You have got to try this on a friend.......

[hammersley]

Alright ---- this is really neat and I'm sure you;ll try it on others... ...



1. You need to be sitting, like at a table, where you have both feet on the floor but you can freely move your right foot.



2. Lift your right foot several inches off the floor and begin to rotate it in a CLOCKWISE DIRECTION... ...



3. It is very important that you continue to rotate your foot through this next step.



4. Now take your right hand and pretend there is a large chalk board in front of you. Make a big # 6!



NOW





go down





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go down





go down





go down









WHICH Direction is your foot now turning?????????

 

[klenger]

Weird, I can't even do it if I concentrate on it.

 

[98rammer]

still to the right.



(been drumming for 11 years)

 

[DHorton]

I'm with Klenger..... To funny. Guess that will be the weekend's joke with the kids. Thanks Hammersley. I can always count on my TDR buds to keep things going at the house.

 

[JPope]

Does the Coriolis affect come into this?

 

[KBennett]

I can do it but I really have to concentrate

 

[scootergmc]

I can do it... Maybe it's because I'm a southpaw and can do all sorts of weird crap.

 

[MKoth]

I don't get it... did exactly as the directions said, and after I turn my ankle as far as it goes, I am just spinning in my chair in a clockwise direction...

 

[klenger]

MKoth: Just move your foot and leg around in small circles w/o moving the rest of your body. In other words, you are not trying to twist your ankle, but you keep your toes pointing in front of you.

 

[Casey Ray]

Still clockwise, as with 98rammer, been playing drums since I was 8 yo.

Started on pots and pans when I was really young.

 

[evldsl]

"OK"' explane it to me, am I useing the left or right side of my brain to do this?.

 

[98rammer]

oh my, i tried it as the leg and it went counterclockwise. that's weird.



hoof... . it's like trying to do 16th notes on the right hand and triples or sixtuplets on the left.

 

[98rammer]

grrr, even trying to force my legt to keep turning clockwise at the knee, it still starts screwing up.



i feel stupid.

 

[MKoth]

Ok. . after Tom explained how to do it correctly, I can only make my leg screw up if I think about screwing up, but if I concentrate on drawing the 6, then I am fine. . weird...

 

[scootergmc]

OK guys try this, leg or ankle, it doesn't matter. At least for me...



Draw a counter clockwise circle with your right hand. Do the clockwise circle with the right leg/ankle. It should get easier. Concentrate on the hand, ignore the foot. I dunno. I can still do it.