# My upstroke is suffering **URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-upstroke-is-suffering/49373 **Category:** Technique Critique **Created:** [October 9, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-upstroke-is-suffering/49373 "2021-10-09T17:45:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 73
### Author: ![SlyVai](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/slyvai/32/9770_2.png) [@SlyVai](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/SlyVai) #### Post date: [October 17, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-upstroke-is-suffering/49373/73 "2021-10-17T04:19:57Z")
@gabrielthorn So you rotate you forearm to change the picking angle for the upstrokes ? @357mag Might be worth taking a look at gabriels videos on his thread to see how the elbow thing looks if you’re interested in reproducing it at all: > [@Gabrielthorn progress thread](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/seeking-for-help-with-my-picking-technique/39180): > > Hey everyone, I’ve been following the forum and the cracking the code videos for a while and decided to post some videos and look for some help with my playing technique. I’ve been playing for a little more than two and a half years but had huge gaps in my practicing “career”. First I’ve picked up the guitar when I was 14 and played for 1,5 years and stopped. I’ve picked up the instrument again when I was 24 and played for an other year and stopped again for different reasons. I’ve moved to my … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/my-upstroke-is-suffering/49373)._