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Perform tricks for a judge

1-Baton Trick Meet
For a printable version, click here to download a pdf.
Click here to go to videos of the tricks in each level.

The Oregon Baton Council has a carefully sequenced 7-level event to assist twirlers in the development of their twirling skills. Each level consists of 5 twirls. The twirler performs them in front of a judge, who scores them on a scale of 1-5. Receiving all 4s and 5s will earn the twirler a blue ribbon, which indicates a "pass" for that level, but twirlers may repeat a level until getting all 5s, if desired. Twirlers may enter multiple levels of trick meet at a contest.

Keep good records of the levels you have passed.

(LH=Left Hand, RH=Right Hand)

LEVEL 1
  • Figure 8 (in your favorite hand)
  • Wrist twist
  • Arm slide, no toss
  • Rainbow toss, with lunges from side to side
  • Balance baton anywhere on your body
LEVEL 2
  •  LH Figure 8
  •  RH Flat twirl  (Horizontal twirl, counter clockwise)
  •  RH End swing
  •  LH Dead stick tosses
  •  RH wrist twirl
LEVEL 3
  •  LH Wrist twirl
  •  RH Figure 8
  •  LH Flat twirl (Horizontal twirl, counter clockwise)
  •  RH Reverse figure 8
  •  Front 2-hand back pass
LEVEL 4
  •  RH Whip (figure 8, then loop behind)
  •  LH Reverse 8
  •  LH Reverse front 2-hand to RH back pass
  •  LH Horizontal figure 8 (forward position)
  •  L elbow roll, catch RH (1/2 revolution.  Example: if you start thumb-to-ball, you catch thumb-to-tip)
LEVEL 5
  • Rev. cartwheel (RH front 2-hand on R side, then pull to L side; LH front 2-hand on L side, then pull to R side)
  • RH horizontal reverse 8 ("over-under")
  • LH reverse whip (reverse 8, loop behind back)
  • RH figure 8, two-finger (vertical)
  • RH figure 8 handrolls (forward)
LEVEL 6
  • RH horizontal 2-finger (from RH horizontal reverse-8))
  • LH horizontal 2-finger (from LH horizontal figure-8 in forward direction)
  • RH thumb flip (1 revolution, catch LH, reverse 8 pack pass)
  • Left elbow wrist roll, catch LH & pack-pass to RH
  • LH whip (figure-8, loop behind back)
LEVEL 7
  • RH flat twirl. RH slide to end. Neck wrap RH to LH. Horizontal/flat toss LH to RH. Repeat.
  • RH whip, RH thumb toss; one spin to L, follow through with reverse-8, flourish and repeat
  • Reverse cartwheel thumb flips (1 revolution)
  • LH reverse figure-8 to L side. 4-finger in front of tummy (roll over fingers). Repeat.
  • Reverse R elbow roll, catch LH (1/2 revolution.  Example: if you start thumb-to-ball, you catch thumb-to-tip)
For a printable version, click here to download a pdf.
Click here to go to videos of the tricks in each level.
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