Nice perspectives!- this student feels comfortable leading the ictus with his wrist. Maybe, try practicing basic conducting patterns of movement and only lead with different parts of the knuckle - keep your wrist ‘hinge’ steady, all energy with your fingers to the tip of the baton doing different articulating styles etc. - then, once those tools are free with your pattern, musical intent/expression can start to be portrayed and communicated with your ensemble in this case based on the celebration of life after death … 🙂