Stick handling - random Ah Ha moment

Stumbled on a way to manage my balance better when sweeping the stick quickly from one side to the other. Here is a top down view of the stick and the Blue Straw Man.

By holding the stick out in front and attempting to pivot the stick about an imaginary point mid way between my hands two good things happened:

1. Both hands are engaged and apply force so both arms are creating the drive
2. The motion is largely symmetrical so it has less impact on balance than twisting your upper body to move the stick.

I think this might be a useful method when controlling the ball left to right, reaching quickly to get the ball when you're wrong footed, or trying to create the largest obstruction you can to a players path. The flip side is that your body posture doesn't change much so there is no faking value to it. i.e In a fake the player might drop a shoulder to make the opponent think they are heading in one direction and then quickly turn the opposite way to wrong foot the opponent. Here the player's body is being used to broadcast a confusing message about their intention. In the above stick handling approach the line you're riding and your posture can't really be used to broadcast. For this reason I think this approach might be better used in defensive moves where (it seems to me) quick reflexes to follow the opponents lead is more important. In offensive moves I suspect this move will leave the ball too far away from you to really feel in control of it.

Update: Keeping the lower hand fixed and doing all the work with the upper hand works well, if not better for controlling and avoiding going off balance. It does trade of some power but it gains in control and balance. Has good success in dribbling the ball at a good speed using the fixed lower hand.