There are about five ways to execute About Face, but for this brief study, we will concentrate on the two ways to execute About Face to be within your service’s regulation drill and ceremonies manual, what I call The Straight Leg Method, where the knee is more or less locked throughout the movement and the right foot travels in a circular …
Exhibition Drill Application Levels
Performance Measurements When a Driller or team performs, there are four aspects of a performance that should to be measured. The level of education, training and skill is evidenced in a performance. You need to ensure that your solo or your team’s performance has all of the following aspects locked in at your team’s level of performance. Performance Aspects Drill: the …
January: Drill Season is Here!
While some JROTC units have a busy first semester that includes drill meets, for many across America January is when the competitions begin. Some states, like Florida, do not have any drill meets until the end of January, leaving the first semester to Raider meets. Maybe, like the school where I teach, Merritt Island High School, you have been having …
The Difference Between Training, Practice, and Rehearsal
It may seem strange, even silly, to define practice, training and rehearsal down to the “nth” degree. Always remember, “Education is key!” Note: there are JROTC units that do not have the luxury of an experienced drill coach. Many JROTC instructors have never marched much past their Basic Training or Boot Camp days and that’s OK. Our military jobs came first …
Programming, Continued
Apparently “dropping the base” can have something to do with describing how one creates a routine and, while that may have some sort of relevance at the moment, this description could very well have lost its meaning in a short time. I’ll stick with terms that designers have used for decades. Below, are the Seven Parts of and Exhibition Drill …
You Don’t Really Need to Practice?
You don’t really need to practice! You will be able to throw a rifle around in just a matter of weeks, especially if you sleep with your drill rifle under your pillow. OK, enough sarcasm, you need to practice. Every day. For a couple of hours at least and then wake up and do it again. World-class Driller Sam Gozo …
Marching up and down the Square!
This is why drill teams can’t get anything accomplished! [embedplusvideo height=”472″ width=”591″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1raVQos” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/gabyF7OqMNI?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=gabyF7OqMNI&width=591&height=472&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep6043″ /]
Nothing Beats the Feeling of a Job Well Done
Nothing Beats the Feeling of a Job Well Done
Exhibition Drill: Who do you want to be?
Exhibition Drill: Who do you want to be?
There is Always Someone Waiting
For drill team training and motivation.