Teen Tech Week: Video Game Night with Dance Dance Revolution
What: Video Game Night
featuring Dance Dance Revolution
When: Monday March 12 6:00-8:30 PM
Where: Hunneman Hall and the 2nd Floor
Brookline Public Library
361 Washington Street, Brookline MA
Who: Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to celebrate Teen Tech Week with a Video Game Night featuring Dance Dance Revolution, the video game you can dance to!
Registration begins: February 28, 2007
To add your name to the registration list and pick up a permission slip and fact sheet, please visit the Library!
Or, download it here.
The first twenty-four (24) players to return a signed permission slip to the Main Library Information Desk will be eligible for participation.
Please contact Teen Librarian Robin Brenner at (617) 730-2370 or over email at
Note: DDR is a safe and fun game; however, participants play this game at their own risk. The Library cannot be responsible for participants’ health or fitness.
ABOUT DDR
Dance Dance Revolution Information: (DDR) is a popular dancing video game that allows players to physically interact with the program. Up to four people can compete at once. Players step on arrows on the floor mat that correspond with arrows on the screen to score points. More details can be found online at the website http://www.ddrfreak.com.
As the arrow scroll and pass the bar at the top of the screen, the player must step on the corresponding button on the mat, hitting the button on the mat as the arrow on screen passes the bar. On more complicated songs or levels, steps combine and the player might have to step on more than one button at a time. An announcer insults or praises the player as the game proceeds. Points are awarded for speed and accuracy, and the points and number of correct steps in a row add up to a letter grade AA-Failed. Each song has four levels of difficulty and six levels of speed. New songs are unlocked as a reward for progressive improvement and high scores. Participants may elect to play in Game Mode, Attack Mode or Battle Mode.
DDR Research: Playing DDR improves pattern recognition skills, especially in ADHD students--there is a correlation between playing DDR and improved reading test scores . DDR offers an aerobic workout that gets the heart rate up to 140 beats per minute . Schools in West Virginia, Kansas and California are implementing DDR and similar video games into the physical education curriculum!
DDR Tips:
- Wear comfortable, breathable, layered clothing.
- 30 minutes before gameplay, stop eating and drink a bottle of water.
- Stay hydrated!
- Relax! Hold your body loosely and breathe.
- Start moving when the music starts to get the beat. Don’t ever stop moving – keep the beat.
- Listen to the music and count in your head – 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4.
- Watch the scrolling arrows, not the top of the screen.
- Start with songs that are under 100 beats per minute/less that 5 “feet.”
- You don’t lose points for incorrect steps; you only gain for correct steps.
- Don’t stomp - the pads are very sensitive.
- Don’t move back to center of the pad after each step – stay on the arrows.
- Don’t lift your feet too high or spread your legs too wide – save your energy by shifting weight.
- Use both feet.
- Try facing sideways, instead of forward.
NOTE: DDR is a physically exerting event. If you don’t exercise regularly, you may be very tired and possibly sore the next day, so when you get home, eat two bananas (to increase your potassium level and lessen cramping) and lie on your back on your bed with your feet and legs propped up high against the wall (shoes off!) for about 30 minutes.