Holding and controling the stick

Is there an optimal way to hold and control the stick.

Are inputs made with the hand or fingers and thumbs.
Should the fingers always be touching the stick.

 

Thanks.

 

It’s definitely up to preference but there are strengths and weaknesses to the grips combined with the hand size of the player.

I would say my hand size is probably average and I personally use a grip where I rest the shaft between my pinky and ring finger—a lot of general motions are controlled by my wrist and broad movement with my ring and index finger, but I use my thumb and sometimes index finger to fine tune my movement.

I believe some players like Dark Nova Void and Black Alert might have larger hands than me, but they both seem to completely control the stick by moving the ball with their index finger and thumb. They probably have more accuracy than me too.