Look for exercises that incorporate the rudiments, just playing flams over and over won't make you good at flams, you have to be able to incorporate them into a playing situation. Find a good book to help you out. I can recomend the "Rudimental Cookbook" from rowloff productions. The book not only has exercises, but also fun snare drum solos that incorporate the rudiments that you are learning. The solos get more and more advanced until you are incorporating every rudiment in the last solo.
Great post Pastor Bob. I might add that I would often play rudiments along with songs. Once you have the proper sticking and form, just put on a song you like and play along with it. You might have to try some different songs at first to find the right tempo for the speed you can comfortably play the rudiment at but this is something that helped me to practice rudiments longer when I would have otherwise quit sooner.
What's even easier is to buy a small drum machine and program some simple rhythms in it and play along with that. It's a lot of fun and with a drum machine, you can control the tempo.
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