Juking

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Objective: Learn to juke around blockers using a hockey stop

Set-up: Put cones in a line, with a roughly 1.5m distance between.

Suitable for L1+

Action:

• Skaters weave through the cones.

• On the far ends left/right, the do a hockey stop, so that they face the cones. Then they do a quick power start (with/without use of toe-stops) and skate diagonally towards the other side.

• The distance traveled from side-to-side can be anywhere between 1m (weave close to the cones) to a full track width, and can vary during the weave.

Objective: Learn and keep up a spin-around-juke

Action:

• One blocker (or a couple of cones) will stand in the middle of the track.

• The jammer then:

  • Skates up to the cones, until they're very close

  • Makes one Juke motion to one side

  • Jumps to the other side, landing backwards on both feet

  • Skates around the blocker, backwards

This move is shown in this video:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1840030726245750

Progression:

When students get better at the move, they should mix it in with their other juking moves. Then the blocker they're trying to juke can predict where they're going by putting a hand out in that direction (step 1) or try to hit them (step 2) or move freely on left and right and then try to hit them (step 3). If the jammer always still passes and often surprised the blocker, they've mastered the move.