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I once taught this to someone, and we found that talking about the friction point caused him to release the clutch far too slowly with the same result: he slipped the clutch against his stationary engine which dragged speed down a little each time.
We had much better results by learning where on the pedal travel the friction point is, and then quickly & smoothly releasing the pedal just past there and pushing it back in again. The whole engage/disengage action takes about half a second, and if done in a higher gear is smooth & drama-free.
It may all depend on the car, of course, but all the manuals I've driven have worked nicely this way.
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