How to Select Baton-Twirling Supplies

As with any kind of purchase, you can find baton-twirling supplies that range from low-quality and inexpensive to high-quality and costly. Although twirling is not as expensive a sport as skiing or scuba diving, you will need to budget a modest amount of funds for a quality baton, a hoop (if you use one), cases and cleaning supplies, special balls and tips and club or school t-shirts. Uniforms and costumes are considered a separate category, but you could consider instructional materials, magazines and even music CDs as being twirling supplies.

Instructions

  1. Select Baton-Twirling Supplies

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      Determine what it is you are shopping for, whether your first assemblage of twirling gear or a specific item like polishing cloths.

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      Select supplies according to your level of expertise and usage and buy in advance so you do not get caught without something you need. If you are a veteran twirler and performing often, you need to have a backup for everything you use, including batons, cases, cleaning supplies, and special balls or tips.

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      Save all of your receipts when you do make purchases to track your expenditures as well as be prepared to make returns or exchanges of merchandise.

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      Remember to pick up smaller supplies, like chalk or rosin. Although it's easy to overlook these types of supplies in favor of well-built cases and flashy tassels, they're actually vital to keeping your baton clean and your performance fluid.

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      Find baton supplies by asking your school or club coach for recommendations on local stores, consulting the ads in a twirling magazine such as "Drum Major" and checking out the supplier listing at websites such as TwirlZone.com (see Resources below). It is as important to select a good supplier as it is to select good supplies.