She also received instruction in acrobatics, juggling, ice skating, baton twirling, piano, and violin. The sport of baton twirling has many tricks common to all twirlers. He is shown to have a habit of twirling his hair between his fingers. The foundation of baton twirling is the thumb toss. The main events at the first World Baton Twirling Championships were Freestyle and Compulsory Moves. Pageants are a large part of competitive baton twirling. Baton twirling started in Western Europe and Asia. As an 8th grader, in 1963, he won a national championship in baton twirling. Added to these takes are a few close-up shots of a twirling blue trumpet. Mario has to wall-jump before mid-air twirling back to the wall to repeat the action. The types of twirling are arranged alphabetically.