essential skills

Ratamacue

 also need to be careful not to let the stick "buzz" and to make sure they are two defined taps. My left side overall is my weaker side and i need to get better at switching between my left and right hands. 

Double and triple ratamacue

I also need to be careful not to let the stick "buzz" and to make sure they are two defined taps. My left side overall is my weaker side and i need to get better at switching between my left and right hands. 

Paradiddle

My left side is weaker on my left side so need to practice my left paradiddles more. 

drags

I definitely need to improve on my left handed drags as that is my weaker side. I also need to be careful not to let the stick "buzz" and to make sure they are two defined taps. 

Flams

I need to improve on switching between my lefts and rights and making the accent cleaner and clearer.

Irregular time signatures

I definitely need to improve on these as I don't have much experience with these. to get better I will find songs that use irregular time signatures and try to learn a few. 

Bossa Nova

Since recording this video I have learnt harder grooves as this is what I am currently learning for my drumming grades.

shuffle

I definitely could improve on this with more practice 

rock

this is a very simple groove. I need to learn more complicated grooves that is considered to be rock. I can do this by learning more rock songs or looking on YouTube for groove examples.

reggae

This is a very simple groove but I could improve by learning grooves from YouTube or from learning and listening to more reggae songs.