footspeed

cheesecake · Trick Member Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Location: Michigan

any suggestions on how i can improve my footspeed? I had this period of time (winter of last year) where i was passing a lot of hard speed and achieving decent footspeed, and now i have completely lost it. I don't want to hear "practice lol" because i have played in the groove for 2.5 years straight and i actually have achieved decent speed in the past

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SortaEvil · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Location: Burnaby

Then... don't take a long break and expect to be omgwtf good when you go back? That's all I can think of.

Oh, and practice lol.
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DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

You're not wanting to hear the only answer there truly is. Practice harder 12's or 11's (depending on your skill level)?

GotACoolName · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:06 am Post subject: Re: footspeed

Do the same thing you did before.
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uouuÉ · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004

Play streamy stuff like Hardcore of the North over and over again until you can FA it really well.

In other words, practice lol.
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davidyko · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:21 am Post subject:

*sigh* Practice.
Or that ankle weight thing Steven was talking about, though I don't know how effective that is.
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yagsimit69 · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Location: rochester

Run.
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BX^3 · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

Practice lol
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IHYD.DukAmok · Trick Member Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Corona, CA

lose some weight fatty
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Soul of Ignorance · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

Actually, in all seriousness, how would I go about improving that aspect of play? Would you increase stamina so that you can expend more energy to go faster or would you strengthen your legs.. I'm actually at a loss for this myself (for 190-200 BPM streaming)
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OLC.Kanji666 · Trick Member Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Location: My mind.

In addition to DukAmok's advice, you could start working on slower stuff, then work your way faster and faster. That's what i do. play songs with 170 bpm 16th streams, untill you're really comfortable. Then work on 180, then 185, 190, 195, then 200 or even continue higher if you must. At that point it takes a long time though, lol. Strangeprogram is a bitch.

Yea, umm....practice, legstrength, work your way up.
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TheCosmicPope · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Jogging a few miles a couple of times a week increases cardiovascular strength, which in turn, helps increase stamina. If you're having problems with songs in the 190+ BPM range, those are more strength issues as Ryan put it. For stuff like One More Lovely, it's about "Coverting a sprint into a relaxed pace," which has to do a lot with foot control (ie minimizing movement). The shorter the distance you can place between the arrows, the faster the arrows you'll be able to hit.

So as far as improving, just keep playing stupidly hard stuff 'til you die.

Soul of Ignorance · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject:

Any suggestions on that "hard stuff" that I can use? I mean, A (BMR), Lawn Wake IV (which I wasnt a fan of, chart wise), Blue Army, Disconnected Hazard, OML, etc. are alright, but is there anything else? Or maybe specific edits of certain songs (Dokudenpa, etc.)? Just something to offer up a bit of diversity, seeing as I'll be failing these for a significant period of time until the muscles develop. Also, would weight training help in this? Or any specific running programs (for the track stars in the group)?
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NIQ9 · Trick Member Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: Michigan

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mistereff · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:05 am Post subject:

Play hard songs no bar. And by hard, I mean 11s/12s.

I play mostly no bar now, and my stamina shot through the roof.

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AJAX the Insomniac · Trick Member Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Location: Haledon, NJ

Just ignore your energy so you don't feel tired. That's how I passed Hardcore of the North expert before I could pass Vertex hard. (I fell asleep after that lol)