Improving your DDR skills

[high_stepper203]

i just started playing DDR about 1 1/2 weeks ago. i have a couple of problems when it comes to getting better. i have already started to make A's on heavy but i am having trouble with the harder 8 footer and 9 footer songs.

i too am a firm believer of reading the arrows and i dont try to memorize songs. so does anyone know some songs off of ultramix 2 for Xbox i can try where i need to alternate my feet on the arrows?

also, i can't seem to find anyone better than me except atthe mall and the people who play there are really intimidating. what should i do? i am an open kind of person, but i don't know how they are.

[Shadow_Dragonz]

[high_stepper203]

i will go see maybe this saturday and try to be nice about things. but how do i step when i get a left down right down left or vice versa pattern? i kinda do a shuffling kinda move with my feet right now. is that right?

thanks for the advice btw

[Hair]

[high_stepper203]

ok thanks i will try to do it.whats someinfamous crossover songs for any system? because myt friend just got it for PS2 plus my Xbox version has a good bit of songs found on the PS2.

also how can you guys read the arrows on the slow heavy songs when they are extremely close and likebunched together you know?

if needed i will name a song this happens in.

[Shadow_Dragonz]

[Venom]

Any tips on improving endurance? I'm not in great physical shape (I'm like, 15-20 lb. overweight), but I can almost A Tsugaru on Heavy except for the part after galloping (wher there's a lot of crossovers and eigths and stuff). If I had more endurance, i could pull it off, I've changed my diet and started walking/jogging and I go swimming everyday. Any more tips to increase endurance?

[Raiv Xomby]

[Isozaki]

I'm on standard/heavy. I've completed many challenge modes though. But I still need to work on my galloping
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[Emorgasm]

Learn how to cross over - it makes lots of songs easier and less draining. When you get to PS/PSM, guess what you'll need... crossovers! It's good to get used to them now, even on quarter notes or slower songs.
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[critikal]

Hi, I'm currently working on my pa skills, can usually AA / high A 7-8 foot songs pretty consistantly, but with a high amount of greats (pushes me from the AA down to A). I know the best way to improve is practice but I particularly have trouble with a couple kind of notes. Long runs of two arrows (such as the up left run of 16ths in superstar) and jump-step 8th notes (like in Stoic). For the two arrow runs I can usually pa the first 4-5 fairly well but it goes down hill from there with greats and good. Step jump step ectd. combinations I can usually get the first part whether it be a step or a jump, but after that I have trouble getting back on track and usually get greats/good for a while. The ones where I get non-combos on are the LR jump then a U ectd. where the step is on a different arrow than the jumps. LR jump then L isn't too hard usually. Thanks.

[Jack*]

hey, im pretty good at DDR i can do almost all standerd song and a few heavey's...but i have a lot of trouble doing fast arrows with one leg because i can do stuff like L R D but not DD or stuff like that...... [/quote][/i][/b]

[Beyond▶◀Insanity]

Jack, a method I've found that works pretty well with repeaters is the heel-toe method. Hit it with your toe/heel, then switch, then switch back and forth from heel to toe.
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[-EviL-]

that wont work as well because some peoples feet arent as big as others,
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[Shadow_Dragonz]

[Khasm]

[noise_tank24 ▶◀]

The best way to figure out your crossovers is to take a song with a lot of them, such as exotic ethnic or tsugaru, and play it on training mode on a home console, with the music speed at 1 or 2. As you play, you will notice that there are parts that are difficult to play because your feet aren't in the proper postition, such as . These patterns are where crossovers will become useful. The proper foot placement for this pattern would be (L=left foot, R=right foot):

L R L R L R L R

The more you practice these steps, the easier it will become to identify them.

[ddr_kid_7]

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