Marching Band: Forward Marching

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Matt Goms and I would like to talk about now, about forward marching and the process of doing that, what the best technique to try and achieve from that is going to be. Once you've achieved your posture and you're ready and set, and you're ready to take your first step. What we want to do is to try and push all of the weight forward at the same time, so that your foot doesn't go and then your body goes, so that you get this delayed reaction that happens this way, o.k. So, the first thing that you want to think about is, making sure that you take all the way forward at the same time. And, as you take that step, that you're going to drive your heel into the ground, getting your toes in the air, as high as you can get them without losing your balance. I should be able to hold this for quite a while, if you can see my heel is in the ground and my back heel is actually off the ground. So, I'm in motion and I should be able to hold that. So, that's the type of form that you want to achieve once you take that first step. You can have them do it slowly, where you move slow, one step at a time, making sure that you're rolling from your heel, all the way to the ball of your foot. You can have them do it faster. The one thing that you do not want to do, is make sure that the knee does not pick up and then the foot sits down. Your heel should skim right across the top of the grass, as you take that step. So, it should never be these bicycle steps that look like this."