Over the past four years I have kinda moved away from Drum set playing.  Recently I have began to play the kit again.  During my time off in corp style playing,my playing on the actual drumset has increased tenfold.  After working on my rusty feet, I am better than ever.  The only difficult part was incorporating the extremely strict style of traditional grip used in Corps to the Drumset.  Obviously it was designed with one drum in mind, but with tinkering it can be applied around the set.  Normally not a fan of traditional grip (on the set at least) I now am much more comfortable using it (esp in fills).  Anyway, has anyone else had similar experiences?  I highly recommend a drum Corp.  You will notice a great improvement in all around technicality. 

I grew up using the traditional grip as well.  I also found I had more control and speed using that grip.  But it is more difficult to get around the tom using that grip.  I changed over to matched grip 10 + years ago.  I think it all depends on what style music you end up playing.  I find most jazz drummers use traditional grip and most rock players use matched grip.  Although either one will work for all styles of music

I am sure drum corp was great in developing your chops!

Yeah, marching band will indeed develop good chops, especially marching snare, or multi-toms.

I agree with Ron, either grip works for anything. It's whatever you're used to.