Aha! A fun post! I love to spin my sticks while I play. I hold the stick between my first two fingers and have found that when I spin forward, and grab the stick with the other fingers,stopping the stick, it helps keep time on a ride cymbal. That is really cool on crash cymbals. I'll have to get some video, I do a continuous spin on the hit hat and snare with both hands. It would be hard to explain.Some times I do the "fake twirl" on the ride and all I'm really doing is rotating my wrist, which is how I strike the crash cymbals.
I have a vocal mic on my left, so my right hand is more active with that stuff. I don't consider it "fluff because I have no finese" I consider it entertaining and challenging during a song that
does'nt need more noise at the time.
I don't throw and catch like Neil Peart, I'm more like Tommy Lee. And the blacklights just add to the fun!