FrontierGibberish
Senior Member
After almost a year with my former teacher (about the amount if time I have been playing) I changed teachers. My first lesson with my new teacher was last Thursday and the first thing he did was change my grip - which is FINE, he is the teacher I am the student. The "problem" is the new grip change has rewound the tape on my progress - or so I seem to think anyway. Like any new grip (I played golf and baseball) it is awkward and feels unnatural to me. He basically moved my hands from a German grip position to an American grip position. My first assignment was to practice 4 on a hand to a painfully slow click. I am just frustrated that I am stuck on this practice pad again like I was a year ago - banging out single strokes. If I get on my kit I try to use the new grip but it is too weird so I go back to the pad. I know this grip will feel better soon but it is so frustrating having the rewind button hit on me like this and to be honest I am a little angry at my former teacher for not changing my grip if it needed it - which apparently it did. Just wanted to air it out.
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