What is Colorguard?
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2016
- For anyone that has asked me 'What is Colorguard?'
Made this short doc this past summer. Truly opened my eyes to how people view our activity and how that effects the performers.
Let me know how you feel?
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Hi Cuties :) Thank you for all the amazing comments to my video. Guard has inspired me so much and I am so happy that we can all connect through such a great art form!
Check out my Vlogs on my youtube channel! My guard friends are pretty hilarious and I want to bring the positivity out to the rest of the world!
Link Below:
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The only upside to it is that they called it a sport
“You’re just the failed cheerleaders” DO YOU SEE CHEERLEADERS DOING THIS???
I used to be a cheerleader and it was hard but not as tough and stressful as guard. I bet if cheerleaders tried guard they would've broken their necks.
The only similarity between the two is that they both put on a show but other than that they’re both so different
Ikr the cheerleaders in high school doesn't even do as much work and time we put into our work
I was a cheerleader but I quit to do guard, and let me just tell you...GUARD IS SO MUCH HARDER like this isn't even up for debate smh
@@oliviapeterson8945 my guard team let some cheerleaders onto our team for our winterguard season, but half of them left because it was “too hard” even tho we were barely staging lol
My HS won state last year and never got recognized the director put it on the announcement list but apparently it’s more important to talk for 5 min about basketball losing 5 games in a row
Rejected cheerleaders, hm? Never seen a cheerleader keep performing with a broken nose, dislocated knee, or chipped ankle. Never seen a cheerleader express any emotion during a performance apart from a fake flirtatious smile. Never seen a cheerleader wave anything bigger than a pompom, toss anything more than 2 feet in the air, or move anything in sync other than their own bodies. Sounds like the people not cut out for guard are the ones who joined cheerleading. But hey, what do I know? I've only tried both.
Elizabeth Sherman I cheered last year and I'm planning on joining Color guard this year. When I cheered I kept going no matter what physical or mental pain I went through. I was truly happy cheering so my smile was always real. I can't say any thing about the poms because we didn't get them the year I cheered. We've tossed people in the air higher than two feet and it hurts when they fall on you.
Good for you, I'm glad your experience with cheer was like that. You're right about dropping people, that does hurt. I was just trying to make my point that between the two of them I found color guard to be quite a bit more difficult. But good luck starting guard this year, it's a lot of fun!
people in colorguard has the most passion for what they do
I was watching this the week after championships and started crying. I'm only in my first year but I'm truly in love with guard
Maddie Hansen same
Same
Yessss ! Same
Me too
I know you posted this two years ago, but I had a similar experience. Just before high school, I had a very traumatic experience with my family and mental health. I was hospitalized for 4 days because of it too. I started in colorguard, or at least band camp, and I thought to myself "wow..this makes me so happy. This is my life now". I'm going into my 3rd year of guard and I want to continue it into college and maybe as a career or throughout my life. Its changed my life and I'll never regret joining it no matter how many injuries I may get from it or however much time it may take up, its changed my life and I'm truly in love with colorguard.
This is also how most people see colorguard at my school. But something really cool actually happened, some news people came by and wanted to do a show about our cheerleaders, colorguard, and our winds program. So the winds performed their show them the colorguard went next and they just kept asking us to do it over and over because they really liked it and then the cheerleaders got like five minutes. It was the best thing to sit there and watch the cheerleaders get so upset because they got to do one little chant and we did our show like five times
My friends mom told me "if you were prettier or if you where good enough you'd quit guard and do cheer leading " and no matter now many times I denied that, that I really dislike cheer leading, that I love color guard so much more, she kept telling that. It really brought my self esteem down. Her saying guard was useless and I was a failed wannabe cheer leader
I almost cried lol I’m in color guard people don’t realize how hard it is to learn something you mess up in a show there it’s at the center of attention you are pressured to learn stuff and do it right but color guard is my happy place everyone thinks oh it just dancing there’s a lot more I promise you when I say color guard and made me a better person besides that color guard is my escape place and when people say it’s nothing that’s like saying ok nothing ♥️
Thank you for making this lovely instructional!! It covers so much of what we do and what we stand for.❤️
SpintronixGuard it really does! I love your channel ❤️
From a fellow guard member this really upsets me to see how people don't know what color guard is. Yes it is a competitive sport. It's much more then a flag or a stick and a gun. No it's a flag, a saber, and a rifle. It's so amazing. It's an energy. The adrenaline you get when you hear people cheer for you at competitions and games. Omg it's the best.
Courtney Baribeault I want to do guard for some reason I find it very interesting and want to do it
And swing flags and this is the first year at my school we’re getting recognized
As a color guard member myself I completely understand how those members feel. My freshman year of high school people were constantly making fun of us even though we did so many amazing things that season. Our costumes were red so we constantly got called ‘used tampons’ or ‘knockoff Spider-Man’. Even this year people called us clowns or were just disrespectful all together. People constantly will honk their horns and yell and cuss at us during practice calling us other names and shit that would really make me mad. Our football team didn’t even make state this year but we got 5th and barely got recognized for it. And hearing other athletes complain about their 1-2 hour practices is absolutely annoying when you have practices ranging from 3, 9, and 12 hours and you don’t get much of a break for yourself at all. It’s just hard knowing how much time and effort you put into something and it doesn’t get recognition and instead gets made fun of. But I’m not stopping just bc people are too naive to realize the true passion and beauty of this sport. And I will tell that to peoples faces if they try to make fun of me or my team or my band.
Okay in guard and I really don't like to think about how kids just think that we're reject cheerleaders because it's literally true that's all they think of us they think of us as just random people twirling flags and it really triggers me A lot of freshman and sophomore's think that guard is so embarrassing I don't think words can describe how passionate I am about this I literally practice so much I just can't stop it's literally addicting and such a beautiful sport I love it and I don't think I'm ever going to want to stop they for real need to play this for schools
I agree @Audrey Blake! I think that people underestimate guard kids all the time but don't even worry about what they think. We love this activity because of all the amazing people, instructors and shows. No one can ever tell you to think otherwise. Keep loving guard, it will keep loving you back
One of the best members on our team. #1 we were getting first place after first place. She quit because she was embarrassed to be in our guard. Like that hurts.
I remember at one of my competitions I had a broken foot but I still preformed and it was one of the most painful experiences in my life. I feel upset that people think colorguard is " Cheerleaders with sticks"
I'm in guard and I understand it may not be a sport but people don't know how much effort and work it takes to be in guard. Its a place to make new friends and actually family no relationship can be as strong as a guard members relationship. This video kinda makes me sad but over all it tells me that guard is not just throwing a flag and spinning a gun its a way of life that allows you to get an experience that no one else sees when you step on that field or tarp its the best feeling ever and its sad that no one knows about this activity that actually brings random people so close that you can't let go of them Thank you for making this video❤
Yess lm in guard to so when talk about my practices in class some students be like oh all y’all do is twirl a flag it’s not that hard but they don’t know we put in hour and hours of hard work and it pays off no we may not advertise it a lot but that’s the schools fought well my school doesn’t school support guard which is stupid we raise our own money everything we do is raised by us
Thank you @ColorGuard Boii,
Guard has such an incredible spirit and love. I can truly say that guard members are one of the toughest souls out there. They are strong, passionate and reliable
ColorGuard Boiii I totally agree the amount it takes to be in colorguard and to do things it requires to be in this sport it totally should be considered a sport.
at my school it is considered a sport!
Yeah I know right like I don't want everything to be like about colorgaurd I want like everything to kinda be equal and appreciated like other things are like football and cheerleading and this video does make me sad
I've been in guard for only 4 months but I already fell in love with it. I'm learning a lot during these past 4 months, I've been to 2 competitions so far, winning second place in both, and meeting new people is honestly one of the best things ever. As a new guard member, watching this really saddens me because ik guard is really underappreciated but didn't know it's THIS underappreciated when they started comparing to cheer cuz cheer is more known and when they said guard is just all about tossing flags and rifles, I can assure you that it's more than just tossing flags and rifles.
This honestly is just so saddening
i'm in winter and colour guard. This is my first in colour guard and i'm not even in highschool yet. They thought I was capable to do what the highschoolers are doing. This is my second year in winter guard, and last year I had no dance experience except for a little cheer and I did tumbling and flexibility stuff at home because I thought it was fun. Anyways, last year I figured out I got a solo, and I was shocked. I was so bad at dancing but every competition people told me "Your dancing was great!" and stuff like that. I put work into it because it's something I loved, and still do. I'm going to be captain for winter guard this year and i'm so happy. My life would be different without winter and colour guard, i'm happy I joined.
This is so true. I hate it when people compare many things to color guard. I'm glad that you made this video so people will finally understand us. That color guard is not easy just "tossing a flag, rifle(etc)." We use all our effort (etc) to get this far. 😇😇😇😇😇Ty!!!!!
What is color guard: #2 family
So true
Great video!!! It truly captures what color guard is and how its viewed in high school. It is sad. Yet our school is doing a better job at appreciating us, marching band and color guard.
Color guardians out there, just enjoy what you do and do it for the moments. Color guard creates strong, wonderful people and the experience of performing is priceless. No one is going to take that away from you.
People may not know what colorguard is but us that are in it love it.It is not just about spinning there's more to it.I am in colorguard at my middle school and not a lot of people no what it is.But us that are in colorguard just keep spinning and tossing that is our passion.
Triggering af
Can we just appreciate that the guy at 0:30 actually said it was a sport like,
Yes!
this hurts
knowing that so many people are unaware about guard, hurts. it’s saddening. because, guard has brought me the most amazing family I’ve ever had. the bond you make during practice, relying on each other and making sure to boost each other up for performances, really just shows that guard isn’t just a silly thing. it’s so much more than that. it’s hard work, it’s so much emotion, it’s practice & bonding. being in guard for as long as I have, it’s impacted my life in so so so many ways. I just wish people would recognize us for that. for our hard work everyday & know that we are as just as important as other sports. we’re not rejections. we’re not a little thing. we are a huge family all together. guard is amazing... I just wish people would open up and see that.
I'm so triggered omfg so much work and time is put into guard, I spent two hours learning one toss and I have a bruise the size of an orange on my wrist because of guard. No one respects guard and it's so annoying!
LOL i broke my pinky and ankle ever since i started
OOOHHHH BISSHH YOU ALLRREEAADDYYY!!KNOW!!! SABRE STABS ME EVERY GOD DAMN TIME I SPIN WITH IT EVERYONE HAS FRACTURED A TOE IN COLORGAURD!!
I got a black eye the 3rd day of band camp lol
I'm working on my eighth season of color guard this year, starting in 2014. Before I joined, I had no idea what it was. I knew you spun flags, and that was about it. Growing up, I played sports. I was in soccer, field hockey, MMA, track and field, and volleyball. Color guard doesn't even compare. It's the hardest thing I've done, mentally and physically.
I am with you @Morgan Louer! I have been in the guard community for 12 years and it truly is the most special of people and talent. It's amazing how driven and powerful guard kids are!
IDK. I was a cheerleader when I was younger, along with other athletic sport teams (mostly track & field and cross country) and I took ballet. My daughter joined Winter Gaurd this year and I honestly didn't understand at all what it is. I remember back in high school, that was a very long time ago, that we had a Colour Guard team or troop but I didn't really understand what they did either because I barely ever saw them except for with the marching band sometimes marching, but personally if you ask me I think that Winter Guard and Colour Gaurd are even better than cheerleading because there's so much creativity and artistic expression and dancing it that I liked it a lot better and had I known what it was when I was younger I would have probably prefer that over cheerleading. My daughter didn't want to do it at first but it seems as though she is really enjoying it and I can see why now. I talked to her into doing it because I felt it was a good way to introduce her to group sports and teams in high school...I didn't understand how much dance and artistic choreography and expression is involved. It's cool!
no one has rly understood how important and hard work guard is, but this video lets me know what i’m not alone. thank u SO MUCH for this video!!❤️❤️
I'm in colorguard, and at my school people don't even know we exist. I constantly tell people that we perform with the band at football games and they still don't care. I wish more people knew about this sport, it's extremely underrated and we work so hard for people to not know what we are. And at football games, one of my drill spots was in front of the student section and they were yelling, blowing their horns, talking, all while we're putting on a show for them. I would love to see those kind of people try to do colorguard, maybe then we wouldn't be yelled at.
Former Color Guard member for 4 years! Proud
Color guard is a sport no matter what anyone says. I wish color guard was more impressive to people. I'm not into sports but damn do I love color guard. its so hard and no one thinks it is until they do it themselves. Color guard is a powerful performance and I'm hoping it gets more popularized and respecting more. we're no reject cheerleaders. we are performers. Treat us as such
A lot of stuff said in the video is completely true. Guard is seen like the bottom of the bottom. Even the band kids think they are better. I was in Color guard my freshman year, and it honestly is hard work. There is a lot of time and effort that goes into it. I quit after one year because I couldn't handle the drama anymore. Unfortunately the part about color guard being like family or close friends was not the same for me. People were throwing shade and talking bad about their 'friends' behind their backs and complaining about not getting a certain part. The older kids also liked bossing the freshmen around to do things the director told THEM to do. I am glad I am not a part of that anymore. I regret wasting a year of my life stuck in all that drama. I am so much happier this year because I decided to make horse back riding my priority. I recently got my first horse as well, can't wait for what is in store for us. Nice video, I hope everyone else has a better experience than me in guard!
Hey @equiJess,
I'm sorry to hear that guard wasn't a good experience for you :/ sometimes bad attitude and drama can rip a team apart. Not all guards are like that luckily
My schools color guard won at state so we are number one and my teacher performed with gaga woo
This video is so sad,but so true. At my school, my classmates call color guard are just second rate cheerleaders。 They believe that only the marching band does hard work and the guard is there to look pretty. But in color guard, we do amazing things and look pretty while doing it.
It's kinda sad how people don't recognize the colorguard more often! I'm going into my first year of colorguard and I say that us colorguard deserve some recognition too!
I love this video
To be honest, I didn't know what color guard was either but I've made some friends on it and now I've been practicing to join them next year its been a lot of fun learning the tricks with them and overall its a lot more than people give them credit for. I've seen them perform and its honestly crazy to see in front of my eyes
it's weird that colorguard is actually really popular and known at my school
Thank you for this video. We are starting a marching band at our high school and this art form is not very well known in our community. We would love to use your video as an informational story of what guard is, if you are ok with us promoting the art with your video.
I am in colorgaurd it is fun this is my 2nd year doing it!!!
Omg I watching this to see if I should audition and now I think I will for sure
You can do anything because I am 9 years old and I am in Junior Varsity so keep working I have became very good I started when I 7 you can do it and great video
I appreciate this video to inform people
I very much appreciate this because it’s so true
Wow I can relate where I go my colorguard team is mentioned but isn’t really recognized it makes me sad because of all the work I do and my teammates do should be more recognized and it’s sad it is it should be considered a sport but sadly it’s not at my school the good thing is that we at least have a little bit of attention when we win comps and all that
I'm about to be a freshman in high school and this makes me really sad because I know that I as someone who has been a part of guard since I was in seventh grade so two years I have a lot to live up to because my high school won first overall in the nation and second in the world in the in the past few years but to a regular student at my high school no one would even care
I love it❤️❤️❤️
Amen!!!!!!!
I'm in colorgaurd in my high school and I've haven't even been in colorgaurd the whole season and that's how I feel that we don't get appreciated as much as the football players and cheerleaders do.
At least he said sport
Our captain went to the trainers to go ask to get a wrap for her hand cause she hurt it really bad. They kicked her out and told her color guard isn’t a real sport.
Wgi needs to be on ESPN.
wow. this is kinda sad. it’s nothing like this in my school. at least a third of the school is in either colorguard or marching band so it’s a pretty known thing. the people who aren’t in either though don’t really care which is kinda upsetting because we work really hard :(.
Honestly I wanna be one of them but I’m so scared to tryout especially with everything now and I have soooo many questions about the auditions as well
I have a question about color guard! I am very tall and skinny, and I’m not into doing cartwheels and aerials. I love to dance, though. I’m in 8th grade, and want to join color guard next year! Do you think I could have the skill set to join?
My guard friends and I made a sabre combo video to Ariana's new song! Check it out: ua-cam.com/video/6_gCKg__LUc/v-deo.html and share with your friends so that we can make guard become main stream!! #alllove #guardkidforlife #arianagrande
GUARD IS HARDER TO GET INTO THAN CHEERLEADING
Isaac B we didn’t try out we just signed up for guard so I meannn
@@savannahstjohn6690 did you have to try out for varsity, or indoor season? Guard is still harder to get into.
What about new Orleans high school color guard, because they are really different
At my school it is not recognized as a sport, yet we have to pay a 90$ sports fee to be able to participate in it.
90? dang for winter guard it's 120 and colour guard it's almost 200
I was wondering if I can use this video to help recruit and bring awareness to our guard in our school. I wanted to ask just in case
Yes of course! I want to bring awareness to as many schools and programs as possible, we got this :D If you need any help me know!
What is color guard? - the best sport ever but also the most drama filled sport ever
ayee ||-// but yes I agree with you haha
I'm in colorguard
K & L me too
This song is so sad
Lol. That's ok don't focus on the negative it's not their fault it's bcz the sport isn't so popular...same thing that happens with anything that's not known. If you don't like it then you have to do something to change that narrative. Focus on the positive
Now I realize why ppl make fun of color guard members. Eh, it's understandable ngl
Why??? Why would you even say that? What is the reason?
Why even compare to cheerleading? Bruh you don’t see a cheerleader throwing heavy equipment with proper technique, on time with everyone else, in the air and catching it. I’m sorry but no❤️