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@@lycienne9689 No prob! I’ve actually got a tutorial here for this toss. You got this! th-cam.com/video/4zpB-R84jBU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=y-Zc_4R8cHM-OkA8

This was performed on the field before the halftime show started for a fun little routine that some of our alumni band members joined us for!

You’re very welcome!

Mine too!

Thank you! When the team performs this, they actually do use some red, white, and blue performance flags! This is just my practice silk. :)

@@crystalzaragoza yup I know n I know it looks beautiful

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@@crystalzaragoza lol! You're clearly a pro to even attempt this lol

@@scorpiocara6798 haha thanks!

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll keep that in mind for future videos I create.

Congrats!! Go, you!!

Boo for it hitting the back of your head, but yay for the fact that you’ve just about got it! Go you!!!

You can do this!! A couple tips. Think about reaching your left arm further across to the other side of your body than you think you need to in order to get that hand on the pole at the same time as the right hand. Also, to get your left hand high enough on that grab, think about opening your arms wider, which is called “boxing out” your arms. One good way to think about this is as if you’re trying to let your armpits breathe. If you keep your elbows too tucked into your body, it will make the re-grab tougher and will make it harder to grab at the proper spot as well. Hope that helps!

@crystalzaragoza thank you so much! That makes so much sense thank you!

@@user-lq3dx6kt9v You’re very welcome! Happy practicing!

This one definitely takes lots of patience, practice, and perseverance. You can do it!!!!! Is there anything in particular you’re struggling with on this toss? Happy to offer up suggestions to help you master this thing!

@@crystalzaragoza the hard part is putting your hand behind your head and then catching it while it's on the side of you

@@allieblue4219 I can definitely understand that! I have a few tips for ya! I would recommend playing around with your hand placement of the right hand that comes up in front when you release and the left hand that goes back. If you’re finding that the flag isn’t quite getting to the left side of your body for the catch, move your right hand a little more to the left when you release. That will help direct it to the right place. Putting the left hand behind your head can definitely be scary early on. My recommendation for this is to actually think about sending that left hand even further across the back of your head than you think you need to. Think about trying to reach your left hand all the way across to the back of your right shoulder in the prep, and that will help ensure that you’re not letting go too early before you get that good 45 angle established. So overall, I would say to play around a bit with the hand placement for both of your hands, but in any case, be sure in your release to let go with both hands at the same time and don’t hold on longer with one hand versus the other. That could definitely lead to some funky things happening with your tosses. I hope this helps!

@@crystalzaragoza thanks you so much

Yes! I've definitely got some tips for you. This is probably going to sound silly, but when you're first starting out and practicing at home, put on a bike helmet as you work to build up your confidence in those tosses. Also, you can start by releasing the toss and then running backwards away from it, and let the toss fall to the ground many times until you get the hang of the release first. Once you're getting some good height and technique on the release by itself, then you can go into working on adding in the catch with the bike helmet on. For this particular toss, you'll know your rotation is right where it should be when your silk is landing to the right when hitting the ground. If it's not landing there, then you're either under or over rotating, and you will want to make sure you get that proper rotation amount down before trying to add in the catch. The last piece of advice, which is going to be tricky, but try to not let your fear of the toss come through in your release. If you timidly release the toss due to fear, you won't get enough height in the toss, and it increases the chances of it coming down on your head. You want to try and release with confidence so you get the right amount of space between the flag when it's in the air and your head. I hope this helps! This is definitely the perfect toss to try out for your first overhead toss, so you're on the right track. You've got this!!!

@@crystalzaragoza Thank you!! For some reason, the bottom of the flag always comes close to hitting my face as it falls down and lands with the silk on the right. Now I realize that it is because I'm too scared to throw it high thanks to your help.

@@reveluv4everluv You’re welcome! Toss with confidence, and you’ll have it down before you know it! :)

@@crystalzaragozaUpdate: I've got it! And I can do 45's now too! I can sort of do helicopters, but I'm practicing them. This helped a lot!! Thank you!

@@reveluv4everluv Love hearing that! Way to go, and keep up the awesome work!!!

Best of luck at auditions!! You got this!

We made this with PVC pipe (although, I would recommend using something lighter than PVC), broomcorn, twine, LOTS of hot glue, and some wood grain contact paper. We cut the PVC to size to just fit over the flag side of the pole and covered the PVC, as well as the flag pole in wood grain contact paper. Also used lots of hot glue to attach bunches of broomcorn to the bottom portion of the PVC pipe and wrapped the broomcorn tightly with twine as well to keep it extra secured. When we placed the flag inside the PVC, we show-folded it so it would open up nicely once the broom was "shucked" off the pole and not get a sail. It was definitely lots of work to create, but was a HUGE hit!

It sounds like you may be holding onto the pole too long before letting it go. Avoid turning your wrist. Instead, think as if you’re pulling your flag to a flat sharply, but let go of the flag before you get to the flat. Work on opening up both of your hands at the same time and opening them nice and big so you make sure all of your fingers let go of the pole at the same time. Let me know if that helps!

You’re so welcome!!

Cool! It’s always fun to hear about the different names people use for the different moves!

Aww. Love hearing that! Hope you have absolutely loved your first year in color guard!!

😊 It’s called a double fast toss! The spins just by themselves are called double fasts. I have tutorials for both on my channel, but if you’re interested in a breakdown of the spins into the toss, you can find that one here! th-cam.com/video/Hoo96s6_FrI/w-d-xo.html

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You’re very welcome!

It does kinda look like that, but this was actually filmed in the fieldhouse gym at our school, which just so happens to also have tall ceilings and some big windows!

Oh my! This one definitely takes some practice and usually takes well more than a day to master. Throwing on a bike helmet when you’re first trying it out though isn’t a bad idea to speed through the initial fear factor!

@@crystalzaragoza yep

You’re welcome! Happy practicing!

Thanks! We actually made them! We made them with PVC pipe (although, I would recommend using something lighter than PVC), broomcorn, twine, and LOTS of hot glue.

Oh! And some wood grain contact paper to put over the PVC pipe.

Thank you so much! The poles in this video are 36” long, but homemade 4ft poles made with PVC and oversized swing flags are also a really fun option for swing flags. BandShoppe is where I got the 36” poles! www.bandshoppe.com/shop/color-guard/color-guard-flags/flag-poles-accessories/aluminum-swing-flag-pole-58110/gold/default.html

Thank you so much! We definitely had fun with the show!

You bet! Glad to hear it helped!

Great tip!

Awesome! I hope the rest of your season goes great!

@@crystalzaragoza Thank you! We just started winter guard tryouts today and got so many new people. We're getting into competitions for winter guard ^^ I'm excited

@@user-ki7yc5bg6k So fun!! Winter guard is the best!

That’s awesome! Welcome to the activity! So happy to hear that this has been helpful! 😊

45 tosses can definitely be a little scary at first. My suggestion - if you have a bike helmet at home, try putting that on first and it will help give you that extra layer of protection and confidence to try releasing it. Once it’s going well with the helmet, try removing and see how it goes!

Same I actually gave myself a concussion with my 45 💀

@@madelynryan8492 Yup, trying to rebuild confidence after a 45-gone-wrong gave me a nasty cut on my eyebrow (luckily no concussion).

literally me too

REAL

Thank you so much for saying so! We had a ton of fun with it! We actually train our full team on rifle each year and started training everyone on sabre last year too. It’s neat to give everyone a chance with the extra equipment!

Haha. I've had this same setup for as long as I can remember! It's a great combo! I'm glad to hear you also love it. :-)

Gold (not real gold sadly I’m poor) pole purple flag for me. ROYAL COLORS

Mine I got from a marching comp, so it was old show flags, I’ve got a silver pole and a pinkish purple design for the flag

You’re so welcome! Glad to hear it helped! Pole hits are a really good one to do while wearing guard gloves if you’ve got ‘em! They can definitely hurt when you’re first starting out, and that extra padding can make all the difference.