Two-Baton Twirling

To succeed at two-baton twirling, you need good baton control, superb body coordination, and the ability to move quickly and gracefully. Furthermore, you need excellent ambidexterity.

There are three kinds of two-baton maneuvers, and you'll have to be able to do all of them if you expect to put together a competitive two-baton routine:
(1) Synchronization: Each hand does the same sequence or trick simultaneously. For example, right and left hands both do flat wrist twirls at the same time.
(2) Coordination: Each hand does a different sequence or trick. For example, right hand does flat wrist twirl while left hand does flat four-finger overhead.
(3) Toss-pass-catch: One baton gets tossed, the other gets passed, the tossed one gets caught in the empty hand. For example, throw the right-hand baton up, pass left-hand baton behind back to right hand, catch descending aerial in left hand.

From "The Complete Book of Baton Twirling",
by Fred W. Miller and Gloria Smith with Perri Ardman,
Doubleday &Company, Inc., 1980 (out of print).


Two Baton Twirling is the continuous and simultaneous manipulation of two batons by one person. It combines techniques and skills of one baton twirling with moves that require a mastery of timing, coordination, concentration, control and dexterity, pattern/plane treatment and demonstrating a broad base of two baton skills. The Two Baton event shows the ability of the athlete to demonstrate intricacy of two batons to a high degree with added responsibility of continuity, simultaneous blending, ambidexterity, design qualities, flow, performance skills appropriate for Two Baton, and baton and body technique. The main objective of Two Baton is to use Two Baton Material throughout the routine.

From the USTA Information, Procedures, and Rules, Tenth Revision"


In Two-Baton Twirling, a contestant performs with two batons. Both batons must be in action at all times, either in like patterns, alternating patterns, or in concert with each other. One-baton score sheet and penalties apply, with logical interpretations.

From the NBTA International 1995 Rules Handbook"


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