Does your Fat get in the way of doing streams or is it..

[Russo`]

The footwork?

First: I'm sorry if there's a thread somewhere about this, but I could not find what answers my question.

Anyways,
I'm a 6^1 guy nearly about 190-200 pounds.
When I'm playing songs such as Remember December or The Beginning, I mess up on the streams all the time like my foot gets caught on the inner most part of the sensors and it's like I can't move my foot.

Would it be that or that I'm 200 pounds?
Although I'm 200 pounds, I got pretty good stamina, only thing is the streams mess me up.

Thanks a lot everyone, I appreciate it
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[GamesterX23]

Do you mean your feet get "stuck" on the center of the arrow or the edge closest to the center of the pad?

If you're playing on an upgrade cab the arrows are probably recessed more. It is a good bit harder, from what I have gathered (only having played on ddr extreme, and a modified ddr extreme), to hit the arrows on a non dedicab since its arrows aren't really recessed much at all.

I don't think weight has anything to do with your problem ,as you're probably 200 pounds of a good mixture of fat+muscle, not just fat.

Its probably something you just have to get used to. Try picking your feet up just a tiiiny bit more or something.

[Russo`]

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Sometimes this happens to me.

What I think you might be doing is not picking up your feet enough - you are trying to shuffle your foot from one sensor to the next. Because you aren't lifting your foot enough, it gets hung up on the edge of the panel and gets stuck for a split second, usually resulting in a missed arrow.

Have you been training with someone who tells you to flat foot? If you are flat footing, your foot is probably moving too far onto the panel (the center of the panel instead of the corner).

For reference reasons, try to hit the bottom arrow with just the heel of your foot instead of your whole foot. Also, make sure that you are hitting the top arrow with just the ball of your foot instead of the whole foot. The left and right arrows will alternate on what part of your foot hits the panel by which foot needs to stay on the bottom arrow.

Take a look at that and see what it does for you!

[Russo`]

[TheCosmicPope]

The best advice I can give you is to watch footwork videos of some of the top players to get an idea of how to minimize your foot movement while still retaining your scoring ability and not getting caught on the brackets.

Generally, if your foot is catching the brackets, you're not lifting it up high enough.

[Russo`]