Stopping the drumstick in a healthy way (playing a downstroke correctly)

Описание: The ideas in this video are from Bill Bachman's Extreme Hands Makeover which I strongly recommend you check out: https://drumworkout.com/courses/extre...

Intro - 0:00 -
Why we want to stop the stick - 0:06
Why we don't want to tense up - 1:20
How to clamp down on the stick correctly - 1:55
Stopping the stick exercise explained - 4:10
Exercise starts - 5:35
Exercise ends and keeping the stick beads low - 7:45
Don't think too much about squeezing between thumb and finger - 8:30

Prerequisites to this video:

How to play a free stroke/rebound stroke -    • How to play a rebound stroke/free stroke o...  

Stringing free strokes together -    • Single alternating strokes drum lesson (si...  

Fingers part 1 -    • Finger technique for drums part 1  

Fingers part 2 -    • Finger technique for drums part 2  

Sometimes we want to play loud strokes (accents) when we're drumming, and sometimes we want to play quieter strokes (taps). Many times, those strokes come immediately after the other, so we need to know how to quickly stop the stick and play a healthy downstroke. I say healthy because there is a way to play these that has you gripping the stick tightly, smacking the drum with that tight grip, and absorbing the shock of that into your hand, wrist and arm. That is the unhealthy way. The healthy way is all about playing a free stroke, and then pulling the stick into the palm when it starts to bounce back up to you. When you do that, you'll avoid taking the shock into your arm.