How do you make a stroke? Take a drumstick and try. Simply play one note. Then play again, watching the head of the stick directly before and after the stroke. Can you divide your stroke into phases “up” and “down”? Another words, do you raise a stick a little “upwards” before stroke “downwards”? If before stroke “downwards”, you raise a stick “upwards”, preparing for it, you have to double your work.

Think: each time you drum, you do two various movements – upwards and downwards. But you need only one movement, it is downwards. Hand rising before following stroke must be an effect of natural bounce of a stick. Train hands, because they should follow sticks. As soon as you learn to do this, you will be halfway of the development of really cool technique.

Playing drum kit is also a sport, that’s why for the maximum effect you should be in good shape.

Every day you should have some aerobic activity during 20 minutes at least (it is very useful for health, even if you are not the drummer). Different weight lifting can be useful, but be careful. Cool technique needs muscles a trotter has, instead of muscles a bodybuilder has. It is fine that you do exercises for speed, force and flexibility, but incorrect weight lifting will slow you down.

The best way of training your “drum” muscles is playing more. It is good to work on technique, watching TV. Watch a film and play non-stop during it. Play everything that comes to your mind. Exercises in slow, average and fast tempo should alternate during training.
There are three basic types of playing:
1. with forearms: increase power and loudness sacrificing a maximum speed.
2. with wrists: increase speed sacrificing maximum loudness.
3. with fingers: increase speed sacrificing loudness.

Learn how to do a full stroke. Full stroke technique gives not only a good warming up, but this is also an excellent training for developing your “drum” muscles. Use the full stroke when you need maximum loudness and power, but not maximum speed. Hold sticks in usual position for playing. Begin movement full stroke with a wrist bent upwards. The stick is aimed vertically upwards. Such position of a hand is not comfortable at first, especially, if muscles are strained. The more you train full stroke, the easier it will be for you to put a stick in initial position.

“Throw” a stick downwards with as high speed as possible, and let it jump. If your wrists are weakened enough, and your hold is not stronger, than it is necessary, inertia of a stick after bounce will be enough for returning a wrist in start position.

Firstly do slow, free strokes with your right hand. Ensure that you do the full stroke correctly; pronounce “down” each time you do it. The stick should come back in a starting position before you say “up”. If you have time to say “down” and “up” you do it incorrectly.

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