omg tysm this makes it so much easier. I just joined color gaurd a few weeks ago and we are now learning pole hits. they really hurt my hands though lol. Thanks a lot!
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.
This helped me a lot! I just started color guard as well! I have a really bad problem of catching it with one hand and it falling into the other, and i dont know how to stop it. I also cant reach the top of the pole the same way i do when i start and i dont know why 😭😭
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!
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!
omg tysm this makes it so much easier. I just joined color gaurd a few weeks ago and we are now learning pole hits. they really hurt my hands though lol. Thanks a lot!
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.
This helped me a lot! I just started color guard as well! I have a really bad problem of catching it with one hand and it falling into the other, and i dont know how to stop it. I also cant reach the top of the pole the same way i do when i start and i dont know why 😭😭
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!
@@AndreaRose-g7x You’re very welcome! Happy practicing!
I need so advice my hand has a habit of turning over when I do a pull hit and I have no clue how to stop it
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!