Derby Requirement: Hopping laterally is useful for avoiding downed skaters but also for juking and avoiding blockers during a game.

Lateral Hops

Objective: Skater to move laterally across the track with both feet leaving the floor.

Suitable for: L1+

Action:

• Focus on weight distribution and transfer.

• Loading leg needs to have all the weight on it to start, then bends to spring load and push body into the air.

• Landing knee must be soft to absorb impact and remain stable.

• Skaters to jump on track and practice with different options of cones to jump over (no cone, 1 cone, 2+ cones)

Progression:

• Hop laterally to avoid a cone

• Hop laterally to avoid a skater on track

• Juking

Derby Requirement: Necessary to avoid a downed skater

Objective:

Set Up:

Action:

Coaching Points:

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3)

- Bend knees and look ahead to landing point, not at the floor.

- Bring knees up towards chest instead of kicking your bum.

Objective: avoiding obstacles

Action:

1. Skaters on track to practice lateral hop movement

Coaching points:

• Focus on weight distribution and transfer.

• Loading leg needs to have all the weight on it to start, then bends to spring load and push body into the air.

• Focus on jumping up rather than in the direction

• Landing knee must be soft to absorb impact and remain stable.

See advanced jumps including apex jumps.