assuredlonewolf
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Hey drummers, I just want to ask if any body has any exercises for ankle motion in heel-up.
A good basic exercise is to play quarter notes on the bass drum by starting playing with heel down and then moving to heel up position but still keeping the ankle going the same as it would in heel down. You then just simply shift back and forth these positions and try keep the ankle going.
I'm also having problems with ankle in heel up, as soon as I start going somewhat fast and start using ankle, I lose control. This exercise is helping with that though.
I strongly recommend to check out Matt Ritter's Unburying the Beater DVD, it has lots of these kind of exercises, in fact the exercise mentioned is from the DVD.