drills!

[sakurasakura]

One foot drills (through cones) try to turn on one skate (bend the balancing
knee...no stiff legs)

backwards skating

all crossovers track wide

crossovers body width

skulling (skating in a wiggly line but never lift your skates) swizzling and
stroking with outside skate

touch the ground every 15 seconds on the whistle

skate real fast , full stop , touch the ground, skate the other way fast ,
full stop , touch the ground(like in the olympic hockey movie)

do that drill again falling each time instead of touching between two
lines...make the distance less or more

jump over pool noodles (legs)and grocery(body) bags (obstacle course)



Frazier "Fritz" Blaw
a.k.a Masterblader ,refferee and trainer for TXRD _lonestar rollergirls_
(http://www.bggw.com/)

[Cruel Britannia]

More drills (from PRD)

"Suicides" like the 'shuttle run' of elementary school fame, but on skates.. to turn around you must either do a backwards toe stop, a double knee stop or a single knee stop.. mix it up!

"Bed Roll"- practicing getting over a fallen person (teammate or not!) Teams of two, first person a ways ahead of second. First person takes the fall, stays stretched out as an obstacle. Second person skates up to her, must hit the deck, and goes left hand-left knee on one side of her, right hand right knee on the other side of her, rolls, and comes up skating. (easier to see than to write!)