Like every inexperienced drummer, his climax drumming sounded very 'pop' and stuck closely to the same 8-beat pop that he has been playing for the whole song. What he played totally failed to raise the music to climax.
A climax is where all the instruments sound with maximum intensity just before the song is brought to a close. Every beat is accented. This is to emphasize the ending for the song or the sequence of songs sung and to drive home the theme of the song or worship.
As the music approaches the last 8 ( or 16 ) bars of the song on the way to climax, the drummer should disregard his usual beats and start playing on the toms and snare and cymbals. He should play following the rhythm of the melody and also play the fills around the melody.
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