- prrebelrollers
Session 4: Keep going!
Updated: May 20, 2022
Pat yourself on the back! You are working hard and it sure doesn’t come easy. Stick with it and don’t get discouraged!!!

Here's what's coming up for this week's practice:
Review
Skate Review with Partner– T-stops, plow stops, Right and Left Knee Falls, Lateral Jumping, Hopping, Backward skating, Wheel Bumping, Pushing, Hip Whips
Pack Skate
Fall small – learn to fall small and get back up to join the pack
Stepping around obstacles
Increase/decrease speed
Endurance
Accelerate from a standstill, practice stance and apex use
Strides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcS5v6f_O7U&list=PLif92Hk7nSXLbPWxFa0N6LjxtbpQB1pHR&index=2
Crossovers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJwKQE6HR2Q&list=PLif92Hk7nSXLbPWxFa0N6LjxtbpQB1pHR&index=3
Discussion of Track Lanes and Corners
Using stepping exercise: skaters step to lanes called out to them while in derby stance
Whipping, Hopping & Weaving
Inside whip & outside whips
Hopping – hops over an object without stumbling or losing balance, jumps with both feet simultaneously
Weaving through 10 Cones, Slalom style at moderate speed, movement through 10 cones no more than 5 feet apart, though them
Introduction to Turn around Toe stops
Build on Transitions and add toe stops, sink into stop, get lower, use control
I love how Marilyn Tantrum explains things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLSWZlIWbk
Homework:
Keep practicing those Transitions & Turn arounds on skates