I am learning these rifle tricks and they are pretty hard because the rifle flips. Btw, my wrist hasn't stop hurting in months and I still do colorguard😁
Ana Cooper it’s not “wrong”. Color guard is very regional specific and also constantly evolving and changing. Different groups teach different techniques everywhere you go- it’s important to be adaptable and willing to change.
The majority of my students start in 7th grade and I find they don't have the strength not to dip. Also, every guard I've ever spun with dips for all tosses. Might just be an east coast thing!
If you look around you'll see a lot of people have different technique. It depends on what coast you live on, what school you go to, who your instructors have been. I've spun with several different groups and have had to learn different dips throughout the years. This is the one that I always go back to. But I also don't dip at all- which is a challenge and can help with your technique for releasing.
Daniel Color Guard I'm mostly thinking about if you had to a 6 , and dipping like that to do a six would be incredibly difficult. Our team Just won state yesterday. I'm just used to the basic stuff my director has taught me.
Congratulations on winning state! You are right about doing a six, it would be incredibly difficult. For the group I teach, we do a full dip for anything after a quad, but before that we do a quarter dip!
+Daniel Color Guard that's cool. I'm watching this video because one of my friends was supposed to teach me to spin over the summer just for fun and then about semis day I realized we hadn't done it haha.
Thanks for commenting! It's likely that you are twisting your wrist too much, or releasing with your hand any other way but flat. So when you go to release really focus on the palm of your hand staying parallel to the front! Let me know if this helps!
Do you have any tips for new rifle spinners who keep palm rolling the rifle when trying to do drop spins? I have to do many in my show and I can't get the drop spins right! (However I already have my tosses)
omg I'm about to cry I just made the team and am trying to learn new stuff and I can't do it. When I'm doing singles on rifle it always flips while it's spinning how do you toss it and still have a clean spin??!!! Please help.
First off, make sure you are prepping properly before each toss. Most every guard has different technique, but I teach my students to make sure their wrists aren't broken, shoulders down and arms boxed out with the thumb and palm pressed against the rifle. When you dip you squeeze and hold on to that squeeze until the release. Try it a few times without the rifle in your hand to make sure the path of your left wrist is going straight up, not bending and flinging. Then apply the same concept with the rifle. Check your planes and make sure you aren't tilting the rifle forwards or backwards and make sure you release strong and make a 90% angle with your left arm by your face. Palm should face the audience. Most importantly go slow and don't give up! Anyone can spin, but it takes passion to perform!
If ur wrapping ur thumb around it maybe that's why it's spinning in in this first time rn to and they told me that's why mine was spinning bc I wrapped my thumb lol
For tossing the rifle, I get scared catching because it think it's going to hurt my hand or something, so how do u overcome that? Is there a way to practice catching it?
Hi there! Thanks for commenting on the video! When it comes to catching, the important thing is to make sure you are using proper technique when tossing. If you toss with proper technique, it will always land where it needs to. Remember to spot the center of the rifle so you know how it's rotating. It's a bit of trial and error, but while you are practicing on your own, spin in some grass and practice proper technique WITHOUT catching first. Just watch how it spins. Then just go for it! Try to make the toss a little loftier at first, so it moves slower, then work your way up. It's all about confidence! Hope this helps!
