I had no idea it was unhealthy. Any reasons as to why it is?

Man I totally forgot about playing on a pillow. Time for those singles!

I don't know...you could get carpal tunnel...maybe, but...I'm sure it's worth it. People told me to take it easy back when I used to do it.

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This Is My Grip,Can Someone Enlighten Me As To If I Am Doing It Correct?When I Do Double Strokes I Seem To Be Slicing, Hitting In Two Different Spots,Is There Anything To Help Me Diddle In The Same Exact Spot?,Which Will Increase Sound Quality And Speed?.When I Go Faster Or Do Diddles My Ring Finger Disconnects From The Stick A Little Bit But My Index And Thumb Always Stay In Contact And My Middle Finger Never Leaves It's Place.The Only Thing That Moves Is My Ring Finger.Is This Correct?

The link isn't working for me but, addressing the ring finger disconnecting from the stick, I don't see anything wrong with that. My only advice for getting your double strokes to hit the same spot is to practice double beat slow and place each note, paying attention to what your hand is doing. Then start speeding up and when you notice you start slicing try and see if you are doing something different with your hand.

Here's Another View,Sorry Bout The Double Post Im New And I Dont Know How To Add More Files To One Post.

My left hand is more with the Phantom technique but thats only because i want to march Phantom. Couldn't you just use what the corps you want to be in uses?

At an audition camp for the Revolution in '03 or '04 the drum tech had us grip about an inch from the butt on the left hand. I had never seen a corps(or anyone) do this before...very uncomfortable. I do not know if they still use that style, or even if that stuck for the entire season.

So this is my trad grip. I don't think it looks too bad.

Sorry about the redness, my flash is messed up and my camera died before I got a chance to tweak it a bit.

Critiques?

EDIT - My picture isn't uploading correctly for some reason. I keep getting a 404 when i click on it. I've tried re-uploading it but no luck. Tiny pic will work for now.

Actually John has it down preety good. I personaly think its a uniqe thin how people natraully hold thier sticks, if you can easaly do cheeses and double pariididles in 30 sec notes.. who cares how you hold the left stick lol

Remember everybody has to look the same. And it's not 30 sec notes, it's 32nd notes ;). The point is there are many correction versions of traditional, but there are many many more wrong variations