Monday, June 16, 2014

Derby Middle School: Week 2

Miss a week, miss a lot!! Make sure to get to as many Middle Schools as possible to prepare yourself for the Orange Star assessment on July 6th.

Trainer this week was Bricks HitHouse, one of PRD's biggest menaces on the flat track. Her strength and agility completely destroys opposing teams. DMS girls were lucky to get a practice in before she leaves us next month for New York!

Week TwoSaturday June 14Instructor(s): BricksLocation:Hawaii Kai9am-11am
Pack work and Jammer basics.


Derby Middle School, Week 2:

1. warm up and dynamic stretch.

2. demonstration of a wall and different wall variations.
-A.paired up in twos and practiced making a wall and staggered plows together on the whistle.
-B. did the same moving into 3 and 4 man walls until they were able to plow all together in a 4 man wall.

3. gave brief demonstration of blocker lanes and how far each blocker should be covering in a wall.
-A. in a 4 man wall while skating pack speed gave the commands of “inside”,”outside” or “middle”. on the commands the two blockers closest to that area would then close their hips together without leaving their lanes.
-B. sent a dummy jammer through to apply light pressure.


4. demonstration of  a swipe and plow movement to gain position, demonstration of a sweep movement to clear a lane and gain position and demonstration of an effective hip check.
-A. paired them up in twos and had them swipe and plow in front of partner from the outside to inside line and then practiced it from inside to out.
-B.paired them up and had them sweep their partner form the outside to inside line and then practiced it from inside to outside line.
C. had the pairs sweep and then deliver a hip check to the outside line.

5. gave a demonstration of effective pushing and pulling of your partner and why and where it would be useful. demonstrated the correct place to push on your partners hips to make her go in the other direction. talked about communication while moving your partner.
-A.  paired them up and had them push each other from the outside to the inside line and then switched from the inside to the outside.
-B. had them line up in 3 lines. the pusher, the rag doll  and the enemy.  on the whistle the enemy around the track to try to gain position on the pair, the pusher’s job is to use the rag doll to prevent the enemy from getting by so that the pusher can deliver the hit/sweep to the inside or outside.
C. talked about multiplayer blocks and how to avoid them.


6.talked about the magic circle and the sweet spots on the track. why they are important to blockers as well as jammers. Gave a demonstration of how to “skate at somebody” meaning- how to approach a wall and where to attack the wall to break it up or gain position. talked about going into a wall “pointy” with your shoulders and legal blocking zones to break up a wall. talked about how to approach a wall if you are coming in hot. coming in at an angle.
-A. formed a line and let the skaters practice breaking up a two man wall of cookie and I by attacking the crack and using their shoulders
-B talked about Jam line starts and what you need to be doing as a blocker when you hear the 5 second call.
—a. practiced jam line starts with a 4 man wall. allowed each jammer to break though the wall and approach the pack from the rear coming in hot.

7. stretch

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