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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Drill Team Training”

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The Effective Ripple Line

DrillMaster June 3, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, Instructional Leave a Comment

A ripple line for a military drill team performance is a sequential movement where actions occur in a wave-like (fast or slow, smooth or sharp) progression rather than simultaneously.

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Theodore Roosevelt AJROTC

Principles of a Visual Performance

DrillMaster May 13, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, Instructional Leave a Comment

The term “visual performance” has different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. For our purposes, we will concentrate on the principles involved in performance based in dance, (marching band) color guard, and military exhibition drill.

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Thunderbird High School NJROTC armed drill team

Vocabulary and Exhibition Drill

DrillMaster April 29, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, Instructional Leave a Comment

Whether you are a soloist, part of a tandem, tetrad, or larger drill team, understanding and applying the concept of vocabulary in a visual performance is essential.

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Army JROTC Leavenworth High School’s Cavalry Angels

What is “Audience Engagement”?

DrillMaster April 22, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, Instructional Leave a Comment

What is it that makes a routine grab the audience by the eyeballs and yell at them, “Don’t miss this or you’ll regret it!” Audience engagement, my friends, audience engagement. What is it and how do you get some?

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The Correlation Between Military Exhibition Drill and Dance, Step, etc.

DrillMaster March 18, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams Leave a Comment

The correlation between dance, other performance activities, and unarmed/armed military exhibition drill (UXD/AXD) is strong, as these disciplines emphasize precision, rhythm, coordination, and expression.

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Navy CG Firing Party

Why We Execute Facing Movements Only at Order

DrillMaster February 25, 2025Drill Team Training, Honor Guard, Instructional Leave a Comment

It can be a bit annoying to face and then move to Right/Left Shoulder but there is good reason for it.

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The US Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team

Visual and Movement Layering in Exhibition Drill

DrillMaster January 14, 2025Drill Team Training, Drill Teams Leave a Comment

When we look at an exhibition drill performance, a drill team has numerous options. The best way to create an effective performance is to understand the fundamentals of design. This article looks at static presentations.

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Lock Knees and Pass Out

How not to Faint or “DoN’t lOcK YeR kNeEs!”

DrillMaster November 19, 2024Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, DrillHealth, Honor Guard Training Leave a Comment

Most cadets and many adults know only this phrase about fainting (flaking) in formation. You definitely need to expand your knowledge to educate those for of whom you are responsible.

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A DrillMaster Study of Mark Time

DrillMaster January 18, 2022Color Guard/Color Team, Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, Honor Guard Training, JROTC, Judge Training, Regulation Drill Leave a Comment

Marching in place, marking time. Many think they know how to do it. There are three different regulation drill techniques for the US military and two techniques for ceremonial drill.

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How Much Should I Practice?

DrillMaster July 1, 2020Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, DrillCenter News, Honor Guard Training, Instructional, Premium Content Leave a Comment

This is a great question that I receive every so often. So, here’s an example of how you can begin spinning a rifle (or any other type of practice) and progress to a level of proficiency with which you are comfortable.

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