brifters do indeed require some "technique". twist grips are, in a sense, easier. Brifters -can- shift more than one gear if you push a lever in all the way and hold it a bit. When your brifter is calibrated properly it should indeed take a single click and it should shift well, but you can push it past that single click and you can also fail to push it hard enough to click it all the way. It may take a few miles but after a while it will seem like second nature.