Carousels on Flag - Spintronix Shorts 

I talk about this in a later video too, but that’s also a correct term! Really, any move that does that wrist motion is a flourish (carousel, windmill, butterfly, Blue Devil, invert, etc).

Extensions are done at any point that’s away from the tab, it’s more like a classification of move than an exact move itself.

We call the just flourish

Lots of people do!! I’ve taught all across the country and found that “windmills” is the most common name for them. And the thing I call a windmill most guards call a “blue devil” 🤣

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Same

I’ve heard this name for them too!

I’m officially calling them that it sounds so much cooler than what I’ve been calling them.

My school calls them whirlybirds. The reasoning behind this. I have no idea.

that’s i what i call em too

I’ve heard that one before!

Same

I was thinking the same!!! But for back scratchers I think you're supposed to hold your hand upside down

I’ve heard of a million names for these, but whips is a new one. It sounds like you call the same thing windmills that we call windmills though.

Ooh interesting! That’s a term I haven’t heard before. There aren’t many of those.

Super important, of course! And depending on the technique where you spin that might be the only thing you’re allowed to use to get your flag to go around.

That’s awesome! I love parades. 🥰

Lol!!! Why lazy? That cracks me up.

@@SpintronixGuard because normally we do them all the way, like your whole arm is extended instead of small ones

Glad I could help!

Thanks!

Nice!

I’ve heard that before!

I’ve heard that! We have a different move we call butterflies, and when we tack a carousel onto the end of a butterfly it’s called a double butterfly for us. So your nomenclature makes perfect sense!

A lot of people use that term for this!!! I would say it’s the most common one.

I’ve heard sweeps before but not scoops! Interesting one!

We actually call anything that’s done from the bottom 1/3 of the pole an extension as well!

There’s another name I’ve never heard before!!

That’s awesome!!! Welcome to the color guard world!

We have other ones we call butterflies!

We actually do too, but we use “flourish” as a category of moves, not just one specific move. Carousels, windmills, and butterflies are all flourishes. Just like you can do “spins” but there are drop spins, speed spins, Peggy spins, etc.

I’ve heard that term before too!

We also have more detailed, full length videos in our playlist section of our channel!

Oh that’s a cute name too!!!

Makes sense, I’ve heard that name before.

I’ve heard that term before too!

I’ve heard that before too! We have a different move we call windmills that’s kind of backwards from this.

@@SpintronixGuard and we call the backwards one a flourish!

Hey that works too!

I’ve heard lots of teams call these windmills! I would actually say that’s probably the more common term for it, we just happen to have a different one we call a windmill.

I’ve actually heard this before! Because they are kind of opposite of our windmills (which a lot of people call blue devils).

A lot of groups do!!!

Makes sense! The opposite of this move (the one we call a windmill) was first taught by the Blue Devils DBC in clinics across the country and then in a series of instructional VHS tapes in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Many people called the windmill “blue devils” and therefore they decided the opposite motion must be a “red devil” to delineate both the similarities and differences of the moves!

Totally. Lots of teams use that term.

There are LOTS of different names for the same moves in color guard. Check out my video called “Pop Tosses 12 Ways” because I go into a deeper discussion of this topic!

I’ve heard of it called the red devil before, but usually the opposite is a blue devil! That’s so interesting that you guys went with green devil.

Hmm that’s one I’ve never heard associated with this particular move before.

I’ve heard them called that before! Isn’t it crazy how different moves have different names?!

I’ve definitely heard that term for them before!

I’ve heard a windmill called a blue devil before and a carousel called a windmill, but a red devil is a new one to me!

It makes sense when you use the version that goes behind your back!

We have a different move called around the world that actually goes in a circle around the body!

Yep, I have heard that one!

I’m glad you’ve mastered it!

That’s a mouthful.

This makes sense, they are backwards from the ones we call windmills, which are also referred to as blue devils (since they were taught on video tape by the Blue Devils in the 1980’s!). Fun fact, Peggy Twiggs, the woman who invented Peggy Spins, also invented these! Along with LOTS more of our modern day flag and rifle basics!

There’s a cute one I’ve not heard before!

I don’t know, it depends on what you call an inverted flourish? All moves that use this particular wrist motion are classified as flourishes: carousels, butterflies, windmills, etc. So we could technically call this a “carousel flourish” and if you call this hand position inverted then your program can call it an “inverted flourish.” One theme of naming moves that seems to ring true, however, is that something called “inverted” generally has a hand in the thumbs-down position. The carousel uses the thumbs-up position so you might be comparing your “inverted flourish” to our “windmill flourish” maybe? Check out that video too and see if that makes sense.

For us, sweeps go back and forth in the same path so they are a completely different move. Which isn’t to say that there’s anything wrong with either, just that the terms mean different moves to different teams :)

Rows are a different move for us, and we utilize straight arm technique and bent elbow technique for different purposes. 🙂

For us rows are like rowing a boat, we bring the flag up to the left and down to right slant (front row) and up behind us into right slant (back row)

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I’ve not heard that one before, it’s clever!

I think BandShoppe? You can design any flag on the StylePlus website though! Just make sure you tell them Spintronix sent you when you order!

Without context the only advice I can give is 1. Practice more, or 2. Take a shower. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Our shorts don’t have as much detail as our normal videos. Look up this move in the long form video and it’s really helpful!

@@SpintronixGuard tysm I can now do a windmill now thanks to your normal video!

YW!!

Yes but more like “all carousels are flourishes but not all flourishes are carousels.” I did a video explaining This one a while back! Other common flourishes are butterflies, windmills, double butterflies…

Lots of people do!!! We have a different move we call windmills.

All carousels are flourishes but not all flourishes are carousels! 😉

The one that we call “windmills” is what most guards call “inverted windmills”.

@@SpintronixGuard in one of our routines this year we have and inverted windmill but our wrist is turned and it goes around our head

Oh fun!