# Umbrellas and pace sticks - any drill teachers here?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrellas-and-pace-sticks-any-drill-teachers-here/823776 "2018-10-31T11:25:36Z")\
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Teachers of drill, how do you swing your umbrellas? Do you swing it directly forwards or in a semi-circular fashion, like a pace-stick?

The other day I was about and saw someone swinging his umbrella in a semi-circular fashion and I was instantly reminded of a drill NCO measuring pace with a pace stick. I didn’t manage an opportunity to ask, so I ask here.