Bold of you to assume I can do doubles

Thank you! I’m totally onboard with this technique. I’m a beginner drummer, and fast double kicks used to kill me. A month ago, I switched from one teacher to another, the new guy watched me playing on the very first lesson, and the first thing he told me to try is this exact technique. I came back home, practiced it for an hour, and from that moment on I’ve been kicking those fast doubles like a boss! Very easy! And loud too!

I didn't think I'd EVER get the slide technique, then one day I noticed I was doing exactly that: trying too hard. I needed to utilize the spring motion of the pedal coming up from that initial 'push', to make the second stroke effortless. There's a definite feel to it. Once it clicks, it's like "Oh THAT'S what they're on about!" 😁

The visual is a godsend

I watched so many slide technique videos. Yours was so so easy to understand. Thank you so much!

Absolutely INCREDIBLE video! This clears up sooo much heartache and doubles as amazing practice

Yes mate! I've been trying for ages and youre totally right, i was trying too hard. Thankyou, this improved my double kicks in about 2 mins

So useful. Every time I have seen someone do this it's been on long board pedals with size 10 billion feet, so you clarifying it's not the pedal or foot size helps me know it's got to be the mechanics of the movement and to keep trying.

Good job on explaining this technique. Also showing straight and swung 16th. Kudos!

this is actually an incredible video. all the others ones i was having marginal luck with but i practiced this for like 5 minutes and now feeling SUPER EXCITED. thank you

Thanks man, this cleared everything up for me. My doubles sound great now!!

Excellent video. I’ve been playing for a long time as a weekend warrior drummer and the kick drum is always the most difficult. You’ve helped me tremendously with getting different kick drum sounds and beats and of course speed kills

Thank you for this video. Been struggling with double strokes for decades until this vid. Helped perfectly

I'm working my way into a solid intermediate player and this is very timely. I will share it with my Learning Drummers group and get started on this this week. I'm working on some Bonham stuff and getting ready for a show in December. These kinds of bass beats are necessary for that. Thank you for this.

Helped a lot thanks. I feel somewhat confident with my doubles now!

I’ve noticed that you have personally answered some people’s questions in the comments,,,that so cool of you man!👍👍😎

I honestly can’t thank you enough. Earlier today I wasn’t able to play any doubles without tending up and getting off beat, but now getting them out is a breeze.

I appreciate this. A lot. I’ve never seen this broken down so well and made quite so approachable. I play heel down, so I’m always a little unsure of the bass double techniques that assume you’re playing heel up. But this seems like something I can easily transition to from a heel down position. Quick doubles is something I just haven’t developed well, and I’m ashamed to say I’ve avoided them a bit. I’m off to practice! Thanks man 🙏

This is the best video I've seen yet showing and explaining this.

U a real one I been hammering them out for years

thanks for the tips. I love the sound of your snare and kick

Oh wow!! Will have to practice this...now this makes sense to me.

Fantastic demo of this technique and a nice practice exercise. Hopefully I'll get this down.

Prefect explanation dude, thanks a ton!!!

Excellent lesson! Thank you Josh

Woah, never thought to use HKKH or KHHK patterns before. That's actually really useful, thanks for sharing!!

This video has me figuring it out in 20 minutes. Thank you!!

Great vid bro. Just bought a cheap drumset for more sounds for my arsenal and this was helpful. Finally I’m just getting the double kick but haven’t saw any of these variations.

Great lesson. Enjoyed it. 🥁

Thanks this video was super helpful and really easy to understand 👍

Very useful! As a beginner, it's hard to figure out what technique works best for me because they all feel unnatural, especially heel-toe. What you say is true, my fastest doubles are the ones where I'm not even trying and my leg just does a spasm x)

One of the best videos I’ve ever seen on this topic

Holy crap this is a tremendous help. Ive been trying so hard to hit that double without matchin it with high hat.

Maaan! Thank you! My foot is so heavy and slow. This was perfect.

I like your videos, they actually helped me.. other people here are like here is how to do it but it somehow doesnt work like probably the mistake is on my side but when you explain it it somehow works for me thank you very much for these videos

Former lifelong try to hard person here. Slowing down, relaxing, and firming up your technique is the way. Great video and love the exercise near the end. Definitely stealing that for my practice.

Thanks! Pretty cool techniques.

Good Job!!👏🏼🥁

Finally someone teaching this on a normal pedal! I’m sick of people easily moving 300+bpm on a $1000+ Trick and or magnetic trick pedal and telling new drummers that this is possible for them if only they use their techniques and method! A first year drummer dies not understand trick pedals yet and are much less likely to ever attain those kicks! Thise are half stroke,half rebound full force ballistic pedals you’re seeing in other videos! This vid is more real world and much more valuable! Thanks Crisis

Awesome tips! Thanks man 👍

I would say the biggest thing that hindered me for years was trying to hard to go fast too soon .....the best thing is to start slow and stay there for like a month getting everything down till it becomes muscle memory then slightly increase the speed every two weeks

Thanks man! This is really helpful for me and as someone who only uses heel-toe technique on a long board pedal for doubles

I wish I’d have discovered this a long time ago. Oh well. Now I wanna buy a kit just to do this

Wow, beatiful intro! Very cool groove

Excellent video!!

Great way of teaching this thank you.

Great video…. Perfect teaching!!

I think you've shown this the best I've seen it. I didn't understand it until now. Now if I can just play it...

Cool lesson. I'll try it. RIGHT NOW!!!

My kick doubles were definitely trash. Your explanation really made this technique (that I've already tried before) stick. Thanks 🙏

Thanks this helps a ton!

Great lesson!👍

This helped me an insane amount

bro thank you sooo much the second i tried this i knew this was the one

Nuff respect brother!

Helpful. Thanks!

Exactly what i was searching for.

Great lesson

Nice touch showing the smaller pedal and debunking the rumors!

American One Productions Rehearsal and Drum Studio in NJ gives this video two huge thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻. Thanks for sharing 🥁

I love the Pearl SSC. I own one in Sequioa Red.

Thank you 😊

I've been trying to increase my kick speed and I can do it pretty fast just normally, but when I'm in an actual song and I'm trying to play a little louder I find that I'm too heavy footed and I can't get the rebound that I need. This technique worked really well for me and I can actually play consistently now. Thanks so much for the vid!

Thank you, I needed this I guess

bro thank you.. I am learning from this video.. i got progress... Thanks thanks....

Thanks brod.

Great channel

i find this technique very useful as a beginner, however over time i found myself needing to learn a different technique to increase endurance, precission and specially the shuffle ba-bang sou d that is so important for the feel

GENIUS!!! Thanks!!!

Now this is a kick ass video

thank you!

The whole lateral notion he explained makes sense cant wait to focus on this

This technique is my signature groove that all musicians turn their heads trying to find my other kick pedal when it's only just one pedal i have

Thank you

awesome. carry on!!!

Ty sir

Hey Josh. Thank you so much for the vid! It is great that you show the technique so clear in a nice long video shot. I use this technique since a while and there is one prob that I have from time to time with it: when I lift my foot from the pedal before the first of both strokes, then my beater makes a small move towards the head and sometimes touches it. This cannot be heard in the practice room but on the recording you hear it. Do you have any ideas how to avoid this? (it seems that my foot slightly pushes of the pedal to get up high which causes the problem) THX!!

Much appreciated Lesson,Josh. What shoes do you wear? I find that the type of shoes have a bearing on "sliding" the foot in this manner? What level do you keep your Throne Height? and angle to the bass pedal? Stephen Clark on YT also describes this movement,with some Super Slo-Mo, but you are showing the progressive speeds applied. I like it. If I can the knack of this, I will be able to return the Double Bass pedals I just purchased. One is a Mapex DB pedal (main and Slave), the other is a Cannon Twin effect (similar to a Dualist II,) with a Heel and toe pad on the same pedal. That takes a lot to get used to. At 69 YO, and having returned to playing drums after a 51 YEar Hiatus, now in retirement, to play for enjoyment at Home, I find it difficult to master this quickness with my right leg... But I guess, Practice makes Perfect.... I'm not playing Gigs nor do I think I will be in the near future (unless someone starts up a Geriatric Band here locally by me ), but play to MY Music: CCR, Clapton, Petty, Stones, Beatles, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Steve Winwood, Eagles, Hollies, Kinks, Cars, and more....

Thanks Alot

Thank you, I have been getting frustrated because my foot seems slow.

Been playing for ever..can't do this.. I will try this and see if it works for me. Hope to report back with positive results

You otta try a mid 70's Slingerland Yellow Jacket. Double spring. Swings a solid wood beater with ease.

Thanks again. Would you apply the slide technique to the "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin? I was thinking that's such an endurance workout, wondering if slide would reduce fatigue.

That's the good stuff. They use this in a lot of those Gospelchop drumfills.

This is awesome

You pretty much touched into the fundamentals of gospel chops with the 'HAND-KICK' patterns, believe it or not.

Excellent video, thanks. What do you consider is the best tension spring if I’m a beginner and I want to develop this technique. Also what do you consider best for an entry level pedal: Iron cobra 200, DW 2000 or Pearl P930. I appreciate your opinion

Thank you sir soo much I Am trying so much to learn double kick I can another ways easily but I learned to play drums based on hearing. Your video is a life saver 🫡

I like the fellow musician noodling in the background lol

This is great vs some of the others wherein you tap with the toe then drop the foot which I can’t perform as it becomes way too mechanical; question is about spring tension, is it better to use this with a more loose setting?

Very cool!

Woooow it works well!!!

hi Josh I wanted to ask you if it can be useful to put some talcum powder under the shoe to glide better and have faster strokes.. thank

Thank you for this video! Can I ask. Will there be a tap sound on the pedal board? Tap sound when you strike both notes.

I tried but I play heel up so it was quite a weird angle for my foot, if possible could you recommend or make a video about heel up techniques?

Thanks Josh, you're one heck of a player. Do you sometimes switch foot techniques, or keep it pretty consistent? I find on any given day I might play the same song with a different technique. Sometimes I feel OK with heel down on a song. If my foot gets tired, I might start switching to the slide. Sometimes I can feel alright with Samba doubles heel down, other times its tiring..I play with slide. I don't know why that I feel like switching sometimes. With all of your training, would you say this kind of normal?

Great video, question: I use the Speed Cobra as well, however I broke the factory spring twice already. I tried a heavy duty spring but my forward stroke gets restricted even at its loosest tension. Are u still using the factory spring and if not, do you recommend a certain spring? Thanks in advance for your reply

Thanks you

03:55 sounds like "Purple Stain" by RHCP

Okay, this was actually the technique I was looking for and you demonstrated and explained eloquently and concisely, so thank you for that!. The one concern I have (I play a 24'' kick and I like the resonance) is that, as your double's sped up, you tended to "bury the beater" in the head, so the second (arguably more powerful) stroke gets muted. I currently work on an electronic kit (Harts Dynamics w/mesh heads so that I don't piss off the neighbors or our cats [too much]) and trying to bury the beater always results in the double-tap on the last stroke. What would you recommend for controlling the rebound tap from the final stroke of a double. I've got the kick mesh head on the e-drum as loose as it can be and still offer some rebound. Maybe it's a pedal spring adjustment? I know there are a lot of factors in dialing in the proper control (throne height/position, pedal spring tension, beater angle, etc.), but I feel like your insights are spot-on and you can help me with my ergo's to get back to a comfortable/natural play feel. Thanks a ton for all that you provide! You make us all better "monkeys" (as guitarists like to refer to us)!