Shifters? Educate me!

I have one similar I'm use to a pro Rachet
the B/M pro ratchet I had in my vega was the worst one I ever had , had to let go of the shifter handle , push a lever that was too far away to do it with one hand/or use two hands, and ratchet the shifter all the way back to neutral to clean the engine out , after a burn out= sucked !