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Guard Tips and Tricks
 
   
 

When learning and advancing your skills in the Color Guard it is great to have a person there to help you out a little bit. One wrong little detail can make a beautiful move look somewhat sloppy and wrong. So I am going to do the best I can to help you out with those little details that you may not realize are wrong. If you have any questions or if I am wrong let me know.

Tips:

Move: Drop Spins
What you may be doing wrong:
Make sure to grab straight up and down.
(down on odds up on evens)
*Do not curl your thumb around the pole,
rather keep it parallel *sp* to the pole at all
times.
 
Move:Bufferflys
What you may be doing wrong:
Make sure to hit the hit-points on count.
This should be a flashy move, so don't hold
the pole super close to your body..the further
out you push your hand the bigger the move
will be.
 
Move: Double Time/Speed Spins
What you may be doing wrong:
Make sure that on odds you grab up
or down, on the even counts grab
 flat and "pinky-to-pinky"
 
Move:Side-to-Sides
What you may be doing wrong:
The trick to this move it having it in your
hand the right way. Set your flag upright,
put your hand in front of you like you are
booing someone*thumb down* then grab the pole
Remember that the pole always leads from side
to side.
 
Move:Single Toss
What you may be doing wrong:
Make sure that you get a good prep before the
actual toss. Relese with your left hand inemidiatly *sp*.
Keep your right hand on the pole untill your arm is fully
extended and right above your head. Then let go and
watch it fly... then go pick it up and practice untill
you can catch it.

Tricks:

If you want to learn any tricky things let me know.

 
   
 

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