Running and Pushups

[bossman]

i love to see ppl run, i dont y. I just like to see ppl get into shape as the year goes on.

 

especially when you start the year at like 160(ok marching), and crank it to like 200 by the end of the season.

[Nancy08]

we "celebrate," which is basically pushups for mental mistakes. We run 2-3 laps before practice, and more if you're late. We also do corpral punishment by standing at attention for long lengths of time...

[barisaxy08]

i remember one time we used to run a lap for every minute we were late and i was 4 minutes late...so i had to run a mile without streching

 

that musta been so much fun after all the gaggin and heart pains stopped...

[bossman]

moan and groan, aww poor kids.

YOU BETTER EARN THAT P.E. CREDIT!

[crazyjakeup]

  bossman said:

moan and groan, aww poor kids.

YOU BETTER EARN THAT P.E. CREDIT!

thats what im talkin bout

[whitewing09]

it really pisses me off cuz we have to ask the school board for permission if we can do this kinda stuff, and they say no just cuz they dont wanna upset parents

[MartinHorn]

AISD won't allow that type of thing. Guess you need some type of physical for that kind of activity in an extracurricular activity.

[NSUMusician]

I'm a director and here's my opinion. I don't like push-ups and laps for discipline. I like doing a lap before rehearsal to stay in shape a little bit. I'm not too big on push-ups at all because most people don't do them correctly to be beneficial.

 

Here's my take on physical discipline. I like making students MARCH laps instead of running. Set a met or a gock-block to 180 and make them march laps with perfect technique. Not only does it hurt, but it will help make their technique better.

 

As far as upper body strengthening, I like doing wall stands. If you don't know what I'm talking about, what you do is put your heels up against a wall like you are backwards marching. The only other part of your body that should touch the wall is your butt. Then hold your horn at carraige or playing position. If you want to do it on your own, start out small and get larger with time lengths. If you are doing it for discipline, the longer the better.

[crazyjakeup]

marching laps... great idea! but wouldent that take alot of time???

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

  crazyjakeup said:

marching laps... great idea! but wouldent that take alot of time???

nice. that'd be quite interesting. make em march at 300BPM.....

[crazyjakeup]

try blinking that fast

[MartinHorn]

  crazyjakeup said:

marching laps... great idea! but wouldent that take alot of time???

We have a variation of that as discipline. We do it before practice begins.

[crazyjakeup]

warmups???

[whitewing09]

alls we did this year was the hindu thingy, calve raises, and marching various ways

for warm up

[barisaxy08]

hindu thingy???

 

please elaborate

[crazyjakeup]

i love the hindu... its a yoga technic *sh** another misspelled word* that is used to improve posture

[NSUMusician]

Actually, I keep up with various infractions and make students march laps after practice or during water breaks. I give generous amounts of time for water so it's pretty easy to make your lap and still have time to cool off and grab some water.

 

I also make it clear that rehearsal/class is not over until I release them. Therefore kids don't leave until after they've marched their lap(s) or else they are skipping rehearsal/class and there is other discipline to be done then.

 

I'm in a pretty sweet deal that my head principal and 1st asst. principal are both former GREAT band directors. They are very supportive of the discipline we have.

[bossman]

this is a high right?

which school?

[whitewing09]

our principal is a coach so i dont think he really wants to support us

[crazyjakeup]

i was thinking"how does that work" but then i read that your school is 3a

[NSUMusician]

Jake, school size doesn't matter. It's all about the willingness of the leaders and non-leaders of a band to make it work. I've implemented the same techniques in a very large, very successful 4A band.

[barisaxy08]

hahaha...got em coach!

[NSUMusician]

Funny you should say that. I'm called Coach by most of the students and some of the teachers at my school. I guess when one is 6'6" and somewhat athletically built one could look like a coach. haha.

[barisaxy08]

wow...for real?!

 

that's pretty tight if you ask me. We have a student teacher who is in the 6 foot category and he gives off automatic intimidation just from his height...but is still a gentle giant.

 

I wish I was tall...er.

[bossman]

HAHA! Gentle giant!

Mr.*blank* is cool though when he actually talks to my band.