Most of my guard kids have been doing great in their first days of band camp. However there is one kid who just won’t catch their tosses no matter what. They won’t even try to get their hands on it. It’s not that they’re scared, they’ll do the tosses correctly but they just won’t catch. I’m honestly at a loss, any help would be so appreciated.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorguard/s/Wqr9L79090

I made this post almost two years ago exactly.

The TLDR is It was my senior year, my school didn't have an actual guard, there was none within proximity, both marching and winter guard. I realllly wanted to do guard, but couldn't.

Well... Update it's my sophomore year of uni and I'm in the Colorguard of my D1 University with 230 band members.

This may sound silly, but I did marching band my first year on Baritone and I reallllly wanted to do guard. I asked a few of the girls for help and they taught me a few things. A few weeks before clinic/auditions, I really locked in with one of my friends and one of the captains. I practiced almost every day, and I reached out to the Guard director for feedback.

I made the team! I am really proud of how far Ive come, and I just wanted to let yall know, you can do it even in bad highschool situations.

I’m in charge of finding show makeup products for my guard, but everyone always complains about whatever lipstick I choose. Whatever our old coach picked came off too fast, so I tried the maybeline super stay matte ink, but they complained it never came off (even tho I told them to use an oil cleanser or coconut oil). Then I tried the vinyl ink from the same brand, and they said it didn’t stay long enough. So I’m wondering if anyone has any recommendations for what their guard uses? I’m looking for a hot pink lip, pretty affordable, and any finish is fine. Tysm!