When i'm without sticks, i tend to focus more on the stuff that I can't play. I'll sit there and run it through my head as if i were playing it, then i'd play them really slow with my fingers to get a feel. Then by the time I get in a position to use sticks, the licks (rudiments, etc...) seem a little more familiar to me.

I play with my hands on a desk or something.

play on ur legs with ur hands and do the doubles and evrything with ur hands. that will build em up and warm em up

although i dint join my school band.. but i learned secretly from my friends.. its so funny.. i am always drumming the table when i finish my work and have nothing to do.. and then my teacher will call out my name or stare at me.. lol

I just beat on the desk with my hands, flat or wrapped as if I were holding a stick.
I do this very much when I'm bored in school..which is pretty much anytime except Symphonic Band.

Most humorous when the spanish teacher tells me "No musica por favor"

I've always used class to compose music and to work on rudimental patterns...I learned to play flam taps a few years ago in German and ive tried to learn a new ruidment or pattern every so often in class. As has been mentioned many times above, its also great for cleaning parts of a show or piece.

I'm a firm believer that drumming is 95% mental, 5% physical. So with that said, almost all of my "non-stick" practice time goes to thinking about passages I've been working at - playing them in my head and observing a "virtual drummer" play them and realizing what motions my arms and hands need to be doing to get the clarity and notes going correctly.

im always tapping out stuff in class, always till the point it annoys my teachers

2 pencils... this annoys my classmates... very much... or i use my hands.... this is aslo annoying to them too... i need a shirt that says
"im a drummer... let it be..." anyone wanna make one.. ill buy it...
kcboy2007@yahoo.com if u know a place with cool drummer shirts

when i wanna make my singles faster, i use hammers.. yes i said it,, hammers.. they are extremely heavy and when you get back to playing with regular sticks..... your singles are SOOOO fast!! its awesome..