Hand technique concepts - Jojo Mayer vs. Bill Bachman?

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Is anyone familiar with both Jo Jo Mayer's hand technique as he explains in "Secret Weapons For The Modern Drummer" and Bill Bachman's "Stick Technique"? Are the concepts similar?

I'm mostly self taught and I want to change my hand technique to become more efficient. But I don't want to start down a road, put in the reps, only to find out I should have gone down a different road..... Insights greatly appreciated!