How to drive a stick shift (manual) to win. No more missed gears. Proper hand position

How to shift a manual. No more missed shifts. Proper hand position.
Flawless Manual shifting to win races.
If you have ever missed a shift you know it's not fun and can be costly because the rev limiter and the fuel cut will not help you if you downshift by accident from, let's say from 4th gear to 1st instead of 3rd, resulting in engine damage, from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars depending on your car. If you miss a shift on the way up, let's say from 2nd to 5th, you will not have any engine damage. However it can be dangerous because by the time you realize what happened and get it in the right gear time has gone by, and if you switched lanes to pass, you are now basically sitting in the fast lane with no acceleration. You are a sitting duck for the motorist you just got in front of (essentially cut off).
This video shows proper hand position during shifting, making it almost impossible to go into the wrong gear gear or miss a shift.
This video assumes that you know the basics to driving a manual, so in essence it is meant to turn you from an ok manual shifter into a flawless manual shifter.
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[fastu-kmnw]

Has the king of missed shifts I will adopt that method thank you very much for sharing

[pseudoAndy]

This is exactly how I was taught to shift by my driving instructor on my first driving lesson. Never missed a gear in my life. Seems like most people have no clue about this though, which is a shame.

[tuttobene]

That is an excellent technique thank you for sharing I think I will practice that

[letsenjoythebenzlife]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I’m ready to race.🤩🤩

[DJ_Wi_Fey]

I just had a scary accidental shift from 3rd to 2nd while I was flooring it getting on the highway. Going to practice this method so that never happens again

[frema]

I learned how to drive with stick-shift(YEARS AGO) and I definitely been doing this the wrong way. Thanks for the informative video. 👍🏼👍🏼

[corvettedevil]

I do that in my Corvette when someone tries to race me. Have not missed a shift yet. Actually u r right about muscle memory, I just do it naturally. 👍 thanks so much for sharing

[danchow]

Smooth and finess. That iscwhat is needed when shifting 👍

[ExoticGarage-hpeu]

When are we going to see the Aventador?

[RILLAKING]

Love the video super helpful and I saved for reference second nature, now.!!!

[si_vis_amari_ama]

For Female viewers who may be a bit timid: I am female and this method was taught to me by a trucker. You dont have to be some boy racer, this is suitable for *everyone*. I have been driving for a long time, and this is the best and easiest way by far. * You will never miss a gear, ever. *
*You work in sync with the car as the stick naturally sits between gear 3 & 4. Keep this point in mind.*
Practise this repeatedly again again again with the car switched off with the clutch pushed to the floor and held. Eventually it will become automatic for you, so to speak. Its low stress, relaxed and you will never miss a gear, ever.
Just practise with the forward gears, select Reverse in whatever way you wish, that is not important.
(The only difference with how I was taught is a two-step shift with small pause halfway thru the shift, in the N position, which lessens wear in the selector parts. A trucker would depress the clutch twice but this is unnecessary in a car).

[jasonlee]

Thanks for the video. Very useful. But I want to ask about downshifts. How best to downshift from 5th to 4th as I seem to be having trouble finding 4th when I want to change quickly

[FK.rick]

Thx, I usually got 5th to 4th instead of 6th, also same hand placement for downshifting?

[sanzvlogs]

Wish it worked on my car...my whole shifter assembly is messed up. When in neutral my gearshift is leaning towards the fifth gear

[dpainmechanics]

when i shift to forth i usually do it the way you shifted to 6th. much better to do it that way and accidentally shift to 6th instead of 2nd

[karliefarrell]

why cant this be done on a automatic car?