You don't accent.
You use your wrist on the first, fingers on the second (When speed increases).
You count & 1, & 2, & 3, & 4 (This helps make the second as loud as the first...hence sound the same).

thanks man.gotta love the vic site!!

We never had the internet when I was learning double strokes so I will share the old fashioned way to get them happening.

I would literally practice doubles all the time.  With a metronome and without I would speed them up and slow them down.  I also played through and had lessons covering the Harr Books, Wilcoxin, Pratt Solos and Anthony Cirone's "Portraits in Rhythm" as well as the the Joel Rothman's "Around the Drums" studies utilizing the dbl stroke roll.

Practice, practice, practice!  Use the different fulcrum points at different tempi and dynamic levels- find out what works best for you!!!!

I played the simple long roll this morning for a few minutes as a "warm down" PHEWW do I stink!  This is something that one can really spend alot of time on.  It would not hurt if I spent an hour a day playing just snare drum stuff.

err it is quite confusing, but i think i saw a weckl demonstration of that somewhere. if i can dig it up i'll post it.

my roommate uses this "weckl" technique, and after a few weeks, he started to develop pain in his left wrist!  proceed w/ caution.

but i dig the vic firth lessons.  if its good enough for a corps gent, its good 'nuff for me.