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Saturday, April 4
Freestyle Drill Competition 2009
Being the first batch of FSD trainees taking part in competition and training was a good experience; and we got to have a better picture of what American Drills was all about. Being a member of our FSD team was really honourable and we even got to secure a runner-up in Air District despite only having two short weeks of trainings. I personally feel that it was quite a good achievement taking into consideration that we were the 1st batch of FSD team in Unity. Claiming a second in position in Air district came a shock as I felt that we did better during our trainings. Nonetheless, we should continue to train and practice hard and aspire to achieve 1st the next time round. Lastly I hope that we would be able to yield better results come next year.
Article Contributed By: LCP Lye Heng
It was about a month ago since we were introduced to Freestyle Drills and some American Drills, these drills were very much different from foot drills as most of the American drills were executed silently with minimal banging of the feet. It was pretty harsh as we were told to start thinking of stunts and formations just after one to two trainings into Freestyle drills as the competition date was drawing near. I was amazed when we managed to achieve 2nd competing among Air district and although it was quite saddening that we didn’t attain a position in the top 5; we did our best and we will strive harder next year. All in all, the Freestyle Drill trainings and competition was a great experience.
Article Contributed By: LCP Cherng Sean
Freestyle drill is a form of fancy drill where cadets use their creativity which includes thinking of stunts and formations. Unlike the normal(foot) drills, there are different commands for them but doesn’t make any difference as it was basically the same thing. Examples are like left face, right face, about face, forward march and so on. We do not have to bang our feet, which is not that easy at the beginning but had got used to it within days. On the first few days of our training, we had trainings on American drills. After that, we went on to planning for formations, which was actually very fun as we got to have a say in decisions and shared a piece of our minds. Then it was time to think of stunts. I think it was rather unusual as we don’t usually do such things during normal trainings. Weeks after all those stuff, we had our rehearsal, where we always heard “semula” over and over again.
Around 2 months of trainings finally paid off. Thanks to the effort of our Staff Sergeant Farishia, we managed to get into the second place of the Air District. It doesn’t matter if we did not got into the top 5 of the grand finals, as we already did our best. The freestyle drill is something which is similar to the precision drill, except that the precision drill uses rifles while freestyle is about fancy drill. But the good thing is it somehow bonded all of us, from strangers to friends, from friends to “brothers”. There are times where it was torturous, but it was well worth it. From a not so enthusiastic person, we’ve turned into much more enthusiastic cadets, and it’s all thanks to our wonderful Staff. If it’s not for her, I think we would not even be in 2nd place. Freestyle drill is a place where we have fun, suffer together, and even make fun of each other. I cherished the moments we spent together during every training, as it was like a once in a life time experience. Even though 3 hours sounds very long, but when I am in training, time will always past at the speed of light. Also in the freestyle drill competition, we got to compete with the other schools, which were what I think, an honour. I can’t say that the SM was bias or anything as there was no air units which was in the top 5, but I can say that all the top 5 land units performances are extremely unique and also awesome. I can’t say that our performance was 100% flawless but what really matters was that we managed to finish it with all that we had, and that was the spirit that drives us along. Freestyle drills ALL THE WAY!
Article Contributed By: LCP Kuan Ying
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