Derby Middle School: Week 3

This practice was led by Gidget, a woman new to derby but NOT to sports. A beast on the track, this girl is a double threat who blocks and jams like she's been playing for a decade. When we need someone to bulldoze their way through and score a quick 10 points, Gidget is our girl.

Week Three	Saturday June 21	Instructor(s): Gidget		Location:	Hawaii Kai	9am-11am
More pack work and practical game scenarios

Derby Middle School, Week 3:

Warm up:

15 laps magic circle

Dynamic Stretching

Drill1 Focus- fast transitions using toe stops to run out with urgency

- On the whistle transition from forward to backward skating not using your toe stops to balance.

- Fast transitions to mohawk stop skating opposite direction using your toe stops to run out of the stop.

- Group of 2 to 3 Sprinting forward two cones as a group mohawk stop staying in a wall sprinting back one cone mohawk as a group and staying in a wall.

Drill 2 Focus- Learning to avoid hits by changing levels ie. getting low to get in front and getting high to go behind.

- Groups of two scissoring, one skater on inside one skater on outside, skaters are cutting in front of and behind their partner getting as close as possible without touching, skater who goes in front squats low and skater that goes behind gets high.

- Groups of three repeat as above.

Drill 4 Focus- Using your hips and shoulders to squeeze through blockers by turning your body sideways.

- Double pace line 2 feet apart, skater runs up the center of the line turning their body sideways keeping their feet moving and looking up.

- Double pace line every three seconds the skaters will open and close a whole so the "jammer" has to focus on running and slowing to get through still turning their body sideways to get through.

- Take it to groups of three 2 blockers, 1 jammer, jammer is focused on going through the middle of the blockers turning sideways and runing through the blockers.

Drill 5 Focus- Refilling blocker positions when the jammer happens to get around blockers.

- groups of three blockers on the whistle switch positions with your team mates grabing pushing and pulling to stay in a tight wall.

- adding in a jammer 

Drill 6 Focus- Offensive blocking from the front of back by sweeping a wall.

- Groups of 2 sweeping your partner from inside to out or utside to in.

- 3 D blockers 1 O blockers working on sweeping walls from front or back.

Drill 7 Focus- Pack Definition how to make a long pack by bridging.

- Using the Jam line as an anchor make a daisy chain to bridge out to 50 feet.

- Add in a pushy jammer 

Cool down PAU!