Finger exercises?

[Suntan Luigi]

What finger exercises do you do to warm up before playing a match, whether it be friendlys or tourney?

 

[Binx]

I doubt many people do any sort of exercise to warm up your hands, if your hands start off slowly I would recomend playing some friendly matches first to get used to them, maybe play a faster character that you dont use in tournament and just spend a little bit of time shffling random attacks into computers before a tourney. Find something that works for you, if your fingers are slow you can try playing Step Mania with your right thumb and some other finger haha.

 

[McCloud]

I got this trick for finger dexterity off of Scrubs. Try rolling a quarter down your knuckles.

 

[DippnDots]

I masturbate profusely and then goto the tournament...without washing my hands.

 

[dheejhaay]

I masturbate profusely and then goto the tournament...without washing my hands.

QFT

**** straight..

 

[Blubba_Pinecone]

I never do anything along the lines of finger exercising... maybe some warm-up matches if I feel the need, but nothing actually along the lines of line-drilling my digits.

 

[WestStar]

Just make a fist and let go like 100 times on each hand. It's a good exercise for many things ranging from video games, band, and even scratching.

 

[Yomi]

Try learning some fingers tricks like spinning a pen, trick card shuffling or manipulating a quarter as previously mentioned. They will take some practice, but once you get good it will help your fingers and also help you relax.

 

[SCOTU]

Just practice a ton, eventually you'll need minimal warmup time. Trust me, my fingers move really fast (they didn't start that way), and I don't need much warmup time.

 

[vericz]

I usually crack my fingers and then my thumbs, I even do it while i play. Otherwise just play the friendlies until you are warmed up

 

[kenny10]

When I'm in a friendly, I just start doing some random stuff until I'm warmed up. During a tournament, I just play a couple of warm up rounds before I start my match.

 

[KZEZ]

As most people said friendlies are the best way to warm up and should be all you need to be prepared for tourny play but for some reason I often find myself moving the controller as if dash dancing right before the a match starts. but that is probably just due to the fact that I am to impatient to wait and need to release nervous energy.

 

[Jigglymaster]

I forget which pro did this but they used to play the Piano b4 playing in the tournament to warm his fingers up to play good. Being able to do this requires you to be able to play the piano good tho.

 

[Umpy]

i dont really do ne finger exercises...but i do my wave dash motion on my control stick.

yes i know..i jump with the control stick. i am lame.

 

[mobilisq]

Crack every knuckle and middle joint on each finger and stretch each digit back a bit to loosen the muscles up.

's about it

 

[BigRick]

I masturbate profusely and then goto the tournament...without washing my hands.

eww thats why I never shake my opponents' hands

your sig breaks rule 1 & 2 btw

 

[Ether]

I flex my left wrist back and forth, even in the middle of a match, especially if I'm Fox.

 

[CHUK]

I play Smash and guitar.

 

[DippnDots]

eww thats why I never shake my opponents' hands

your sig breaks rule 1 & 2 btw

Your statement is false btw.

 

[=ArtH=]

eww thats why I never shake my opponents' hands

your sig breaks rule 1 & 2 btw

Rules 1 and 2 aren't real.

 

[SirroMinus1]

none your fingers will get faster in time

 

[Sugoi]

I crack my knuckles sometimes.

I masturbate profusely and then goto the tournament...without washing my hands.

Not cool man, you told me that was lotion on your hands.

 

[SirroMinus1]

I masturbate profusely and then goto the tournament...without washing my hands.

am i the only one who finds this extremely funny

 

[Perfect Hero]

http://superhandz.com/

nuff said.

 

[Yomi]

Does cracking you kunckles really help your fingers loosen up? I always thought it was just a good way to release a little psychological tension. Does anyone have some evidence of what cracking your kunckles does in this respect?

 

[Suntan Luigi]

superhandz.com lol I'll have a good look at that.

Yeah most of the stuff you guys said sounds good and I will try them all out (well almost all of them)

 

[Dark.Pch]

Play DDR on the keyboard with your right hand. Use only the 4 arrows on the keyboard. That helps me out anyway.

 

[theONEjanitor]

if i can i go in and shffl dairs with fox over and over again

 

[icraq]

Something I do for playing bass guitar, which may also apply to playing video games:
Take your right hand and arm and stick them out straight. Take your left hand and pull your fingers back towards you for about twenty seconds at a time. Then switch to the other hand. Do that for about 4-5 minutes (or until you just don't want to anymore).

Helped relieve the paralyzing hand cramps I got from playing guitar for extended amounts of time.

Don't crack your knuckles unless you're trying to make your opponent think you're weak. It's not a myth that that will cause arthritis in your later years.