Stamina Issues

[TheSaxRunner05]

My hands gradually get worse the longer I play, after thirty minutes of playing 8's+ I cant score for crap anymore, does anyone have anything special they do to build stamina or do you just play a lot?

Also, after a while, my thumbs start bending out instead of curling in like the usually do, making them bump into each other, and it distracts me, anyone else get weird glitches like this in their hands after awhile?

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by TheSaxRunner05

My hands gradually get worse the longer I play, after thirty minutes of playing 8's+ I cant score for crap anymore, does anyone have anything special they do to build stamina or do you just play a lot?

Also, after a while, my thumbs start bending out instead of curling in like the usually do, making them bump into each other, and it distracts me, anyone else get weird glitches like this in their hands after awhile?

For stamina building do long songs with lots of stream with little to no breaks.

Depending on your skill level this could be songs like AAA (9), prefect cherry storm(11), Strangeprogram(11), or god forbid... Pants ._.

[PrawnSkunk]

For your skill level, try practicing stream files, like:

Tension
Over The Frail Dream
{Blaze}
Inferoplex
{Rose}
AAA


(iirc, I believe they are all 9's)

[Magicturbo]

At our skill level, would it be unwise to attempt stuff like Strangeprogram?

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by magicturbo

At our skill level, would it be unwise to attempt stuff like Strangeprogram?

Oh, if youre in D2, then probably yeah. I mean, you wouldnt get a very good score at all, but I suppose all the wrist flailing and keyboard smashing could improve your stamina....
Maybe

[who_cares973]

You always want to do stuff that's just beyond your reach

[hi19hi19]

Stuff that's hard to FC if you want to work on speed...
Stuff that's hard to SDG if you want to work on PA...
Stuff that's hard to AAA if you want to work on losing your sanity...

[Andrew Mitchell]

dumbell wrist curls (light weight nothing heavy) 5000 reps a set (do a set in the morning and one in the evening)

finger tip pushups 2709 reps a day (1 rep for every arrow in max forever)

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by Andrew Mitchell

dumbell wrist curls (light weight nothing heavy) 5000 reps a set (do a set in the morning and one in the evening)

finger tip pushups 2709 reps a day (1 rep for every arrow in max forever)

This

[psychoangel691]

I used to use SM dumpfiles, gained speed and stamina that way and I was a D2 player at the time when I did this. It's painful for a while, but once you adapt to it then come back to FFR your stamina is like through the roof lol.

[xThai]

play stepmania, that's how i got all my stamina and fingerspeed. :3

[Magicturbo]

Originally Posted by xThai

play stepmania, that's how i got all my stamina and fingerspeed. :3

But what exactly do you play in Stepmania? There are so many sub-par songs from what I've seen or played. It didn't seem like I was getting any better =/

[dragonmegaXX]

I really dont like stepmania, and I only use it to test songs that I plan on using on ITG.

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by subin

Relax your arms. Let go of any strain that is in your wrists, and play comfortably. At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all. You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

Originally Posted by subin

At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all. You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

Originally Posted by subin

You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

Originally Posted by subin

You will be able to play Pants (when you are good enough) over 100 times (please don't) without getting tired.

Orly?

[hi19hi19]

Originally Posted by subin

Relax your arms. Let go of any strain that is in your wrists, and play comfortably. At first, you might lose some of your PA, but in the long run, you will have no stamina-issues at all.

This is great advice and will get you through anything FFR can throw at you.

The only issue comes when you have to vibrate, which in turn forces you to tense your muscles.
Vibrating stamina files are another beast entirely, thankfully FFR only has one of these files (vRofl)

[Magicturbo]

Originally Posted by subin

When a lot of people play a song and mess up on the "easy" part, then do well on the "hard" part, that's because after they messed up in the easier section, they couldn't care less and don't try very hard for the rest of the song. When they don't try hard, they seem to release all the tension that was previously in their arms and wrists. That's why they ended up getting the harder section.

The advice makes perfect sense. Though would this lapse with this "mental block" I hear about quite often? If so, then I'm quite sure that regardless of the tension in my arms, I can't do well in songs a lot of the time.

And this vibrating.. I want it... badly

[DossarLX ODI]

One thing I have done is do a screen recording of the file and study frame intervals. This way you can see any alternatives to doing a certain part of the file. This was exceptionally helpful for WWE and grind2.

[The_Toymaker]

Play dossar engine for a week. Gets your heart beat faster (Halloween) and your fingers moving faster.