Need help with Electric Side Stepping in Tekken

I have a Madcatz SE Arcade fight stick right beside me and I’m trying to get the side stepping down consistently. Its kinda like this,

d, N, f, N, d, N, f, N, d OR u, N, f, N, u, N, f, N,

N is when the Joystick is right in the middle.

I’m having trouble doing this. When I try it I accidentally hit d/f almost every single time. I can side step so easily with a game pad but with a joystick it just seems 10x harder. I can do Fireballs in SF very easily but this side stepping stuff is making me berserk.

I know I have to practice. But I am curious if there is a little trick involved so I won’t have to discover it on my own lol. Posting popular joystick holds that are common to Tekken will help me too.

Any suggestions? :confused:

the actual notation easiest for me on a stick is f,d/f,d,n,f,d/f,d… like a reverse fireball fast repeatedly.