So after 2 years of playing the drums i realized i'm holding the drumstick wrong. I always wondered why i had so much fatigue, and i was always dropping sticks. I had the stick laying in the 2nd knuckle of my hand instead of the first, constantly played palm down and never really wrapped the rest of my fingers around the stick

so now i know the right way to hold the stick, (stick laying in first knuckle of finger, against soft of hand, 3 fingers wrapped around) only problem after 2 weeks i still cant play right, the sticks always seem to fall back into my 2nd knuckle, and if i tense up tight enough to keep them in my first knuckle i get hand fatigue

Not to mention it totally changed my wrist position so playing on the hihat is now extremely akward. and whenever i try something fast like 1/16ths my stick falls into mid-finger again.

I'm self taught so i never really learned proper technique, so any help would, well help me alot. thanks