Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel?

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#72513 - 02/08/05 01:50 AM Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel?
HellaSnare Registered: 05/26/04 Loc: Rockwall, Texas, USA	In high school we marked with only the heel. In college we marked with the whole foot. In my Drum Corps the whole COrps marks whole foot. I like the whole foot look more than just the heels. It is pretty cool to seen when done well. _________________________ "You can obeserve [b]snugglebunny[/b] by just watching" -Yogi Berra Bass Captain Blue Springs High School 1994-96 Snare Drum - Drumline Captain Blue Springs High School 1996-97 5th Bass Southwest Missouri State University 1997-98 6th Bass Southwest Missouri State University 1998-99 Drum Corps Lt. Snare Drum Hella Drum and Bugle Corps
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#72514 - 02/08/05 02:12 AM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: HellaSnare]
kevin_fu Registered: 06/16/00 Loc: Southern MD	Personal preference. I have taught both... I usually teach picking up the whole foot only when the drumline is a young bunch and needs to have their feet really drill the beat into the ground with a metronome. I personally don't like the wobbling that the drums do with the whole foot being lifted up, so I prefer moving the heel. _________________________ -Kevin Instructor/Tech Northern HS - Owings, MD \| Winter '03 - Fall '04 Patuxent HS - Lusby, MD \| Fall '06 Huntingtown HS - Huntingtown, MD \| Fall '07 Project PIW - Pittsburgh, PA \| '05 - Cymbals Promote Tolerance\|Go Redskins!
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#72515 - 02/08/05 01:16 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: kevin_fu]
ADLMalletTech Registered: 11/20/03 Loc: Holland, Michigan	We were always taught to lift the entire foot one inch above the ground, keeping the foot parallel to the ground the entire time. _________________________ "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems." - Arthur O'Shaunessey "Even broken clocks are right twice a day." - Fallon Young, Scary Go Round [color:"blue"]Director of The Hot Air Drum and Bugle Corps[/color]
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#72516 - 02/08/05 01:25 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: ADLMalletTech]
Ironman7 Registered: 02/22/04 Loc: Springfield M.A	I generaly like lifting the whole foot. I find it gives a distinct downbeat through the whole body. I also think that it looks more intentional if you will than just lifting the heel. I am not a big fan of the drumline booty shake that seems to go along with lifting the heel. But its realy personal opinion. I should add that when I say lift the whole foot I mean only lift the foot about an inch off the ground. _________________________ Semper Gumby: Always maintain a rigid state of flexibility. http://www.vater.com/
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#72517 - 02/08/05 04:32 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: HellaSnare]
Tory Registered: 10/12/04 Loc: Florida, for now.	Starting out, we're told to use our whole foot. People usually switch to their heels after they have it down. It doesn't really matter much, though, since we're only high school. I guess it's just pretty much a personal preference.
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#72518 - 02/08/05 04:35 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: Ironman7]
Dave_Fry Registered: 05/24/04 Loc: Sanatoga, PA	At the line that i teach...the students are taught to lift up the entire foot about 1/2"-1" off of the ground COMPLETELY parallel to the ground, and then directly back down to the ground...In high school myself i was taught to lift only my heel about 1"-2" off of the ground...quite frankly i find the bend in the knee to be annoying looking and i just prefer to see the whole foot lift as apposed to the heel lift... _________________________ As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. - Weisert Dave Fry -DCA 01' Reading Buccaneers Snareline -Souderton Area High School Percussion Instructor 01-07
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#72519 - 02/08/05 05:10 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: Dave_Fry]
Finn Registered: 10/04/04 Loc: Maryville, TN	My high school uses only the heel. This is the only way that the school has taught, but in my opinion I think that the whole foot looks cooler . _________________________ Maryville High School '04-'05 - Tenors
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#72520 - 02/08/05 07:09 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: Finn]
Cymbalchic06 Registered: 07/17/04	our line was taught that when we are with the whole ensemble, that we have to use our whole foot but when the drumline and hornline split up, we (drumline) just use our heal.
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#72521 - 02/08/05 07:16 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: Cymbalchic06]
DLWebmaestro Registered: 04/25/00 Loc: Drumlines.org Server	The Severna Park HS marching band (which is located just outside of Annapolis, MD) marks time by lifting their whole foot, and then flicking their foot downward at its peak. It looks like they stepped in something and are trying to get it off their shoes. It's quite the site! _________________________ I'm a whore Performing Great Mills HS: '92-'96 -> Front Ensemble, Plates, Snare \| Baltimore Ravens: '00-'03 -> Snare Teaching Thomas Stone HS: '97-'99 \| Patuxent HS: '99
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#72522 - 02/08/05 07:32 PM Re: Marking Time. Whole foot or only heel? [Re: DLWebmaestro]
drumnsax2 Registered: 10/20/03 Loc: Canandaigua, NY	Quote: It's quite the sight Our school is just the heel. Sometimes, the drumline marks with the foot barely coming off the ground, just to get a feel for the beat, but usually it's just marking with the heel. _________________________ [color:"red"] Impossible [/color][color:"white"]is [/color][color:"blue"] nothing... [/color] Marcus Whitman MS/HS Marching and Field Band- 2001-03 Baritone Saxophone, 2004-present Contra Winterline- 2002 Cymbals, 2003 1st Bass, 2004-present 3rd Bass
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