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I wouldn't worry so much about all of this. Think of it this way: Dave Weckl is one of the greatest drummers of his time. He plays one way. Carter Beauford is another terrific drummer who has had great success. He plays another way (swiss grip). Dennis Chambers, another of our world's finest drummers, plays with a more rigid grip. They all have somewhat different approaches and yet they all have reached great levels of success on their instrument.
There are many ways to skin a cat. In my opinion analyzation can at times be counter-productive. I'm sorry if I'm not addressing your question very specifically but I just see a trend recently with younger guys taking this stuff apart to the enth degree and sometimes I think it goes too far. Everybody thinks their an expert on how to hold drumsticks. Tuning is the same way.
I'm an older guy. I just started playing and never looked back, and I've done it all. Yes, I looked at my grip. It looked like everyone else's. Then I forgot about it. Later, when I was looking for more advanced methods, I got into more finger control and some Moeller ideas but this is advanced stuff. More often I see drummers try to tackle a lot of this stuff from the beginning and it's just confusing the hell out of them.
Choose a grip that is comfortable with you and is somewhere in the range of what's considered acceptable by most pro drummers and then LET IT GO. Spend your precious time building a drumming vocabulary (chops) and learning how to groove REAL hard. You'll be a major success. I guarantee you!
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