Roller Derby Skills: Line Coverage (Power Stops & C-cuts) | SOLO SESSIONS 4

Quick skills with Lana Luvhurts for your personal training sessions.

In Episode #4 we're working on boundary strength using Power stops and C-cuts. These two skills help us get to the line quickly and lock it down with strong blocking form.

The power stop is so much more than a stop, by modifying the technique a little and keeping our hips open and forward to the track, it becomes a blocking tool that has us in our edges and flows easily with lateral movements. The key to controlling the slide is planting the edges of the outside skate, this keeps us in-bounds and cuts the stopping distance.

C-cuts have several variations but the foundation skill is the same. The swoop is what gives us the momentum to turn forcefully. Our hips begin higher at the start of the turn, and we swoop into a lower stance, (sink your bum into it).

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MUSIC: "In E" by Devil Music
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