Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel?

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#72583 - 09/18/05 06:46 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Anonymous Unregistered	When I was a freshman, I was taught to lift my whole foot just an inch off the ground. Then when I switched schools, they told me to only do my heel. This year, I am drum line captain and I sort of made the decision to do the whole foot. The band doe only the heel but it definitely looks better if everyone is on step if they are lifting their whole foot.
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#72584 - 09/26/05 07:52 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: ]
AdamP152 Registered: 09/25/05 Loc: Cary/Greenville NC	Quote: Our drum line marks time with heel only. I like the look of whole foot but wouldn't your drums move back and forth? No, if you do it correctly. First of all, the movement only needs to be half an inch off the ground and if you separate your uperbody, like you are suppose to do while marching, your drums will move only very, very slightly to where it is hardly even noticeable. Marking time with the whole foot IS better because it keeps better timing. Furthermore, marking time with your heel promotes the bending of your knees. Unless you're show style, you should not bend your knees with your extended leg while marching; and marking time is marching, only in place. _________________________ Screw MySpace -------------------- Keep Our Children Safe- Support Jessica's Law
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#72585 - 10/01/05 07:33 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Anonymous Unregistered	Quote: Sometimes, the drumline marks with the foot barely coming off the ground, just to get a feel for the beat. _________________________________________________________ Our drumline marches with whole foot but our band marches heel only. I like whole foot better than heel only because i think as said above it helps get a better feel of the beat.
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#72586 - 10/18/05 09:42 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Anonymous Unregistered	Your whole foot is High mark time, normally is when you high step march or running and marching. Personnally I don't like high mark time. I like it not as noticable espeacially with drums on. I play bass drum and it's funny to see me do it, my bass drum goes back and fourth lol
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#72587 - 11/09/05 09:23 AM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Quads4Life Registered: 10/28/05 Loc: Copiague, New York	my high school marked time with the heel and feet together like cadets. But when i went to corps we did whole foot and feet apart like Cavies.
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#72588 - 07/16/06 08:44 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Anonymous Unregistered	in my high school its drumline-whole foot, band-heel up i dont like this also because of the wobbling, and i dont really understand how it helps
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#72589 - 07/16/06 10:08 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: drumnsax2]
Anonymous Unregistered	at my school...we mark time with whole foot.no specific reason..but...the band marks time with heel...i think it looks tacky...thanks for bringing this up...now i'll go talk to my directors.
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#72590 - 07/17/06 08:55 AM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: ]
SkyDog Registered: 12/29/05	Quote: Your whole foot is High mark time... Whole foot isn't necessarily high mark time. When doing a high mark time, your foot would come up to at least mid-calf of the other leg (depending on the style of your band). Lifting the whole foot less than an inch is not a "high" mark time. To add my two cents to the rest of the topic, I've normally used a whole-foot approach. When you lift the whole foot and set it down, there's a stronger feel to it than when you just lift the heel and set it down. I find it a lot easier to keep the pulse using the whole foot and have noticed that people seem to stay in step and in time better when marking time with the whole foot. When using the whole foot, there will be a little bit of swaying from side to side. The swaying is pretty minimal and it doesn't look bad if the whole group is doing it.
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#72591 - 07/17/06 11:37 AM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: SkyDog]
jakedrumfellow Registered: 01/03/06 Loc: Broken Arrow, OK	i find it easier to keep time when lifting the whole foot. _________________________ 2006 Broken Arrow- snare 2007 Broken Arrow- snare 2008 Broken Arrow- snare (one of two captains) tenor captain
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#72592 - 07/23/06 07:47 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: ]
BismarkUMD Registered: 11/09/03 Loc: Maryland, College Park	We only lift our heel. We figure if you're marching you heels are the part to touch the ground first (we roll step). There for marking time with the whole foot will only lead to issued while marching. If you only use your heels then you learn to associate the heel hitting the ground with the down beats. We also believe that if you don’t have the tempo in your head it won’t be in your feet. How can your feet stay in time if your mind isn't in time? If your mind is in time what difference do your feet make? This coming from instructors with countless years in Corps and in college marching, Aubrey Adams and Sean Haleem. Not just myself. So we go with the heel. I've done the whole foot thing. I've taught both methods. The heel method makes the most sense. _________________________ Bismark Strikes Again! University of Maryland Drumline. Drumline R better.
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