Why don't people use fingertricks for D moves?

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I see it SO often, where really fast guys use their whole hand for D moves. I've seen Harris do it, and Yu does it as well.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkKrDYT0lE[/youtube]



Why not just use your ring fingers?

 

[scottp45]

I use my ring fingers....but my friend (who averages 14-15 s to solve a cube) uses his full hand. Maybe because then your ring finger and other fingers are set for another move, like RU'R, moving R with your right index finger, U' with your left index finger, then as your doing this moving your right hand to regrip the R face to do R'.

 

[Neroflux]

D and D' with ring finger, wristing for D2.

 

[Athefre]

I hardly ever have to use D so I haven't bothered to work on my fingertricks with that layer. I used to use my ring fingers but I quit for some reason.

 

[Kenneth]

This is a trigger I use: (l' R' D2)

Hold double L-side turn that while you do R' with the thumb on the Urf and when it's done wrist turn the D2 without changing grip:

Used in this commutator (COLL): (l' R' D2) (R U2) (R' D2) (R U2 R)

 

[RobinBloehm]

I use a usual trigger for D2, as you do the U2 with two fingers.
A-Perm for example:
left index and thumb hold the cube, cause you have to turn the whole cube anyway, you don't use extra time to hold it like that.
D2 with ring finger and then following middle finger.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Guys, this isn't a "how do you do D turns?" thread. My question is "Why do people do D turns THAT SPECIFIC way?". It seems inefficient to do it that way

 

[Escher]

well the transition between a D with your wrist and R/R' is a little easier i think. you have to 'switch' the weight on your hand, and maybe just moving your hand around is a little quicker/easier...

 

[scottp45]

Moving my hand is certainately faster than my ring finger, after comparing times in the last hour...

 

[waffle=ijm]

I've always done ring finger D' moves... It just comes naturally when it comes to pulling the BD piece to do M slices. So I just apply the same thing to D. It's a lot easier than exchanging grips.

However, I use my hand for D2 moves. Easier (for me) to do rather than doing finger triggers twice.

 

[scottp45]

Hmmmm.....must be personal preference then...

 

[MTGjumper]

Yeah, I use ring finger for D or D' and right hand for D2. It's a bit slower than I like, but the only time I really use D2 is for cross or l2 U' R D2 R' U R D2 R. That alg's a bit slow for me.

 

[ImNOTnoob]

Im the same as Waffle=ijm.
I also use ring fingers for D and D' moves, but use wrists for D2 (A perm of fridrich method)

 

[Leviticus]

I use my wrist, you guys are weird I think i do it because after i do the D/D'/D2 i can use the same hand for an R or U move rather than regripping.

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

For D2, I use my ring and middle finger and can do D2 really fast with it (kind of like how people do U2).

 

[Laurentius]

I don't get it either. They most probably use their ringer fingers when doing OH, why not also on 2H?

 

[ExoCorsair]

Rowe Hessler has some crazy D's.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

I've kind of found my own way to do Ds and D's. I use the pad of my thumbs (depend on which D) and do it like a "thumbed" U or U'.

 

[ManuK]

I do D,D',D2,D2' all with ring fingers..

 

[CAT13]

I use ring fingers for all, also. I've tried wristing some D moves (especially for A perm) and quite frankly, it sucked.
What I don't understand is why people sometimes wrist U2 moves.