Amber 12 Week Skills Focus

	Week One	Week Seven
Skills:	Speed control – pace lines, orbiting, pack skating Agility – jumping, stepping, gliding, breaking through walls, jerking Lateral motion – wide weaves & slaloms, surging pace lines, focus on quick recovery Blocking – one on one around track, blocking in a pack	Speed control – back blocking & bridging Agility – jumping, stepping, gliding, breaking through walls, jerking Lateral motion – surging double pace lines, focus on quick recovery Blocking – one on one around track, blocking in a pack
Revise:	Blocking – hip checks, body blocks, surging	Blocking – hip checks, body blocks, surging
Suggested Drills:	Pace lines, pack & pace line, torture drills	Pace lines, pack & pace line, torture drills
	Week Two	Week Eight
Skills:	Speed control – re-engaging, engagement zone & out of play, ref discussion Agility – spoke drill & pack skating Lateral motion –  body blocks and surging in a pack, directional play, k discussion Blocking – man up vs wall up, big hits vs smalls hits	Speed control – re-engaging, engagement zone & out of play, ref discussion Agility – pack skating, breaking through/around walls Lateral motion –  body blocks and surging in a pack, directional play, ref discussion Blocking – man up vs wall up, big hits vs smalls hits, surging walls, finding the threat
Revise:	Pace lines, pack skating, surging	Pace lines, pack skating, surging
Suggested Drills:	Spoke drill, pack & pace line	Spoke drill, pack & pace line
	Week Three	Week Nine
Skills:	Walls – splitting and reforming, protecting walls (buffer) Blocking – blocking between cones, timing of hits and recovery, effective hits on inside and outside Strategy – wolves & gazelles, focus changes in game play Communication – follow the leader, verbal and non verbal vs on and off track	Walls – splitting and reforming, protecting walls (buffer) Blocking – blocking between cones, timing of hits and recovery, effective hits on inside and outside Strategy – wolves & gazelles, focus changes in game play Communication – verbal and non verbal vs on and off track
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Suggested Drills:	Pack transitions (jammer focus)
	Week Four	Week Ten
Skills:	Walls – walls at the front of the pack vs walls at the back of the pack Blocking – hammer and nail, pendulum, water falling Strategy – Jam starts – scenarios Communication – Jam starts – verbal/non verbal Speed – 1 lap in under 13 seconds	Walls – walls at the front of the pack vs walls at the back of the pack Blocking – hammer and nail, pendulum, water falling Strategy – Jam starts in game play Communication – Jam starts in game play Backwards – Skate 3 laps in under 1 minute
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	Week Five	Week Eleven
Skills:	Jammer – being aware of the other Jammer, playing offensively as a jammer Blocker – offence at front & back, defence at front & back, pack work Pack Awareness – out of play & bridging Effectiveness – controlling the pack, walling, water falling, re-engaging	Jammer – being aware of the other Jammer, using Jammer as 5th blocker Blocker – offence at front & back, defence at front & back, one on one offence with Jammer Pack Awareness – out of play & bridging Effectiveness – controlling the pack, walling, water falling, re-engaging
Revise:	Speed – 1 lap in 30 seconds	Backwards – Skate 3 laps in under 1 minute
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	Week Six	Week Twelve
Skills:	Further consolidate intensity of drills	Further consolidate intensity of drills
Revise:	Recap previous 5 weeks	Recap previous 11 weeks
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