inspiring your band

[cookie_monster]

That's the way our band is. Our directors don't make us to push-ups or run laps if one person's misbehaving. The students leaders handle it and most of the time, they handle it very well and it's not an issue. Of course we run and do work-outs for physical strength and cardio stuff but that's why we run. As for the one's who don't cooperate, if that happens it just goes up from section leaders all the way up to the drum majors and directors if need be.

 

But about the motivation thing. Our student leaders meet 5-6 times during the summer (one of them being a 3 day camp) and set out all the goals of the band and what we expect to acheive but we make sure that we don't measure success in trophies. It's not about winning or losing, it's just about having a great show and all the aspects that go into it, whatever that may mean to you. And we make sure the first day of camp that everyone knows that.

[xMonicax]

We don't have that problem, all our section leaders are crazy band nazis >.>

 

When they chose section leaders, they had to write resumes and go in for interviews with all the directors and teachers and like any adults that have anything to do with the band (except for band parents, hah) and get dressed up and all this other stuff to be section leaders/field officers, or for band offices. I'm thinking about doing it this year at the end but I dunno if my band resume would look that great o.o;; I guess its a pretty good way to do it though, to make sure the leadership is pretty good.

 

And about the hazing stuff, the trombone section does that -cries- we have to do pushups every time one of our section leaders sees anyone doing anything wrong (even just going one accidental step on when we're supposed to stop) they cout five push ups for EVERYONE. So even when I do nothing wrong, I still have to do them 'cause the rest of the trombone section is stupd x_x We do 'em all at the end of practice on the super-hot black asphalt and after we're tired because we did a billion run-throughs

 

(Gah, I'm such a complainer)

[MartinHorn]

Here's a question of my own: What do you do about kids who will absolutely not cooperate? Kids who will just walk off the field when everyone else gets ready for push-ups, kids who talk and talk and talk, and never shut up, kids who simply don't care. How do you take care of them?

 

Electro-shock therapy. Trust me it works.

[Fortisimo]

So does CBT.