I am too light to use the hands..

[ddrpros]

Usually when i play ITG, i love playing songs that use a lot of hands. the problem is that whenever there are hands during holds, when i reach down to hit the arrow with my hand, i lose my freeze because i weigh too little, i guess. this happens to me all the time when i play queen of light on expert.
i am a 102 pound girl and i would like to know how to get the hands without losing my holds. any girls out there that have the same problem as me? or am i the only one...
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[Onlinev4]

Ehmm.. Is this an arcade machine or homepad?

Homepad - It's obviously your pad, as most of them are crappy but still super sensitive. (and require barely any weight to even keep them held down + repeating)

Arcade - Try the froggy position and keep your feet flat on the arrows if possible (It doesn't sound serious, but I have to do it >.<)
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[Steve2.0]

Um....whats the froggy position?
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Yep, way to lazy for this.

[ddrpros]

oh yeah i meant the arcade
i already do the froggy position...
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[Spammit]

yeah, doing frog squat is usually the best way since you can keep your weight on your feet. Though it usually hurts your legs more than just leaning over and hitting the arrows. If you're fast enough, you can remove your foot from the hold and hit the arrow, then return your foot back to the hold arrow before the hold gets counted as a miss
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don't feel too bad about it, most players I know at 120 to 130 lbs locally have similar issues. try to balance weight as evenly as possible, or cheat them, which is tough to do with holds. try different techniques (a few mentioned here already), and stick with one that works for you.
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I totally passed PSMO on heavy. So I can do FAXX.

[flcl573]

When I'm at an arcade, if a song has more than five hands - or any three-note holds, I don't play it. Besides the fact that most pads have terrible sensors, that shit can be disgusting. I mean, I wipe the sweat off of my body with those hands. It should be noted that I'm not a competitive player, really.

I make exceptions for dedicabs.
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[weakfingers]

I've only played hands once or twice, but the time I did it, I used my palms to hit the arrows. I weigh around 140 lbs, however. I just concentrated a lot on the feet and slapped down for the hands.

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[Pyro90X]

Well to help i weigh about 100 pounds myself, so i can pretty much help with this. Well some hands are easier to put more weight on your legs to keep the holds. for example. If there is a Left right hold and an up comes up, its alot easier to put more weight on ur legs. but on a left right and a down comes its a bit harder to do cause its easy to lose balance.
Some holds may be dropped from time to time but dont worry about it, just try to put more weight on ur legs
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[J. S. Mill]

Hand freezes can be a function of the machine - so first, make sure the machine is good and sensitive.

Second, try narrowing your point of pressure, for instance holding the freezes with your palms (as if you were doing a palm strike in wushu). This works for me.
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[Flound3r]

I weigh 90, and I can do hands. It could be your pad, that's what it was for me.

Also, make sure not to bend over and stick your butt in the air. Keep your butt down (froggy style).
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[Chaos Master]

I weigh 92 lbs and have had very few, if any problems with this. I don't know what I do that makes me keep the holds but I do. That is assuming I can hold holds on given pad in the first place; most arcades aren't sensitive enough >_>

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[Kaku]

You put more pressure on the pad immediately upon contact, so try holding hand freezes by rapidly slamming the pad with your palms (while of course maintaining pressure with your feet for those freezes). If you hit it fast enough the freeze should stay held. Pretend it's a hand roll.
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[Duragon910]

Just bracket rape
P=F/A
Just the heel/toe of your foot
Theoretically it makes sense

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[Kaye]

I sort of have that problem too when I'm holding both feet on freeze arrows, and then I have to do a hand freeze too. I find it best to focus all my weight and tap the hand freeze on beat, instead of trying to hold it.
Like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GC78L-a3oyU

[ddrpros]

yeah i guess i should try to do that once i go back to the arcade soon. queen of light expert is especially hard cuz it requires a lot of hand freezes.
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