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All About Poms
how do you keep your poms from not becoming dead and misshapen? Mine are all poofy and round now but the older girls with old poms have really wrinkly ugly small not round ones, and I dont want mine to look like them. Also, what is the differenece beetween pom poms, poms, and pom pons, if there is a difference? I'm a cheerleader if you can't tell, but I also wonder, how does colorguard use poms? I hear they use them in competition. Are theirs any different?
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pom poms, poms, and pom pons are essentially the same thing, people just call them different things. they're generally just called poms though. my school doesn't have colorguard (we have baton and flag twirlers), but colorguard will usually do a pom routine with the same kind of poms. they also twirl rifles and flags too. i've also seen drill teams do pom routines with the same kind of poms. theirs might be a little bit smaller, but the drill team at my school uses poms all the time.
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Here are some tips to keep your poms looking good...
Don't leave them in hot places or direct sun.
Keep them in a ventilated bag. The air flow prevents them from having an odor. You can even place a dryer sheet inside the bag to keep your poms from smelling sweaty.
If poms get wet from rain, completely shake off excess water and then lay them out on a towel to dry overnight.
To fluff your poms use the pull-apart method...
Place pom in your lap with the baton handle parallel to your legs.
Find the staple and skip the first 10 strands because they will pull off.
Starting with about the 11th strand, pull one pom strand to the right and the next pom strand to the left. Firmly pull down as far as you can.
Continue pulling the pom strands, alternating left and right until you finish all the pom strands on one side.
NOTE: You can pull the strands in the opposite directions at the same time to go faster.
Turn pom over and repeat.
Periodically shake the pom hard to loosen strands and comb pom strands with fingers to help create the desired ball-shape.
NEVER CRINKLE YOUR POM STRANDS BY RUBBING YOUR HANDS TOGETHER. THIS MAKES YOUR POMS LOOK OLDER THAN THEY ARE.
Also, although many people call them Pom-poms, Pom-Pons are the correct term for these balls of fluff. Pom-pom is the word used when talking about clothing or decoration. Poms is just a shortened slang version, but they are all the same. Colorguard uses the same kind of pom in their routines and pretty much in the same way.
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