G'day Crab........really I don't have a problem with this technique & Mountain Pilots I know also don't, it works. I am not chasing an airspeed. The stick is fixed to the side of the thigh & politely holds the airspeed exactly where I want it leaving most of my time with eyes outside rather than staring at the AH which in this part of the World not maintained so cannot be relied on?
Cheers