Yo DCer's...

I have a question for you. I play with matched grip, but being that I took such a long hiatis from drumming, I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.

I know that sounds dumb, but I'm literally tearing my hands up. I'll usually play for an hour or so to my iPod at night after the kids are tucked in, and I now have matching blisters on the first digit of my two index fingers, and the second digit of my middle fingers.

So is there a "proper" matched grip, or am I just holding 'em like a 'tard?