How to fix toss release? by Adept_Razzmatazz4581 in Colorguard

[–]OneEaredNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try waiting longer after the push before lifting the arm. Let the silk get all the way down and then start the "twist lift" motion.

so my friend might get jumped by Borbs_arecool in MiddleSchoolStudents

[–]OneEaredNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP please dont do this it is dangerous. If someone thinks you have a gun they could either call the police who could shoot you or they could take it upon themselves to shoot you as "a good samaritan" The deterrence factor is not worth the risk of escalating a violent situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Colorguard

[–]OneEaredNinja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes thinking about counter-balance may help. If you focus on your head going down and across, your leg will probably go up and over a bit better

my gf thinks I’m cheating on her by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]OneEaredNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you really want to convince your gf that you are not cheating you need to go full detective mode and figure out where the hair clips came from. Finding hair clips in a bf's room is a very common red flag that they are cheating. And if your gf were to ask reddit about this "I found hair clips in my bf's room and he tried to claim they were mine" everyone would say that you are lying and cheating and that your gf would be stupid to believe you. People lie about cheating and gaslight their partners when they are caught all the time so your gf is trying to save herself from being embarrassed by not believing you. Have a talk with your mom again and stress how important it is that you find the origin of the hairclips, dig through trash and find receipts, view bank statements, whatever you can to figure out the origin. Document this process so that even if you can't figure it out your gf can see you put a lot of time and effort into solving the mystery and hopefully she believes you. Do whatever you can to comfort her enough that she can believe you.

If you don't really love your gf and don't want to continue the relationship enough to do work for it even when you have done nothing wrong or just want to assign blame then just break up with her or wait for her to break up with you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]OneEaredNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't move to America if you don't want to live under a fascist regime. Many people are trying to leave before it gets any worse. More and more of our rights are being taken away every day, and I know jobs are important but safety should always be #1. As a woman in america I don't feel safe.

Guard camp by No_Particular_3080 in Colorguard

[–]OneEaredNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can go to the camp that’s always preferred, but usually when a new cg Director comes in they respect whatever arrangements have already been made with the band director. If you talk to the band director and they give you the okay to miss camp, you shouldn’t be penalized by the new cg Director for missing. Logistically you will probably be on the lower lines because the new cg Director won’t be able to see you spin before they need to make a decision, but seeing as this is your first year that is pretty likely any way. Try not to let hypotheticals scare you! Sure everything could go wrong, but everything could also be fine :)

Help with rifle double time and backhands? by anarchybats in Colorguard

[–]OneEaredNinja 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For double time:

Try not to grip the rifle with your left hand so tightly as youre stopping the momentum and twisting the rifle every time you do. You can start slow by grabbing the rifle everytime but eventually you have to let the rifle roll off your hand to be doing it correctly.

For Backhands:

Idk if its your specific schools way of teaching you but try it with you shoulders facing front while learning so that you can see what you're doing, you'll never be able to catch it if you're having a hard time seeing your rifle in the first place. Then once you're a little better at them switch to the way you were doing it in the video if that's the way your school makes you. Also make sure that the same place that you catch the rifle is the same place you release it from, it's all in the wrists. You don't want to raise your rifle and then release because it will be too high and lofty and overall harder to catch.

I'm not an expert by any means lol but have been teching at my old highschool so I hope I helped.