nummy1 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I don't do well with someone yelling... being intense is one thing, but blatent yelling is totally different... good thing we aren't being trained to kill people... Just march a show :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phirefenix Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Haha. I never had drill instructors that yelled without reason. It was usually due to the members simply not applying corrections after several runs, or to raise their voice for us to hear them. I don't mind it. When I teach I'm more laid back. I work with a high school that marches a good percentage of middle schoolers so I do have to be demure. I get my point across early on through sheer repetition. Later on I can use the "come on, you guys are better than that, I've seen you do it right before" line. I find that when members become endeared to a staff they work harder for them. Obviously, but at the high school level that can be hard to achieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafar Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child??!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudHype Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I have a reputation as a yeller. Do I... Yep. It is how and when. Instruction with no mic requires me to yell and when the kids are not focused, I yell louder :) I've found that it depends on the group itself. One group, I'll next to never get on them. Some groups respond only through my best Frank Williams impression. What I never am is nasty or rude. Funny is the best route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGarrett Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 good grief. I have experienced being "yelled" at in all three of the corps I was in for very specific reasons. I don't ever recall being yelled at just because someone got a thrill out of yelling. You know, if I'm a drill instructor, and I've reminded a set say... 100 times that they need to cover down, and they STILL have yet to all cover down at the same time to make a straight line or a decent angle... I'm probably going to finally yell about it. But I'll also be the first to give a good shout out when they hit it well the first time and consistently there after. Come on... grow a spine. If we have the "we don't speak in those tones to our children" instructors, who would take them seriously when they mean business? This isn't your mommy here who will coddle you when you pull all the flour off the shelf in the grocery store or cry about not getting a toy at Wal-Mart. Real life people... real life. If the sensitive kids don't think they will experience being yelled at at some point in their life, whether it be work related; in the military; in a sport they particpate in; or by a drum corps drill instructor... it will be a hard life and a rude awakening for them in the real world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefanning Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Locked legs...very impressive! Though I think even the Cadets give a little bend on the upbeat. :P Locking you knees is bad. It cuts off the blood flow and your body is not made to be tense and moving at the same time. This is why bad dancers are tense dancers. Straight legs should not be straight by locking. I could go on about technique but I won't Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsismylife Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Locking you knees is bad. It cuts off the blood flow and your body is not made to be tense and moving at the same time. This is why bad dancers are tense dancers. Straight legs should not be straight by locking. I could go on about technique but I won'tMike i think thats why what they said was funny.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVsopAaron Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 If you're mature enough not to take it personally, it's a great motivating tool... I remember getting yelled at all the time... ALL THE TIME... (well, not THAT much... I wasn't a tick by any means, but I changed styles more than a few times and it took me a while to catch on...) When I got yelled at, I definitely got the "Oh yah? Watch this... IN YOUR FACE!" attitude... I'm just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liebot Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Come on... grow a spine. If we have the "we don't speak in those tones to our children" instructors, who would take them seriously when they mean business?This isn't your mommy here who will coddle you when you pull all the flour off the shelf in the grocery store or cry about not getting a toy at Wal-Mart. Real life people... real life. If the sensitive kids don't think they will experience being yelled at at some point in their life, whether it be work related; in the military; in a sport they particpate in; or by a drum corps drill instructor... it will be a hard life and a rude awakening for them in the real world. I just don't think yelling is all that effective. Some of the things that drill instructors have said to me (without yelling) or to groups I've marched with were more demeaning or insulting than yelling could ever be. But those comments definitely motivated me more to do well than someone sitting there going "Brian, you jack***, stop ****ing up that god **** set or I'm going to kill you and your family." It has nothing to do with being thinskinned, I just don't think that raising ones' voice is always the most effective option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePerfectbuzz Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Locking you knees is bad. It cuts off the blood flow and your body is not made to be tense and moving at the same time. This is why bad dancers are tense dancers. Straight legs should not be straight by locking. I could go on about technique but I won'tMike wow mike... you say this like you teach a 9 time world championship level corps how to march straight legs or something :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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