My school uses 8 to 5 steps and it's pretty easy but my aunt taught me how to march 6 to 5. What kind does your school use and which do you think is easier?

We do 8 to 5, 6 to 5, 12 to 5, and 16 to 5. the hardest is 16 to 5. Toes up to the sky, rolling the heel, you can really feel it.

The most common step size is 8 steps for every 5 yards. But most groups practice the 6 to 5, 16 to 5, 12 -5 ect... Also 16 steps to 5 yards should be rather easy as the step sizes are half the size of your normal 8 to 5 step. Now doing a 4 to 5 is nice and fun especialy backing up at about 180bpm or more. But there is no right or wrong way. The right way is the way that everyone in your program marches. As long as its uniform its correct.

He means 16/5 CLEAN.

Especially 'refreshing' at a slow tempo.

My director taught us 4/5, 8/5, 16/5, and *gasp* 32/5. Trust me, it ain't a walk in the park at all.

We use 8 to 5 most of the time. Some time there is a flaw in are drill though that makes us go too far in not enough time or steps.

25 or 6 to 4?

Seriously, 8 to 5s are the standard. But you should be able to do them all.

My school only teaches to march 8 to 5. I wish they would teach more than that, but what can you do? Pretty much if I want to learn something else, I have to do it on my own. Which I have done many a time.

batman98 has a point. You should be able to march all of them. You really should be able to march all of them if your are thinking about marching in a corps. Oh yes this means crab steping too.

Ok taking SMALLER steps to make 5 yards is easier than taking larger steps to make 5 yards. HELLO! You guys are going to honestly tell me that its harder to do a 16 to 5 as oppossed to a 4 to 5? Get real. You can crank out a 16 to 5 at 180bpm much easier than you can a 4 to 5 at the same bpm. Come on peopel think. You have to work harder to cover the same ground in only 4 steps.