George Lawrence Stone 's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book first in its list of 25 Greatest Drum Books of all-time. In the words of the author, it is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced-level rhythms, moving through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.