Lets discuss what our bad habits are that have been built over the years and the other things we are currently struggling with...
For me:
Bad habits:
Not holding the stick at the best fulcrum point. My sticks slide down until Im holding them at the end. I've used sandpaper to roughed up my practice sticks at the optimum fulcrum. When my hand slides down I know because the stick feeling changes. I hope it corrects my many years of poor stick placement and hence my poor speed and stick control.
I still have poor foot position when playing slide technique. In practice I can easily play the slide but when Im playing I find that my foot position is often in a poor starting position to initiate the slide. I practice hours on hours to have a repeatable process...Still working on it
Burring the batter head...Still do it. I've done everything from taking the spring off of the pedal to working on rebound. I still bury the batter and nothing seems to help..
Currently working on:
Rudiments and stick speed. When I was younger all I wanted to do was play drums. Now Im realizing how valuable rudiments and stick control are to being a better drum player.
For me:
Bad habits:
Not holding the stick at the best fulcrum point. My sticks slide down until Im holding them at the end. I've used sandpaper to roughed up my practice sticks at the optimum fulcrum. When my hand slides down I know because the stick feeling changes. I hope it corrects my many years of poor stick placement and hence my poor speed and stick control.
I still have poor foot position when playing slide technique. In practice I can easily play the slide but when Im playing I find that my foot position is often in a poor starting position to initiate the slide. I practice hours on hours to have a repeatable process...Still working on it
Burring the batter head...Still do it. I've done everything from taking the spring off of the pedal to working on rebound. I still bury the batter and nothing seems to help..
Currently working on:
Rudiments and stick speed. When I was younger all I wanted to do was play drums. Now Im realizing how valuable rudiments and stick control are to being a better drum player.