How do you instructors teach your students to control the transmitter?

Do you use the thumbs method (thumbs on top of the control stick) or pinch inbetween the thumbs and fore-finger method? (or for that matter, any other method that you feel is best, and please.. explain why).

Just curious as to your teaching method and what method works best.

I don't actually teach my students to use either method as a preference. I let them use whatever feels best for their situation. Most pattern pilots, though, prefer the pinch between the thumbs and forefinger method.

DS.

ps. I'm sure that there is more than one that will tell me the 'between the cheek and gum' method is best, but this is mainly directed toward non-red-necks... oops, sorry for that..