It's been a while since I shot MF, so I just tested out my "technique" (snort) for loading past the ball bearing on a piece of film. I'm right handed and mainly twist the reel with my right hand while keeping my left stationary. When I twist forward to advance the film, I lower the tip of my middle finger of the right hand to lightly make contact with the film (only touching the film base anyway) and keep it moving forward with the twist, and then raise the finger on the rebound. It turns out I never compress the reel to create friction -- in fact, the looser things stay, the better.