Thank you for the very clear directions on every little thing, including what to do with your free hand, what counts to release on, what position to release in, etc. Good teaching.
It is nice to see that not a whole lot has changed since my days of marching. I am inspired to purchase a rifle and do it again for the exercise and fun. Thanks again!
We don’t have an instructor and I myself don’t know much about flag and rifle, so your videos are super helpful to me! I unfortunately have the role of instructing whomever decides to join our guard, but I can’t wait to try all of these and teach them!! THANKS!
The fear in your eyes and body the moment someone else rifle lands an inch away from your toe and you have no shoes on lol that literally happened to me on friday
Quite different than the 8.5 lb pound demilitarized rifles that i'm used to performing with, but I like it. Color guards and drill teams can learn a lot from each other.
This is great! I'm trying to get rifles back into my daughter's high school color guard. I spun rifles back in the early 90's. Things have changed a bit since then so these videos are helping me a TON! You guys are adorable! Keep having fun with this and keep the videos coming!!
be careful! self teaching can be dangerous! please make sure you’re doing things as they say and try as best as you can to not hurt yourself! always wear shoes as well! best of luck! ♥️
I just started my first marching season on colorguard and i watched your flag basics. I’ve improved so much since then and now i’m thinking of picking up rifle. i swear your videos are a godsend
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. it's winter break and the coach told us all to practice, but besides doing the triple, i wanted to try doing something else. you're a very good teacher
helped me calm down a bit, ive been doing gaurd for the past 2 years but im finally going into high school so i had to learn rifle before band camp. thank you!
I’m preparing myself to audition for Fusion winterguard for this coming season and these videos have helped so much to refresh (I’ve never spun weapon and I just got my first rifle)
I really enjoyed watching this video. The school at which I coach has never used rifles, and we are just now starting with airblades. My experience with rifle comes from a clinic I attended for 3 days at a school that is no longer providing the clinics, unfortunately. It is also not a surprise that, much to others' apparent chagrin, that you know technique with some variants on what others are taught. In my eyes, there is no right or wrong, it's just based on the foundation of who has been teaching the team over the years. I was taught not to dip before a single, but I see no issues with that for what you are doing here. After all, you are not some WGI or DCI spokesperson trying to say that is how the technique has to be done! It's just what your team does! Sorry you have to deal with the ignorance! I really learned a lot from this video so thank you!
I am in gaurd I skipped flag and self taught myself rifle... Guess who helped me! You!!! Thanks a lot you are great at rifle flag and sabre! Love ya I literally watch this video like 10 times a day! LOL
I'm in a fairly small school, and we hardly have money to buy new silks let alone new rifles, so we're using rag tag old ones from the 80's and the band's uniforms we got in the 80's but were hand me downs from when they were new 10 years prior. Your videos are super helpful in teaching as we havent used rifles since 2005.
I want to give you a huge thank you I found this after I did not make rifle tryouts when tryouts were happening they were kind of teaching us the basics to drop spin and the pop toss after not making tryouts I found out what I did wrong with my pop toss and I'm starting to get good at doubletime if it weren't for this video I probably would've never bought a rifle on my own to ensure me getting a spot on rifles next year
My guard isn’t allowed to use rifles in our shows because they’re not worth as many points as 6-foots and ballad flags. SOOOOO I bought my own and a couple other guard members and I are learning rifle drills together. This video was super helpful in helping us defy our DM and coaches and learn weapon line. (I swear to god we WILL get at least rifles into our show at some point)
Thank You for releasing this video I was only using flag before and i'm going to play rifle this year for the first time using your video as a early homework. TQ
Those rifles are such a pain to work with. They are so small. The 36 -39 inch is easier and more fun to use in my opinion. They are also very pretty ☺️
Fantastic video! I’m not even in colour guard and here I am, (my school doesn’t even have a marching band sshhhhh) but fantastic video, you have some really amazing skill that I am insanely jealous of
OMG THIS IS SO WEIRD!!!! I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS GUY BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO MARCH MADISON SCOUTS WITH HIM THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT I COULDN'T AFFORD IT SO I DIDNT MARCH KMG THIS IS CRAZY!!!! I'M FRIENDS WITH HIM ON FACEBOOK
Wow! This just took me back, waaayyy back! I’m about to go find my rifle! During my era, our FB team may’ve been ok, but our band was excellent! I twirled rifle for four years and we were great! We won every competition we entered! Do y’all (yep, from GA as well! Go DAWGS! Woof, woof, woof...) have more advanced videos with triples and quads? Thank you for reminding me of an amazing time in my life. Best regards.
I'm getting a turquoise to black flag and a 5.5' silver pole with black rubber caps for Christmas!! so excited! looking for some lessons in Illinois so if anybody knows any lessons in illness please reply or give me some advice on where to go in the future.
please help me whenever i do spins the rifle's nose starts coming towards my body and idk how to prevent it like i know how to do spins after i do about 5 the nose of the rifle comes towards me
AjxCamera hi! the reason your nose is coming towards you is that you might be spinning at an angle, or you’re bringing the rifle closer to you while spinning. if it’s spinning at an angle, it might be because you’re preping at an angle. remember to prep straight up and down. if you are bringing the rifle closer to you, remember to push it away from you. i hope i helped! best of luck!! ♥️
TaKe Rubik it can start in elementary school, middle school, or high school. It just depends if the school you are attending has a color guard/marching band. If they don't, you can audition for agroup. Independent group, or a different high school that competes
I have to use a 30 pound military issued rifle. So it’s not as easy with a rifle like yours, it would be helpful if u did the Side spin with a heavier rifle.
Unfortunately that’s JROTC. I’m a color guard practitioner not a JROTC member. If you want to know how to spin properly on that rifle, I’d suggest maybe following Matthew Wendling. He’s fantastic at stuff like that.
Ignore this, this is for me lol,
1:45 drop spins
7:44 singles
9:16 left drop spins
11:40 alternate
12:15 double time
14:05 triple time
15:00 singles
THANK YOU
This is very helpful, I'm new to rifle
He seems like such a fun person to hang out with to be honest lol
Tbh, most colorguard people are fun to be around, and are pretty cool if I do say so myself😎😎
i know right !!
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As a percussionist trying to learn flag and rifle, THESE HELP SO MUCH THANK YOU
Thomas Whiteley hey percussion fren
same here lol
Percussion gang
I'm a saxophonist trying to get into guard.
Sameee
Thank you for the very clear directions on every little thing, including what to do with your free hand, what counts to release on, what position to release in, etc. Good teaching.
It's good to know there's more guys in color guard as well as see how other people do there fundamentals
+Kyle Morales and trust me everybody does them so much differently 😂
Ikr I looked up rifle trio cause that's what I'm in for aping concert and this popped up and i was like oh how do they do their fundamentals lol
I love that the butt of her rifle is "Chicken"
+Alana Casanova that's the rifle's name lol
CHICKEN!!!
It is nice to see that not a whole lot has changed since my days of marching. I am inspired to purchase a rifle and do it again for the exercise and fun.
Thanks again!
Do it!! I did, and just ordered another one! ❤️
THIS DUDE IS A RIFLE BOSS
Reny Rentería the rifles are so light, try doing jrotc color guard
Silver Slab 1 light rifle in, 1 light rifle out, 1 heavy rifle in, 1 broken toe out
Two different types of activities. You can not compare JROTC to Color Guard. They’re not the same.
JROTC rifles are heavy
We don’t have an instructor and I myself don’t know much about flag and rifle, so your videos are super helpful to me! I unfortunately have the role of instructing whomever decides to join our guard, but I can’t wait to try all of these and teach them!! THANKS!
I love how the beginning of this video is everyone just hanging out and chatting. This is honestly how we start every rehearsal at SIG. 😂
I’d love to collab with you sometime!!!
Nicholas Carter dude let's do it. Where you at?
SpintronixGuard holy crap! This is exciting! I’m in Kennesaw, Georgia!
SpintronixGuard my Snapchat is demyxtracer
Nicholas Carter that's about the only social media I don't use 😂 I'm SpintronixGuard everywhere else though.
The fear in your eyes and body the moment someone else rifle lands an inch away from your toe and you have no shoes on lol that literally happened to me on friday
Emily Alcorn its is honesty so scary one girl dropped a triple and it landed like an inch away from my toe
my friend broke her toe
Quite different than the 8.5 lb pound demilitarized rifles that i'm used to performing with, but I like it. Color guards and drill teams can learn a lot from each other.
Why hello there Mr. Navy
I'm in armed and unarmed drill team but I'm a seaman recruit also on marksman team
you guys have a good music taste. twentyonepilots and Melanie Martinez
This is my second season of guard and I'm hoping to get into rifle line this year! Thank you for this video!
This is great! I'm trying to get rifles back into my daughter's high school color guard. I spun rifles back in the early 90's. Things have changed a bit since then so these videos are helping me a TON!
You guys are adorable! Keep having fun with this and keep the videos coming!!
Thanks for the video! My school has only done flag so I'm self teaching! :D
Rebecca Nagy Sammeeee!
Rebecca Nagy same
be careful! self teaching can be dangerous! please make sure you’re doing things as they say and try as best as you can to not hurt yourself! always wear shoes as well! best of luck! ♥️
I just started my first marching season on colorguard and i watched your flag basics. I’ve improved so much since then and now i’m thinking of picking up rifle. i swear your videos are a godsend
your spins are amazing! mY team doesn't have enough funding for rifles yet.... we just spent it all on winterguard silks
Stella Joy we had to buy our own
they're about 35 online :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. it's winter break and the coach told us all to practice, but besides doing the triple, i wanted to try doing something else. you're a very good teacher
HE IS A RIFLE *GOD*
“Oh my gosh it’s like magic” 😂😭 love this video guys!!!
helped me calm down a bit, ive been doing gaurd for the past 2 years but im finally going into high school so i had to learn rifle before band camp. thank you!
I’m preparing myself to audition for Fusion winterguard for this coming season and these videos have helped so much to refresh (I’ve never spun weapon and I just got my first rifle)
trying out for rifle line and i got my single toss and drop spins tysmm
I really enjoyed watching this video. The school at which I coach has never used rifles, and we are just now starting with airblades. My experience with rifle comes from a clinic I attended for 3 days at a school that is no longer providing the clinics, unfortunately. It is also not a surprise that, much to others' apparent chagrin, that you know technique with some variants on what others are taught. In my eyes, there is no right or wrong, it's just based on the foundation of who has been teaching the team over the years.
I was taught not to dip before a single, but I see no issues with that for what you are doing here. After all, you are not some WGI or DCI spokesperson trying to say that is how the technique has to be done! It's just what your team does!
Sorry you have to deal with the ignorance! I really learned a lot from this video so thank you!
Thank you, you guys are really good at explaining at what we need to know and how to do it.
Your videos are very helpful my school doesn't have an instructor so the responsibility is mine to teach the freshmen joining guard.
I’m so glad!
I am in gaurd I skipped flag and self taught myself rifle... Guess who helped me! You!!! Thanks a lot you are great at rifle flag and sabre! Love ya I literally watch this video like 10 times a day! LOL
I'm in a fairly small school, and we hardly have money to buy new silks let alone new rifles, so we're using rag tag old ones from the 80's and the band's uniforms we got in the 80's but were hand me downs from when they were new 10 years prior. Your videos are super helpful in teaching as we havent used rifles since 2005.
These videos help so much with my Color Guard Squad! Thx! :) Our first competition is September 17th.
I can't wait for summer so I can learn rifle... so excited for my 3rd season😄
finally i can build back again my old passion... thank u I will work hard to be like u... be a professional
Me just being told that I’m doing rifle in 1 day this is such a lifesaver thank you
This really helped me learn rifle.
This is such a great help, I’m auditioning for gaurdians guard so I’m really really excited
Your videos are helping me in my color guard team
"Reach for that butt"
he touched the butt
he touched the butt
Mmmmm I'm hearing something I like in that background music 😏😏
A-A-A B-B-B-B!!!!
You guys are so much fun. You remind me of my wonderful high school color guard and winter guard days. Long live color guard!
I want to give you a huge thank you I found this after I did not make rifle tryouts when tryouts were happening they were kind of teaching us the basics to drop spin and the pop toss after not making tryouts I found out what I did wrong with my pop toss and I'm starting to get good at doubletime if it weren't for this video I probably would've never bought a rifle on my own to ensure me getting a spot on rifles next year
Sadly my colorguard didnt have enough funding or support to use rifles, so I never learned how to spin one but this has helped me so much!
My guard isn’t allowed to use rifles in our shows because they’re not worth as many points as 6-foots and ballad flags. SOOOOO I bought my own and a couple other guard members and I are learning rifle drills together. This video was super helpful in helping us defy our DM and coaches and learn weapon line. (I swear to god we WILL get at least rifles into our show at some point)
Honestly you’re such an awesome teacher🥕🙌
Thank You for releasing this video
I was only using flag before and i'm going to play rifle this year for the first time using your video as a early homework. TQ
Those rifles are such a pain to work with. They are so small. The 36 -39 inch is easier and more fun to use in my opinion. They are also very pretty ☺️
Hey Quick Tip A "Spin Single" is Also Called A Pop-Up Drop Spin. Just So People Don't Get Confused
ItsTheFamousMimi :)
prep for a single toss on rifle is not required, but it could add style to a show
buy it depends on what your instructor teaches you
Joey Yaw my instructor says that we have to but I don’t like it. I actually find it harder but other people can’t do a single without it.
Thank you sm this is rlly helpful I’m going to use this video to learn how to do rifle bc I’m trying out for rifle next year
Our school doesnt do weapons line anymore so I bought my own and have to learn off RUclips
i got mine a week ago and still can’t do a single how did it go for you?
Fantastic video! I’m not even in colour guard and here I am, (my school doesn’t even have a marching band sshhhhh) but fantastic video, you have some really amazing skill that I am insanely jealous of
Beautiful tricks.
You guys are funny and helping me very much.
Great kid's and awesome twirling skllis!!
Rifle basic tosses!!!!!!! love ur vids!
This was so much help thank you!!
I'm a first year on gaurd but it's my junor year on gaurd so I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do so I'm learning rifle with this video
I’d love this sort of detail on flag tosses like showing the shape of your hand and junk but good vid 👌
I love this, thank you so much for sharing this 😊I’m subscribing.
OMG TØP SONGS IN THE BACKGROUND !!!!!!! I'M DEAD!!! 😲😲
you guys should make advance rifle routines.
Victor Cruz Victor, I think you should go on PrEP so you don't catch the POZ.
OMG THIS IS SO WEIRD!!!! I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS GUY BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO MARCH MADISON SCOUTS WITH HIM THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT I COULDN'T AFFORD IT SO I DIDNT MARCH KMG THIS IS CRAZY!!!! I'M FRIENDS WITH HIM ON FACEBOOK
Only guy on color guard this year let's go bois
I love that you're repping UGA!
Wow! This just took me back, waaayyy back! I’m about to go find my rifle! During my era, our FB team may’ve been ok, but our band was excellent! I twirled rifle for four years and we were great! We won every competition we entered! Do y’all (yep, from GA as well! Go DAWGS! Woof, woof, woof...) have more advanced videos with triples and quads?
Thank you for reminding me of an amazing time in my life. Best regards.
I have a video where I revisit all technique on all three pieces of equipment and it’s just me with better sound quality.
I just love the background music
Saying hello/ acting like you're waving helps so much with singles
YOOOOOO YOU SHOULD BE A COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR!!!!!!!
Belly belly top top has been stuck in my head for like 20 minutes already.
I’m sooo exited to join color guard! I aspire to be that good
Amanda's face when he did double time😂
I just love this video because twenty one pilots is playing in the Background😂😂❤️
Looked like we were coming from the heavens we were so bright 😂😂
+Amanda Slay ik I noticed hahaha 😂😂😂 😇😇😇
How many Inches is the rifle you are using?
Any tips for doing this with a 50 BMG? Mine weighs 34lbs
I do squeeze(7) push(8)
how long have you been doing rifle 0: Also the music 10/10
+Megan Druschel I've been doing rifle since I started my freshman year. This is my sixth season on rifle.
Also,, youth by troye sivan... itd be cool if you did a routine to that since you guys like troye :D
+Megan Druschel XD I'd be sooo happy to do that!!!
When we had to make freshman tryout routine we made it to youth, id like to see a more advanced routine to it!
+Megan Druschel I'm not sure if it'll be more advanced but I can write a routine to it lol
I have been practicing at the age 8 I am 10 years old and there has been improvements
This is so helpful omg thanks for this!
Ive been in guard for one year and now I am going to start rifle and im nervous that Im not going to get it
the subtle twenty one pilots in the background!!
Now can you guys do the rifle movements with an actual M14 rifle?
i love this video
I've been in guard for 4 years I just got my first rifle
I'm getting a turquoise to black flag and a 5.5' silver pole with black rubber caps for Christmas!! so excited! looking for some lessons in Illinois so if anybody knows any lessons in illness please reply or give me some advice on where to go in the future.
please help me whenever i do spins the rifle's nose starts coming towards my body and idk how to prevent it like i know how to do spins after i do about 5 the nose of the rifle comes towards me
AjxCamera hi! the reason your nose is coming towards you is that you might be spinning at an angle, or you’re bringing the rifle closer to you while spinning. if it’s spinning at an angle, it might be because you’re preping at an angle. remember to prep straight up and down. if you are bringing the rifle closer to you, remember to push it away from you.
i hope i helped! best of luck!! ♥️
I wish my school did rifle 😭. We have a bunch but we haven't used them in years
I'm new to rifle and I'm having trouble doing spins on the left
Wow the arms must be very strong for those ceremony rifles
Yes I've been waiting
Armed drill: *hold my beer*
I wanna start twirling and everything does it start in high school?
TaKe Rubik it can start in elementary school, middle school, or high school. It just depends if the school you are attending has a color guard/marching band. If they don't, you can audition for agroup. Independent group, or a different high school that competes
When you wanna learn rifle but you can't have rifle line teach you because you're in quarantine
What type of rifle do you use?
I really wanna join guard / winter guard but my parents won't let me
God I love y'all sfm😂😂
When he dropped that's me
I have to use a 30 pound military issued rifle. So it’s not as easy with a rifle like yours, it would be helpful if u did the Side spin with a heavier rifle.
Unfortunately that’s JROTC. I’m a color guard practitioner not a JROTC member. If you want to know how to spin properly on that rifle, I’d suggest maybe following Matthew Wendling. He’s fantastic at stuff like that.
TWENTY ONE PILOTS WHOOOOO (btw great video)
Hello, fellow guarders!
The clicking of the rifle is so satisfying 😋
I liked the video just cuz of that rifle