Oh my goodness, what a big start to Raw Meat 2011! I hope you all enjoyed getting to know each other as much as we enjoyed getting to meet all of you. In the excitement and nervousness of things it’s easy to forget exactly what happened. So here is a reminder:
Hell Grazer (aka Honey Carrots) welcomed all the skaters and went through basic house rules.
Team Vain (Vaderella and Brain of Morbius) graced us with their lycra unitard and velvet-endowed presence, taking skaters through a series of warm up drills that included skating in groups of particular numbers (ie. Groups of 5) and making letters in a synchronised skate group.
Violent Krumble, GoGo Fiasco and Bam Bam Belial were our head trainers for the night. They covered:
Stride – skating on one foot, skating low, staying in derby stance, touching lines on the ground while skating, falling safely (“like a rag doll”) and not grabbing other skaters when falling (“fall alone”). Remember: bend your knees and keep your head up.
Cross-overs – pushing with one foot at a time, then exaggerating the pushing motion and, finally, doing complete crossovers. Remember: push with both feet and make your cross-overs nice and deep.
Riding the track –moving in a rectangular shape around the track, coming out wide on the straightaway and cutting in tight across the apex. Remember: turn with the shoulders, look around the track, and communicate when you’re overtaking on the inside or outside.
T-stops and snow-ploughs – practicing stopping at each cone laid out on the track. Remember: for t-stops lean on the back foot and keep feet close together. For snow ploughs use pigeon toes, bend your knees, and dig your heels in.
Weaving – weaving through lines of cones, and doing small weaves (slaloms) on the track. Remember: use your knees to direct where you want to go.
As a cool down, the 3 veg led skaters on a quick round of ‘keys in the bowl’. This involved skaters pairing up and getting to know one another and then introducing their partners to another couple, and so on.
Finally, Stoj’n’Weave (with the vocal assistance of Hell Grazer and Wolfe Whistle) took skaters through a stretch – her wise words on stretching will be covered in the next post!
Phew! That’s it for Week 1! What part of training did you enjoy most? And what would you like to see more time given to? Let us know!
Haha I liked that circle sit-up thing. That was a first =P
ReplyDeleteAh ha ha - how could we forget the team sit-ups! And I must say, it was beautiful to watch - like a flower opening and closing with the passing of the sun. x
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