Fresh Meat- a guide to tenderising (week 3)

Fresh Meat week 3 saw much more tenderising!!!

Pixie Pincher and Melvin Star lead training with some warm up laps, quickly followed by a short pyramid drill (up to 3 laps and back down again). Then quickly into stretches.

Pushing in pairs, straight lines first down the length of the hall, then with a partner on the track.
Pixie, Vader, Mel, Kit Cat & Bessy were some of the mouldy oldies on hand to demonstrate the importance of where and how to push correctly, and the dangers of not doing so.

Next up was some more skating on the track, this time stepping or side jumping over one of the boundary lines, getting used to lifting feet while moving, and having to clear an obstacle, great for agility.

Then on to some pack skating on the track, 4 packs per track. Packs were required to stay together as much as possible, evenly spaced from the other packs on the track, and also having to demonstrate skills previously learnt such as positional blocking, (booty blocking and leaning), hip and shoulder checks, some wheel taping, and switching positions within your own pack, remembering to communicate during it all.

Once we got the hang of it, everyone was split into teams for some more pack skating, this time with an oldie as jammer! 2 teams per pack had to assist their teams jammer through the pack, or prevent the opposing teams jammer from getting through. And also pack drill with the oldie skating at the back of the pack holding up a number of fingers for the pack to call out. The point being pack awareness, knowing where your teams players are, your opposition AND the jammers! Those who were not on the track got to do some core strength exercises- planks, sit ups, push ups, squats, cycle riding legs and so on.

Sadly this week saw 2 serious injuries, Sam sprained her wrist & Olivia fractured her fibula !!!


I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you all of the importance of ambulance cover if you don't already have it. "Even if you have private insurance you may not be fully covered. Many private health insurance schemes only cover you and your family for emergency ambulance services. Almost a third of our work is non-emergency, which would leave you to pay the bill". An average emergency ambulance bill is around $700!!!!!!

Please take the time to check out if you are fully covered.

http://www.saambulance.com.au/


This weeks theme song is brought to you by freshy Olivia .... "Broken Leg" by Blue Juice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqnagz41NTU&NR=1