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This is a different way of doing lateral cuts across the track - and is more of a juking move for a jammer - than the type of lateral you might use to drive an opposing player off track. It's different in terms of where your weight is and it's a shorter sharper move.

Suitable for L1+

• Start with everyone in a circle in a low stance

• Wide stance - large enough to be able to shift weight around

• Practice slice movement - one foot is the slicer - practice bringing it round in the aggressive slicing motion - really push into that leg.

• On the other foot - pick up those front wheels - this makes it easier to change direction

• Then everyone on track to practice

See video by Miracle Whips: https://fb.watch/fBxeDDyXEd/

Derby Requirement: Use by blockers and jammers to cut from one side of the track to the other - to rejoin teamates, catch a jammer & block them, avoid hits, etc.

Basic skill:

• Laterals down straight and around apex.

• Stagger legs, turn front foot 90 degrees into track, push & glide laterally using back leg, pull back leg to front leg and through, turning foot 180 degrees to make a 'C' shape

Weaving across the track

Setup: Make a gate - a narrow corridor of cones, make skaters stagger legs at beginning of laterals, then skate to cones on inside & outside of track

Action:

• Practice weaving to either edge of the track (marked with cones)

• Follow a leader, coach laterals in front and skaters follow to either side of the track

• Lateral through a pace line (must have wide spaces between skaters)

Coaching points:

• Remind skaters of correct leading foot, stagger legs, if turning right then right leg forward and vice versa.

• Switch weight.

• Start with enough speed

• Pull the back leg through to keep speed

• Keep knees bent. Dip as you make the turn

• Hips stay forwards

• Lead with the KNEE in front, put weight on leading leg

Pizza Trays

Set Up: group skaters at start of straight

Action: skaters should picture themselves carrying two large pizza trays, one in each hand - so that they are keeping body up and open forwards. The coach stands at the end of the straight to make eye contact with skaters as they lateral

Coaching Points:

• skaters to initially drive their own pace/form

Progression: add cones along edges of the straights as prompts for where skaters should aim to lateral