Drummer Boyd Hayward demonstrates the German grip at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The technique keeps your palm down for natural alignment and full wrist extension, letting you play quiet strokes or powerful whips with more range of motion than other grips.
Hey guys, Boyd here, coming to you today from Berlin, Germany, just in front of the Brandenburg Gate. And today I'm going to talk a bit about the German grip. Being as we're in Germany, it kind of seemed appropriate. Now, the German grip is a very useful grip, it's a very popular grip. certainly not the only grip, but with German grip, what we want to do is keep the hands, the palm of the hand facing down. And this really does exercise a lot of muscles in the wrist, and we can get a lot of power from, from this position. We can get a good whipping position. And I'll demonstrate with a pad, if I could just call in my assistant, Mr. Darth Vader. My lord. So with the German grip, It's a very natural position for the hand. Everything's in a straight line. We can get quiet strokes, but it also— I don't want to upset this guy— can also get a very good molar whip. So we can go from having a very quiet stroke to a very powerful stroke, all from this German position. Like I say, it's not the only position for the whipping position, but it's one of the most natural And we get the highest range of motion that we can get. The wrist can extend fully in both directions, and you can really get a good strong stroke using the German position. So check it out, have some fun with it, and we'll see you next time. Thanks very much. Come on, boy.
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