Always have a stick at the ready.
Dropping a stick in the middle of playing, and recovering gracefully, is part of mastering the drum set. It has been a challenge for decades, and a variety of solutions have been developed to cope with it. Here's another: the T-SH Stick Holster. The holster holds two pairs of sticks or mallets, and is fairly flexible and will hold a variety of stick sizes. Ready pardner? Draw! You can whip out your new stick as fast as a hotshot cowboy can draw a gun. Keep the groove steady with the T-SH Stick Holster.