Learn how to operate a manual transmission, or teach others to master the often-intimidating process, with this simple and easy approach.

One day in the not-too-distant future, the ability to drive a stick-shift car will become an archaic art, like basketry or candlemaking . But for the time being, there are still a few new cars on the market with three pedals and an actual gearshift lever. Not to mention the millions of enthusiast-type vehicles with manual transmissions that are still on the road—the cars we enjoy. In fact, if you’re reading this, we bet you already have plenty of experience with conventional gearboxes, as we used to call them, and this topic caught your eye because you are often the one called upon to teach the skills to others. But if you never learned yourself, here’s your opportunity.

The people at the Team O’Neil Rally School in Dalton, New Hampshire know plenty about manual transmissions, naturally, and they know plenty about teaching driver skills, too. Here they put their expertise to use to produce a video that can teach anyone, working from dead scratch, how to operate a manual transmission—and in just five minutes. To help simply the explanation even further, there’s a split screen that allows the shifting and footwork to be shown simultaneously. Whether you’re learning yourself or helping others to learn, here are some great pointers. Watch this.