Amazing Snare Drum Stick Trick - The Windmill Drum Stick Trick

What is that called? We don't know but today we're going to call it the windmill and also we're going to learn how to do it. So let's start off with how do you hold the sticks? First both sticks are in match grip some way you know pretty much know what that is if we're going to learn a trick. If you don't know what match grip is you don't need to be watching the video but watch the match grip video. Okay so once we go there you want to make sure that we grab the stick this is the focal right here between your middle finger and your thumb right there. Now the tension that you want to have is just enough so that the stick can move. So this is something you might want to practice a few times on both sides just to really kind of get how the weight of the stick works and the momentum just right. Okay now your pointer finger or your index finger is used to kind of guide the stick. All right so when I come over as you can see my index finger is there just for support but the main thing I'm really using is just the ring finger sorry the middle finger and the thumb that index finger just for a little more control as to where the angle of the stick is. Now when you're doing this you want to make sure that they're all straight out as far as possible. If it's too short you're going to learn your lesson really quick because it'll come in boom you don't want that to happen. All right so boom you don't want that to happen. All right so here arm straight out okay your rotation now to start getting the rotation just right you want to have it up then you want to put bring it towards you drop it back up that's one rotation start one rotation at a time I want you to make sure that you're going around keeping this area flat you're not really wavering you're not coming this way that way you're really going straight forward making sure you're straight forward drop up drop up now once you get that momentum going you can slowly start speeding it up and before you know it you have your windmill going. Same thing with the left hand which is one of the key rules of drumming which is what whatever you can do with the right or one hand you have to be able to do with the other hand. All right so same thing I'm doing together now all you have to do to get that extra flash look to it is to split them up just like that then if you want to get even better look you may go opposite directions that was not good guys you can make it go opposite directions all right remember keeping those arms straight out nice good grip between your thumb and your middle finger here back to the same direction together and you're done so what you're going to do is go home and practice that right if you're not at home already of course practice that get a couple of z's in right here make sure you got the tension right this is very important because some people try to hold stick too tight and it goes all crazy so y'all make sure you have a good loose tension in there all right I hope you guys enjoyed this video uh follow me on instagram at in time percussion twitter at the letter in time percussion facebook as well www.intimepercussion.com you can also follow me like subscribe share to your friends practice post your videos and tag us in atlanta drum academy or in time percussion peace