wow, this brings back memories. the quad cap'n and myself had latin one together my junior year and we were conveniently positioned across the room from each other. i would give 4 taps with my pencil and we would play one of our cadences together from across the room with pens or pencils until the teacher yelled at us. then we would tap with open hands on the desk in the same fashion. she would yell again. then we would play them out by tapping our feet. then she would threaten detention and such. imagine how mad she was when we quit translating latin in class one day and started writing our own language for our drumline. it was funny. but now i usually jsut play with my hands on my chest or stomach when i'm standing around or sometimes with my teeth while i'm taking a test or something.

well I'm one of those drummers that feels naked with out my sticks too, I usually have them in a side pocket in my hands or just carryin them around. I have my real feel in my bookbag and my big notebook of drum stuff, other than my beatin on the desk, the book gets just as much attention. in 8th grade, I had this one teacher that hated my sticks, I could just take them out to show someone a visual and I'd have to take them to the front, she was fun, but she hated my sticks, can't have that kind of teacher, but I was still beatin on the desk and playin with my nails( I have really long nails for a guy) in my MS Studies classes I even learned how to do a one-handed roll with my pen and the desk, one of the quickest ways to get into THE DESK(basically it's one of the broke desk in the class, the actual desk part isn't connected to the chair so it's leanin down) plus I have a stress ball that'll put in my pocket and pull out the sticks <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/70383-peace.gif" alt="" />

i ussualy tap anywhere with my pencil at d'office,it's help me for concerntrate to my work (well my boss it's not agree with that...)sometimes i do 8th and diddles with a smooth finger on my keyboard...but anyway basically u can do it everyway u want....

Carry my sticks around with me <s>[b]snugglebunny[/b]</s> [color:"red"]a lot</font>. Use my hands mostly to be quiet in class:D

To my knowledge, more than half the game of drumming is in your head. If you sing your parts to yourself in your mind as if you were playing them, it can be very effective. While it will not build hand chops so to speak, it should dramatically increase your mental ability if done right.
While in Crown, before every show we would gather around and sing our parts. It may sound kind of cheezy but it sure made us play cleaner.
I believe a "tick" comes from the mind, not the hands. Once you learn how to control your mind, then as long as your hands are decently in shape you should be able to play cleaner than ever!!!
-Nate <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif" alt="" />

you can practice rudiments with just hands. You can really build chops even play some triplet rolls with just hands. Coordination is something you can work too. I often learn how to mark time to exercises in class at school.

In school, SCV double beat with pencils and using various wrist and finger exercises; I usually have sticks around the house, so I just play on a pad.

I run through through show music or do some rudiments with pencils or just my fingers if class starts to drag, but it usually doesn't last long. My teachers and classmates tend to get annoyed easily.

I have the worst habit of drumming during class. I just hear this beat in my had and just totally rock out on my desk. I also drum on nose. A fellow drumline member passed that onto me. That's what happens when you're with the same people for a long period of time.

I always play sprees on the sides of the desk with my thumbs.