How To Warm Up Your Hands Before Practicing and Gigging 

Great advice you have here. I use to be a USMC Drum & Bugle Corps and a USMC Band drummer. Currently a young 65 years old. I warm up with 82 gram Coopermans. I then go down to Vic Firth Billy Cobham sticks. Just started playing again after many years. Your various videos are appreciated by many in the drum community. Thank You.

Thank you. This is great advice for me personally. I am in the process of refinishing a big Slingerland kit. 24” bass drum. 18” floor tom. It requires a lot of fine hand sanding. Good ol elbow grease. Which, as you mentioned, is pretty rough on a drummers hands. I truly appreciate the labor of love that you put into the making of your sticks. Which at some point in time will become pieces of drumming history.

Great ideas for warm up,thank you

thanks for the tips on this subject. very helpful

Another great video thankyou Rick great advice

This is just amazing information. Thank you!

Thanks as ever Rick. I’ll give this a go when my new sticks ( from you ) arrive . 🙏

Your focus on health is very refreshing.

Thank you, great job, you are one of the real prefessional drummers out there, your knokledge is so vast, I been playing drums for more than 50 years and I watch your videos everyday, they're great to improve your drumming in so many ways, thank you so much, keep up the good w

The cool down is a great time to try new stuff

I'm 64 and finding how important warm up and stretches are. Thanks for the good advice!

Hi Rick! How can I buy the book you’re using on this particular video. Your playing & teaching have made realize how important REAL discipline is. Thanks, Gonzalo 🇵🇷

Terrific warmup guidance Rick. Even though I am a working drummer and have been playing a long time, I don’t have daily warm-up concept. This is a great place to start. Before a gig, as a rule I’ve got the sticks in my hands for at least 10-20 minutes. That usually means playing on the dashboard and steering wheel en route to the gig… Don’t try this at home kids, or while driving…

2:25 I so feel like Daniel Sam right now.😆

Hi Rick, thank you for this video. I always kind of freestyle my approach into warming up, but this is more disciplined and helpful. What do you think about warming up on the kit? Should I apply this mentality with to feet/ankles?

Thank you sir for this wonderful channel ! Question regarding weak left hand fulcrum for matched grip. Are there any fulcrum strengthening exercises you can recommend with or without sticks ? Thank you for any advice.

This is very helpful. How come you keep your metronome or all 16th notes rather than on quarter notes or half notes?

Rick- like training with weights, you warm up but start with the light and move to the heavier. Therefore, for older drummers, after the hands warmups, why not start with a lighter stick and work your way up to the heavier, it seems starting heavy would be more of a shock to the joints/tendons, etc. Makes any sense?

Hello sir! May ask where I can purchase the initial sticks you're using on this video for warming up? Thank you!

Hi Rick! I would like to buy the book your working from in this video.How do I go about it ? Thanks, Gonzalo from 🇵🇷