OKAY, so when I do a little fill where let's say I am doing single-stroke 8ths with left hand on the snare and right hand on the tom

...and then I reverse it so now my LEFT hand is on the same tom and my RIGHT hand is now back down on the snare.

I always thought this looks cool, switching hands and all, but just kinda noticed that it...well sorta sounds the same when you switch them. Perhaps a little different. Not much. Heck, yer still doing the same thing but now suddenly using different hands

SO, is it worth the effort to just switch hands between the same two drums while doing the same pattern...or is this just lame drumming?

When I switch hands should I be heading to some new drum territory and not just reversing what I am currently doing?

thanks
OX

Nothing wrong with doing stuff to look cool, as long as it makes sense musically. You're putting on a show, after all.

I do it but when I switch, I tend to change toms too. LH-RH with LH on 10" tom, then RH-LH with RH on 12" tom.

you should definitely try it on different drums too, just to mix it up.

However, Buddy Rich often did a thing where he crossed his hands over from snare/floor tom to floor/tom snare and did it fast, to look cool.  I am sure that if sound alone was his goal, this flamboyant showmanship would have been uneccessary.   Go for the show!

In fact, I think I see Conan O' Brian's drummer, Max Weinberg do that all the time for visual effect too as the show is opening.