The "Jammer Up" Drill

I like this one a lot. I'm pretty sure this is not what it is officially called, but people said this a lot during the drill, so here it is.

Basically, you start with three lines of people. It doesn't matter how you designate it, but make one line (usually the middle one) your line of jammers, and the other two (the inside and outside ones) are your blockers. They should be in pace lines as follows (behold my mad MS Paint Skillz!):

WTF, I have no idea why there's that checkerboard effect. Ignore it.

When you start your drill, have your first two blockers skate out and ahead of the pace lines. Maybe like 10-20 feet will suffice. Then, you have your jammer up: the first jammer has to get past them, while the two blockers have to stop the jammer. The rest of the pack hangs back, still in their pace lines. The jammer has 10-15 seconds to get past the two blockers. (Or, if the blockers are doing well, they hold the jammer for 10-15 seconds and then release).

Once that time has passed or the jammer has gotten past, all three skate around to the end of the pace lines, remembering to rotate so everyone has a turn being the jammer:

This is good for practicing when the jammer has to get through a pack quickly, e.g. if the pack has big gaps in it and only a handful of blockers are in the way. Also, it's good for practicing 2-on-1 positioning. If you're blocking, you really have to communicate with your partner since you both have to cover the entire track.

VARIATION: Jammer + offense: have your two blockers as before, and then have your jammer up as before, but right after they go up, have a second skater come up as offense, to assist the jammer in getting through the blockers. The offense has to skate up between the blockers and basically make a space for the jammer to get past (or through, depending on how you do it).

Again, when the jammer gets through or 15 seconds is up, skate to the end of the pace lines and rotate.

VARIATION II: Have only the people in the jam on the track. Set up cones at the jammer and pivot lines (but in the middle of the track) to mark where skaters line up to do the drill. Rotate to the next cone when you've had your turn.