“…there are certain parts of the equipment that we, as color guard members, are told to look at. For example, on a rifle we generally have an outstanding piece of tape by the bolt of the rifle (or the center of the rifles mass). The reason for this is because when the rifle is in the air, we are watching that outstanding piece of tape as a centralized location. If the tape is placed correctly, it should appear as if the tape is simply moving straight up and straight down while the rifle is in the air. If we were to look anywhere else on the rifle, our ability to visualize the equipment into our hands would be much harder. I wouldn't say that we are watching the rotations in the air as much as we are performing the rotations with our muscles. We are simply watching the equipment into our hands in the most effective way visually.