Nothing reallyhappened in this time period for me, I haven't practiced because it's been pretty cold and hectic for me.
(my apoogies)
Thursday, March 9th
Tonight was guard, as in practice
During my interview with the Black Watch Capains, Kimberly had shown me how to do a blade toss. It's like a spin however it spins more? I know that's vague, but it's basically all there is.
Today's practice was based around the sabres, and I got to see them do their rotutine many, many times. It was really interesting. However, I have realized that my sabre might be broken... Like just a little broken... I may have made a mistake.
So I brought my sabre to the squad, and it turns out it was loose. I didn't break it, it was just naturally getting loose from being repeatedly dropped. I watched their routine and I am now able to do a certain toss of theirs, it's a sabre lollipop, and then a double blade toss, which you catch one handed and then spin. Once the sabre was tightened it was so much easier??? to do everything???
Friday, Marth 10th
This afternoon was spent looking at videos of run throughs from practices. We have a Wissahickon Indoor Guard facebook group, and there we post all of the run throughs, and see what people did wrong. I looked mostly at the sabres, and what they did in general.
It's a very good learning tool, because then I mime what they're doing as I watch in real-time
Saturday, March 11th
I made up a little practice for myself today, A single from the hilt, a single from the blade. The way you catch a normal single leaves your hands in the perfect position for a blade toss, and likewise. It takes a lot of strength on both sides, but it's evened out. I also practice the move I saw they did on thursday, and thought about logisitics of guard captain for next year.
This week I will admit hasn't been my best, but it's something. It's been too cold to really be able to practice on my own, and champs for indoor are in a month, so I'm really trying to focus during guard practice, leaving me little to no time to practice. Next week will hopefully be better, even though we might have a snow day. This week really shouldn't be the defining week.... whoops
Great blog! I like the idea of miming the sabre's practice as you watch. However, have you tried recording your own practice and then comparing your practice vs other's practice. I often do this when I am trying to improve at something since it is easier to spot your own mistakes when watching someone else do it correctly. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHey Ellie! You said that you didn't get to do much over this period of time, but it seems that you did a good amount of work this week! I think that you have a pretty large dedication to your topic and I think it will be cool to see you improve. I think you miming the videos is another way you show the dedication you have to this topic. Hope you continue to work hard!
ReplyDeleteHi Ellie! Despite your introduction, it sounds like you're doing a great job so far :) . I think that it would be really cool if you uploaded some pictures or videos to your blog so we could visualize your process and maybe a routine or two! Good luck, and hopefully the weather clears up for you.
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Hey Ellie! It sounds like even though this wasn't your best week, you are achieving your goals which is the most important thing. The interest you have in your project is shown through your posts and makes them very interesting to read. I myself, do not know much about colorguard at all but I think I understand the basics of what you are doing. Maybe include a video of the next trick you are trying to accomplish or a video of yourself doing something in order to make it a bit more understandable. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteHey Ellie! Even though you may not have done everything you planned this week, it seems like it was still super productive. It's a great technique to mimic the videos you watch, but I also think self assessment would be a great tool as well (aka watching yourself in a mirror or watching videos of yourself). I also like how you make up practices and routines for yourself-it allows for both creativity and innovation. Keep up the enthusiasm and good work!
ReplyDeleteHey there, ol' buddy. I'm proud of you and the progress you did make. It's great how you have so many good sources to gather more information, so this topic was a stellar idea. I'm sure you'll be an expert swishy sword thrower. I agree with everyone else here, when they say that the progress you did get to make was super productive and a great use of the time period. Are you planning on showing a video of your progress? Maybe a routine with the guard? That'd be pretty neat ;^). Anyways, great work on the blog, buddy chum. Good luck, and cool breeze.
ReplyDeleteYou should do a quintuple.
ReplyDeleteUm I'm not a senior at cheltenham
DeleteI've also tried and have done but quite haven't but have.