osu! | How to Improve Stamina/Speed

In this video we talk about the important factors that make up your tapping ability and the things you should be training on and avoiding. These are my personal thoughts simplified as much as I could to make it into an easy to understand video. I didn't cover misc stuff and going into bigger details as I didn't want to confuse new players. Hopefully you'll be able to take something from the video and it will help you in your journey to improve with Stamina/Speed. Remember do not rush take your time, If you can't do a 180 bpm stream near perfectly don't try 200 just yet!

Beatmaps you can use to speed up or play at normal speed to improve:

Video mentioned:

FunOrange rate changer:

My Socials:

Huge shoutout to Yanny#0001 for putting a lot of time and effort into editing this video for me! I can't thank you enough.

Yanny's Socials:

[tmkk]

"I don't care if it's 4-star or 10-star!"

*Cries in 3-star* :(

[Kariyu]

This is so well-made it's insane, 10/10 video but 11/10 for accumula town theme

[Yveci]

I like how he just shows a clip of xqc just overdosing on osu LOL

[cpaable]

2:22
If you're confused - yes, he did in fact FC a map on 2 potatoes.

[GanZsie]

i don't have problem with speed, the problem is when the streams become s p a c e d.

[devinsmithdevinsmith]

Little tip: Icy Water gives the same waking-up and energy boosting effect as coffee, while not relying on caffeine or anything unhealthy. It can also help with shaking a slight bit.

[joshseven]

just fced rog hddt thanks for the tips

[style]

finally a tutorial without "play more" being the answer

[Mustard]

maybe me drinking a monster every play session is a bad idea

[xBlackBird]

"tap lighter and don't tense"

Sir i just HIGHLY improved my streaming skills with your tips.
I just kept focusing on my left hand to tap as light as I can, and my results just got much better.

Thank you!

[kingz]

Considering how fast you improved recently, I'm exited to see your take on improvement videos like these. Excited for this premiere :)

[ElevendyWOT]

The lifting of the arm is something I've noticed you and aetrna both doing.

Honestly didn't know what it was for until now but I'm glad you shared this. Thank you.

[kikkukun]

I'll leave this here as a bit of a reminder for myself. Right now, I can only do ~12 note 220bpm bursts, and I can't really play long streams of any length or bpm, even <180. That's probably a lack of technique, but it's just as important as speed.
I'll start off low bpm and develop my technique, as you say, rushing will just cause me to pick up bad habits and the like.
Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it a lot! Good luck with it yourself, I really enjoy watching you improve.

[Scopiiii]

You might have accidently posted in the same beatmap link twice on beatmap 4 and 5 in your describtion ... but still huge thx for making this video

[RetroGuyGameing]

I have watched a lot of RyuK (Ryan) over the years and he has shown me MANY shortcuts to streaming along my osu! journey. I’ve just reached being able to stream 200bpm consistently over about a year and a half’s time of playing osu! Consistently(have been nonchalantly playing for 4-5 years). Spare’s techniques are spot on and pretty much the exact same pointers as RyuK would give from time to time on stream. Just want to say take to every little detail he added in this video, and streaming will change over time. PATIENCE, is the biggest factor in streaming...patience and consistency with practice. Honestly, thank you so much for making this Spare!!! I’m a stream player and it makes me sad not seeing many coming up through the ranks over the past year to two years, THE STREAM RACE IS DYING. I’m hoping this will revamp it and add a lot more variety to players!!:) I see a lot of 1-2 Andy’s and if they’re not 1-2’s they just HR and DT MORE 1-2’s!! More players need to learn streams or else they’re going to be Stuck at more hard spots simply bc they won’t have the jump stamina. Like just stream???4head...For some reason I’m very passionate about this game. Idk, it might be just bc I love music so much and I feel like osu! is definitely one of the REAL rewarding games out there. So, thank you so much spare for this video. The 1-2 Andy’s will appreciate later on how much this will teach them for finger control, stamina, bpm change’s, ACC, LITERALLY EVERYTHING.

ALSO...KEEP CLIMBING BBY, I’m subbed on twitch and support. Glad ya down rage as much as ya used to ahahaha....GOODLUCK!!

[gyro]

yo spare just wanted to say that in 3 hours following your tips i improved A LOT on streaming, keep up the good work!

[ultranova]

Bloody legend I tell ya...it’s 2 am rn and I needa sleep but tomorrow morning I’m definitely trying all this out without a doubt....spare mate ur an actual legend for giving us a hand cz I’ve been trying to find a way to increase my stream speed...now I’ve finally got it. Thx a lot buddy

[Jeshse]

VERY HELPFUL. I WILL DO THIS IN THE FUTURE TO IMPROVE MY SPEED AND STAMINA

[deathcharge]

yo this actually works. deadass after i watched this video and focused on the aspect of not tapping as hard, i played some few heavy stream maps and crazy maps such as unpleasant sonata and burn this moment into the retina of my eye and my streams were more consistent, accurate, and fast. not to mention my single tapping speed got faster and my accuracy did improve on said maps since i didnt focus on tapping that much.

you know those times where you just watch one thing or learn something immediately got better because you were just using the wrong technique? yeah. i just had that moment. thanks man

[barennora]

I once found that my speed and stamina greatly increased when I tried to tap quietly. My keyboard is a bit loud, and my room is above my parents, so they sometimes complained when I'd play at night. So whenever it got late, I'd intentionally try to tap quieter, and removing the force I normally used when streaming really helped.