Marshal’s Checklist for Practices

Bring to Practice

  • Waiver Forms
  • Forms for Medical Authorization
  • Sign in sheet
  • Hard Copy of Armor Standards and YC Rules
  • Water if it’s not easily accessed by young fighters
  • Weapon and Gear Fixing Essentials (see below)
  • Loaner gear if you have it
  • Marshal stick

Weapon and Gear Fixing Essentials

  • Duct tape
  • Strapping tape
  • Scissors or knife
  • Pipe foam
  • Flat head screwdriver
  • Phillips head screwdriver
  • Pliers or adjustable wrench
  • Misc. shoelaces and thongs
  • Scraps for adding aventails

Essential Loaner Gear
(the things no one has)

  • Spare swords (golf tube and pvc)
  • Spare shields (strapped for both right and left hand use)
  • Gloves
  • Gorgets
  • Kidney belts
  • Scraps for making aventails

Complete Loaner Gear

  • Several Hockey Helmets
  • Several sets of body pads
  • Swords (golf tube and pvc, various sizes)
  • Shields (various sizes, strapped for both right and left hand use)
  • Gloves of various sizes
  • Gorgets of various sizes
  • Kidney belts of various sizes
  • Knee and elbow pads of various sizes
  • Vambraces (small baseball. Soccer and hockey shinguards work great)
  • Scraps for making aventails

Fun Stuff to Have on Hand

  • Different kinds of shields (heater, kite, single-hand round)
  • Great swords
  • Polearms/glaves
  • Swords of various lengths
  • Daggers