leg pain/drums help

[cooljd9009]

i officially love this game! every career is very fun to play, even the singing. I was just wondering how should i be sitting while playing the drums? My leg starts to hurt mid song if theres lots of bass pedal in it (only on medium right now lol) So how high should the drums themselves be and how should i do the pedal?


srry about the noob question.

[sa_nick]

i spose the number 1 tip would be to keep your foot down all the time, only raise it off the pedal just b4 u have to hit it down.

I dunno about how strong it is so im not sure if you should lift your whole leg or just tap your foot. Try alternating?

[MidwestDrummer]

i officially love this game! every career is very fun to play, even the singing. I was just wondering how should i be sitting while playing the drums? My leg starts to hurt mid song if theres lots of bass pedal in it (only on medium right now lol) So how high should the drums themselves be and how should i do the pedal?


srry about the noob question.

The is only one major rule to follow when playing the base drum part:

DO NOT LIFT THE WHOLE FOOT OFF OF THE PEDAL; KEEP YOUR HEEL DOWN AT ALL TIMES

If you do this, you'll avoid leg cramps in the middle of songs.

[cooljd9009]

thanks for the quick replies guys, ill go try it now holding my foot down.

[Edgehopper]

The is only one major rule to follow when playing the base drum part:

DO NOT LIFT THE WHOLE FOOT OFF OF THE PEDAL; KEEP YOUR HEEL DOWN AT ALL TIMES

If you do this, you'll avoid leg cramps in the middle of songs.

Correction: "If you do this, you'll avoid leg cramps in the middle of songs for the first hour or two". Reduce that time if you're playing on a more bass drum intensive difficulty level. Only way to build up those muscles is with practice :)

[cooljd9009]

man that helped me until i got to that southern rock song, high grass or something like that.


it kills me, failed it twice.

[DannyBoy]

On what difficulty?

[cooljd9009]

medium lol

[Grayshadow]

Another pointer is to make sure you're sitting high enough. If you're in a sitting position and your knee is higher than your hips, you're probably sitting too low. My couches are too low, fortunately I just use my drum throne.

[brauks]

i spose the number 1 tip would be to keep your foot down all the time, only raise it off the pedal just b4 u have to hit it down.


QFT. This is the first thing that my drum teacher told me about the bass pedal. Keep it held down all the time, don't hold your leg/foot up when it's not being played. You can hold the pedal down the entire time that you're not playing it, just stomp it on the beats.

As for keeping your heel down or not, I prefer not. I like to push the pedal more with my toe, almost the same feeling you get when I "bounce" my leg when I'm hyper, if you know what i mean!

[MJDoja]

Ready position = heel up and ball of foot on the pedal.. where u from?

your leg will burn the more you use your calf so be wary... your leg should not really be burning at all even after a whole set.. if anything it would be your arms.

sitting too low can be a problem too as has been said.

all in all, awesome game .. bwt is tough..

[vtjustinb]

Yeah the big thing is to not lose contact with the pedal at any time.

Really you can do either heel up or heel down, but if you choose to do heel down do NOT make it a motion where your heel is firmly planted and all you do is lift up your toes. This motion isolates your calf muscles (particularly in the front of the leg), and like any exercise that isolates a specific muscle you'll get fatigued very quickly. Instead, take some of the tension off of your heel and let the bounce of the pedal take some of the stress of the motion out.

I personally play heel up because of sound projection, and it also has the added benefit of incorporating other muscle groups like your quads and hamstring. The point about drum height is a great one. Your thigh should be roughly parallel to the floor erring on the side of hips higher than knees if necessary. If your knees get higher than your hips too much, or your hips are WAY higher than your knees (like a really high stool) you'll get fatigued.