Colorguard Flag Basic Fundamentals

[Guanajuatoeddie]

This is Excellent. Good Job all involved.

[beckygerrein]

Me too wayyyyyyyyy ahead of this I think theis is like the easiest thing todo

[Jdlikefood]

Odd question but dies colorguard hurt and is it easy to break fingers?

[etr2015]

This video ok but my colorguard does alot of those things different...

[rainbowmoon16]

I'm in eighth grade, and I'm trying out for color guard in ninth, we have clinic tonight and this video definitely helped me.

[alwayssearching2012]

I've done colorguard for 2 years and hope to be a captain next year. Good job rookies (that's what we call the newbies at my school), but right shoulder is better if you cover the cap on the pole. Really execute your slams, and remember ALWAYS to perform. =D

[ashbudster]

I've never heard it be called a stopper(: We just call it the tip. It's kinda funny hearing all the diffrent terminolagies we have for all of this.

[MrShalise]

Did u buy your Color Guard flag, or did you make it?

[XxNerdyChickxX]

Maybe since this was kinda tonsils beginners you shoulda shows how to maybe uhmm spin ? Drop spins && Peggy spins ? I'm In guard n it's a lol more different then what you have here ,

[ktmrose]

I think this was a well made video, especially for students who maybe have never held a flag before. You have a nice instructional video voice as well....Spoken slowly and clearly.

[TheSrtaPresley]

cool

[emolove300]

nice vid(: But when you're on right arms position, your hand should always be on the stopper.

[mimirent94]

All the positions shown besides right shoulder are part of the cutting block in our guard XD

[shinylipgloss39]

i just learned to do this :))))

[Jesus18Saves]

Cool video

you should check out this guard

arapahoe hs 2010- speaking in tongues

[Jesus18Saves]

Cool video.

you should check this guard out

arapahoe hs 2010- speaking in tongues

[iSamxoxo]

mine are called the but not the stopper?

[shamekachantel]

most guards cover down on the stopper......

[MattTheBandGuy]

I actually enjoyed the video.  I was in marching band all through HS and College, and now I teach middle school Band. I'd love to start a MS level guard to feed our high school. This video is a great resource!

[xxlilly45xx]

at mi school we cover the stopper cuz it ugly

[TehLoser1]

It's interesting to see the differences between what you were taught and what I have been taught

[rayhannaislove]

at our skool we call stoppers "tabs"

[vannakay1]

i learned something different... and our flags are different too

[zexycutiepie411]

cool but im way ahead of this

[CountryGirl2056]

at my school we cover our stoppers and it looks alot better..and we do things alot different than you

[teresatt73]

wow im in color guard and we do stuff wayyyy different..and we had to perform today it was so fun

[sunshine3621]

as a colorguars coach I have a few pointers:

cover the stopper on right shoulder with your left hand (DON'T CUP IT)

stand up strait!! snap to positions. stand with your feet shoulder with apart.

right slam should cross your body from shoulder to hip

[xxshortiioo]

I'm apart of a marching band flag team and things are way different than this

[naethyCee]

LOL. same here. things are way different.

[dorkmonster123]

this was a really good video. it's my 3rd year of colorguard and i'm looking 2 do it in college and it really helped me 2 recover my basics from lack of practice over summer break.

[sassafrass1939]

Great video! It's clear visually and the instructions are nice and clear too! I'll recommend it to my CG girls. Thanks!

[mmhmmmmable]

hahaha. i joined my gaurd team last year and apperently my coach saw soemthing special in me and put me on the waepon team with all the eighth graders and i was the only7th grader. It was fun because we were doing sabre 4 winterand they couldnt toss a singe i somehow managed to do u 7 somewhere when practice was canceled. Its was fun(:

[lauren1051995]

the guard at my school is nationally recognised :] not to brag or anything.. xD

[RHSGUARD15]

you're not covering the cap! but otherwise nice :)

[GreenDayLoverGirl]

ummm...no offense, but that is not how you do a slam.........u have to bring it down so ur elbow makes an L.....duhh!!!

[packer12345678910]

hey maybe u can teach me how to do this but you dont need to bring a pole i have my own. =D

[10inchRainbow]

my guard instructor is adorable.

haha, the way he got us to remember where to hold the flag was to say that it stays in the sweet spot of your tummy.

great video (: you did a good job

[AirsoftMaster18]

cool

I can flip a rifle and I'm only 12 yrs old

[vampup4twilight]

hehe.. i have a purple flag too and the pic at the beginning was pretty funny

[BlueForkOfDoom]

Thanks so much! This will, hopefully, help me to make my High School color guard team.

[LoganElden]

thats really cute that they are both newbie spinners. it must have been a good confidence boost for them. I' spin sabre so i know what it feels like to not have any confidence when u first start. i've been doing this for a long time and next am marching Black Watch World winterguard. these videos really do help. keep up the good work girls

[guardgrl161993]

black watch!!:D ah i love you guys. i'm with mechanicsburg's scholastic world class:) loved your show this past year! and i love joe:)

[GetxItxGuardx]

very smart idea for making this video.

i myself am in color guard as a freshman. i hadn't done it in middle school (as some others in my guard have)

boy, if i'd known this video was up i would have looked at it!

crazy 8s were the hardest for me, lol!!

GET IT GUARD!

keep spinning :D

[surfandsun94]

yay i love color guard! its my third year and it rocks my soxx! PEACE LOVE GUARD! <3

[khodysgrl71]

you are suppose to cover the cap. not hold the pole. =/

[Moonitic]

I remember guard being crisper and more exact. Good idea, but the execution of the moves needs work.

[jossdeaddoll]

thats a neat dsong! I love colorguard!!!!!

[vikkichan3]

wow great job. yeah not alot of people i guess would say that even know that the flagline or colorgaurd is even there ^^

[iheartwhiteboyz]

Im in colorguard 2!!!!!!!!!!!

[ktnarnia]

The idea of this video is great, though! I'm so glad there are people out there doing this for folks who don't know flag. Thanks a bunch! Maybe use a more instructive model next time, even though she is super cute! ;)

Have an awesome week!!

[ktnarnia]

The bad thing about this video is that the girl demonstrating these positions is not very good at what she's doing. She isn't tight or accurate with her angles. Her wrist in broken where it shouldn't be, and you can't always say, "Put your hand just below the tape" because everyone's arms are different lengths - this makes all the flags look out of uniform.

[Oley44]

Hey I just wanted to say that I am considering joining my school's brand new color guard but I wanted to see some of the basics that maybe we'd all be learning so your video was very interesting to me!!

[killhollyw00d]

we don't really consider these basics in my guard. slams are irrelevant to routine work, so there's really no reason to teach them

[shinny143]

i love guard i just started this season. I am onthe king philip color guard we came 11 in the nation. I could use some tips if you have any!

[lonniepop]

This is really helpful. I'm trying out for Color Guard soon and I want to practice with this over the weekend so this helps me learn my basics :)

[0x0Zehra0x0]

this is really good.i just made my highschool colorguard so im gonna use this during summer vacation.lol.FLAG GIRLS RULE!!

[anarchykikdude1]

this is really great :] and i could help with beginners. but being an experienced member. our color guard keeps our hands covering the butt "stopper" and we dont put the flag under our arm pit for left slam we switch our hands :] great tho. and work on keeping your horizontal plans straight, they were at an angle.

[dreammaker155sam]

yea i agree and my gaurd is the same way.....

[mhsbandamanda10]

mine too.

haha.

[TheHispanicSanta]

Same here.

[spinmebaby]

we do a warmup w/ these, not that left slam thing tho. we just do and angled then horizontal, startin at top and working down. helps with your angles. our captain chica learned it at tryouts for a national guard in tennesee [she made it yey]

i joined a month late and learned funds. in like a day. might wanna throw in a pop toss or horizontal for fun.

[Laneybugg]

We never really consider those fundies.

But different guard do different things.

oh and I noticed you were newbies at the end.

Just a tip:

a the horizontal position dont let your right arm droop, I used to do that when I was new, it's hard to realize your drooping at first.

and your right shoulder position you tend to push out with your right hand, just bring that in towards your face.

Have fun in guard!

It's worth all the hardwork :D

[jennybean9210]

colorguard is so awesome!

we don't use those fundies...but we could.

[KaySkywalker]

This is cool some of the guard from the guard I used to be in should watch this. But I have to agree with PayinginNavitiy, your control is a bit choppy when you do the flag movements, should include some spins too

[BreezyXcore91]

haha

i think the freshmen in my colorguard should watch this.

they suck so bad x]

nice video.

we're going to competition this spring =)

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[PayingInNaivity]

work on your flag control. your flag goes all over the place when you do presents. make them sharp.

also...control your upper body.

[RicChic2517]

our left slams look just like the right, just on the left instead. we dont do that mit thing. its cool though.

[curlimami107]

i do colorguard for my skool its so fun!

[hmhgibson]

i do colour guard

[deflepchick7]

well we never learned any of that lol, as far as commands go we learned how to respond to "Band at the Ready" "Hut" and "Band horns up"... and from there we got right into the moves. nice video though!

[BreathBroadway]

pretty good, but why didn't you include any spins?

[Kiwokoliki00]

OOO I KNOW...do a rifle and sabre video and do tosses...then ill post a video of all of the different pitch and 45 degree tosses and movement under them...for people who really wanna know what guard is about...it will take me a while though

[BackwardsBliss]

Good video! I'm new to colorguard, but I didn't learn that. I learned the 27 points, and there are some tha are similar or exact to what you did here. It's nice to know other things like that! Thanks!

[xtearzxnxrosezx]

This is kewl but not right for a lot of people doing it!!! It would kind of teach basics but you'd have to adjust... It's an awesome idea, though and I did like the video- it's like a real one that you buy!!!

[MeggieG0919]

go guard!!

[Kassik2208]

i completely agree with playful99...you guys are great but make sure to keep your bottom half in second position and posture is most important!! Something that really helps me with my posture is try standing slightly forward on the balls of your feet so that your heels are slightly off the ground but not noticebly and suck your stomach in...it makes a worlds difference!! ;) Good luck in all you do!!!

[emilylee]

cool..i never knew there was so many vocabs or colorguard:)

[tigluv14]

Way to go producers of this instructional video, I'll go back to it again. Great refresher for us older veterans in a teaching capacity.

[leelee1947]

does anyone to know the average pole size is?

[laurielou22]

6 ft

[martialartzgurl1]

the average size is something like 6ft.

[Dereck255]

good!! I have to agree with the 10000 different ways to do colorguard :D try second position with your feet though, it makes it a lot easier to balance yourself - especially with more advanced fundamentals

[babiisweet01]

yes,we share all fundamentals but we been thought all kines of way like making our hand parallel to the gound when doning all basics.

[playful99]

this isnt to hurt ne one but you need keep your posture up at all times...and stand in second posotion when doing work not fourth or third...

[Cathaign]

I've always been taught that you always cover the butt (stopper/Crutch tip) with your hand because the lines look cleaner when performing, and you notice more if your hand has a tendency to slide from it's proper placement.

[ajojo00]

i'm sure 100 different people have been taught 100 different ways. as we can see by these comments, we have different terminology for the same thing -- so I'm sure there are variences in movement/hand placement too. it's all relative to our own limited experiences.

[ajojo00]

I agree with what you saw about hand placement for clean lines.

But take into consideration that these girls are my neighbors who only handled a flag for a week when they helped me with this video. They ended up only performing in 2 parades... so kudos to them!

[Cathaign]

Oh, totally kudos to them.  I just think it's fun that everyone has so many different ways to explain technique, and we all end up competing against eachother. It's what I love about guard.

[ajojo00]

it is funny.  guard rocks.

[bsbgurl4eva]

stopper... never heard it called that b4 ive always called it a crutch tip cuz thats what we all call it haha oo well

[ajojo00]

stopper, crutch tip.... whatever. :)

[macelesteutah]

I love you ashley! You are great!!!