marching technique

How to Effectively Round Your Corners

And thus completely mess up alignment and spacing! Now, no one wants to do this, but some Drillers do this…

11 years ago

How to Half Step Properly

What is Half Step? Here is what each service manual has to say: Army Use the following procedures to execute…

11 years ago

The Mechanics of the First Step

The Army and Navy/Marine Corps use this phrase or something very similar: "On the preparatory command, shift the weight of…

11 years ago

How to Mark Time Properly

While marching or standing still at Attention, the command, Mark Time, MARCH is given and, beginning with the left foot,…

12 years ago

Practice Makes Permanent: Knees and Hips

The first part of the series, Feet, is here. In this article, we will look at the knees and hips-…

12 years ago

What is the Straight Leg Technique for Marching?

The "Straight Leg" Technique* is used for marching bands/drum corps and could be used for a military drill team. The…

12 years ago

Ask DrillMaster: Toe First?

Why do military honor guard march toe-first? I can speak for American honor guard units: Sometimes the Pall Bearers may…

12 years ago

First Step- How to Step Off

One of the things I really did not like about Basic Training was my TI and/or DI yelling things like,…

12 years ago

“Open” or “Closed,” that is the Question

There is a difference whether you and/or your team stands with the Closed Foot Method or Traditional Method and not…

12 years ago

How to Switch Sides During a Column Movement

This will be for XD (Exhibition Drill) and is fairly easy. We need to number each of the elements/squads as…

12 years ago

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