Drummers, This Is How Your Wrist Works
Musical Wrists. Photo credit: firepile
If you only ever read 1 article on anatomy...
...make sure it's this one. Because when you can hack into how your wrist works and get it moving in the right way, you will notice huge differences in your playing. I know I did. More fluid grooves, faster fills and much more ease when you move around the kit. But before you can exploit this part of your body you need to understand how it works.
Your wrist is a complicated joint consisting of 8 bones. Although this gives you a lot of flexibility it does mean that there are a lot of movements to learn. This means you've got some reading, learning and practising to do. You not going to get all this straight away but... think about it. When was the last time
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How To Play Wrist Technique
The human body is not made to play drums
But with a bit of practice you can hack into its natural movements and exploit them for your own ends. Namely, drumming.
Take that inefficient human body!
In this post I will show you a great hack for improving your hand speed, power and sound.
The Hack
Try this:Find a table and place your forearm flat on it so that the pads of your fingers, palm of your hand, underside of your forearm and your elbow are on the table. Now move your arm so that your fingers and the palm of your hand are off the table. Done that? If you relax your wrist and hand it will flop down, your fingers will extend and point to the ground. When you pull your hand up with your wrist, your fingers will
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