How Do You Spin A Flag In The Color Guard?
The drop spin is the essential building block of all that is color guard. Flag is the first piece of equipment you learn when joining a color guard, and the drop spin is the first thing you learn on flag. Drop spins become second nature fairly quickly. Start at right shoulder. Your right hand should be at the tab, thumb pointed up toward the sky. Your left hand is at your bellybutton, also thumb up. The pole should be straight up and down, at the center of your body, right in front of your nose. Subdivide the 5-6-7-8 before the first count of spins, saying “Squeeze And” on the last two eighth notes. It should sound like this, “Da Da, Da Da, Da Da, Squeeze And.” Practice the subdivision a few times before moving on to the next step. Squeeze the pole with your right hand when you are saying “Squeeze” aloud, on count 8 before the first count of spins. You don’t move the pole at all; just squeeze the muscles in your right hand around the pole. Move the pole a quarter turn counterclockwise,
