Avoiding Offence

In groups of three, practice evading the offence by making yourself small and popping back.

• One jammer two blockers.
• One jammer pushes on a blocker along inside or outside line.
• The offence blocker c-cuts the skater blocking the jammer.
• The other blocker changes position and makes themselves small, and more upright and loads ready to stay stuck to the jammer.

In groups of three, practice evading the offence by making pivoting around the front of the offensive blocker.

• Blocking skater pivots to a backwards facing position close to and whilst maintaining contact with the offensive blocker to catch the jammer.

Progression: In groups of three - skate one lap doing each role - with continuous offence and evading the offence moves.

Drill

• In groups of 4, a 3 wall and one offence.
• Offence tries to break up wall for one minute.
• Repeat with new groups

Teaching points

• Offence can aim for arms, blockers need to drop links to avoid multiplayer penalties
• Offence can aim for butts, wall can switch around the offence
• Offence can aim for brace, butts maintain two wall

Progression

• Add in a jammer - groups of 5
• Jammer starts engaged on the wall, offence works to get the jammer out