to focus
on when you're not able to go faster
with this technique is not the up motion
generated by hip flexor but the down
motion yes the key ingredient is the
down motion of your foot which you can
control and even accelerate by constant
contraction of your glutes and your
hamstrings and that's what I wanted to
focus on
if this sounds to be too much at the
moment no worries I know this whole
approach of muscle groups is a bit much
to grasp at first so I have developed an
exercise which will teach you to control
the up and down motion with ease now
let's start with the main exercise I'm
going to do something that no teacher
out there seems to be doing I guarantee
yes I say it again I guarantee that you
will improve your bass drum speed for at
least a couple of BPMS even if you do
this exercise for the first time so
here's how it works you don't need your
bass drum pedal to do this exercise all
you need is a flat surface and some
ankkle weights
just as reference my ankle weights are
weighing two point five kilograms which
is around five point five pounds but you
don't need ankle weights which are that
heavy a weight of one point five
kilograms is enough if you don't own any
ankle weights you can also place a
dumbbell on your upper leg this works
fine as well all right before we start
playing double bass with our ankle
weights we first have to find out what
our maximum speed is when using the flat
foot technique so what I want you to do
right now is to play sixteenth notes at
a slow speed for eight bars straight
after you're done with that increase the
tempo by 5 ppm and play again for eight
bars straight repeat this cycle until you
reach your maximum speed now let's say your
maximum speed which is also the point
where you see m to hit the wall is
130 BPM for example what I want you
to do right now is to subtract 30 from a
maximum temmpo in this case it would be
100 bpm this is now my new starting
tempo what I want you to do right now is
to attach the ankle weights to your legs
and start playing sixteenth notes at
your starting tempo
once again work your way up to BPM later
by improving the speed by 5 ppm now we
are going to feel the difference right
away the anchor weights are forcing you
to work way harder even at the slower
speed once you reach a maximum speed I
want you to do the following get rid of
the ankle weights and don't stand up or
move your feet then start playing at
your maximum speed for 8 bars straight
since the legs  have to move less weight
it becomes really easy to perform this
motion I know that at this point you
trick your own mind a bit but it works
just fine and gives you the opportunity
to experience how it feels to play at
your maximum speed with ease once you
are done with those 8 bars at your
maximum speed you can even increase the
tempo for another 5 ppm and it will work
again what I want you to do is to try this
exercise at home and give me your feedback
how far you've got with using this
simple workout alright tha t's it for
this flat foot double bass tutorial if
you have any questions about this
technique or if you want me to talk
about a certain regulated topic which seems
to trouble you at the moment feel free
to comment underneath in the comment
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