Yeah, it has nothing to do with thousands of hours of practice. It's just the gear. All the great drummers have wasted the time.
Spring tension increasing power doesn't logically make sense, it should be the opposite because the higher spring tension means you have to expend more force to overcome the force of the spring. Those drummers play well with high tension because they've been playing that way for years and years.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with thousands of hours of practice. It's just the gear. All the great drummers have wasted the time.
For guys that want to be in the upper echelon of players equipment does make a difference. I don't see olympic cyclists riding iron frame shwinn ten speeds from the eighties.
I just can't see how pedal affects the equation, unless it has enormous amounts of friction. Unless the pedal has a battery or a motor somewhere your legs are the ones that are doing all the work.
I still agree with schist. If you are looking for that little extra edge to get that last 5 or 10 bpm this could do it.
And not to get off topic, but slight changes in equipment does in athletics does matter. I think that they proved that just shaving your legs will take seconds off of a 20 km time trial on a bike. Doesn't sound like a lot but a couple of seconds at the olympic level is huge.
Again, where does the extra energy come from if not from your leg?
My point is, change is always good for developement, but we can't argue that some single change in equipment or technique is always best for everyone on every level of practice.
It's not about energy, it's about force. F=ma, so with the small, but still significant, amount of extra mass a larger shoe provides, there is a bit more force. One could argue that exerting the same amount of energy on a larger mass will result in lower accelation and thus negate any effects, but that's negligible. Physics doesn't take into account the power of the mind. If we were machines, you'd be right, but we're not. If you really believe something adds power, it doesn't matter the numbers behind it, you may just be using more power and not notice it, as after all, our bodies contain a lot more strength than we are consciously able to use.
I still agree with schist. If you are looking for that little extra edge to get that last 5 or 10 bpm this could do it.