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Finishes There are many ways to finish a roll up. · Attrition. The roll up continues at ever-increasing speed until no one is left. This is the type of roll-up that is most common when warming up for training. The purpose of this roll-up is to get warm, not to do an effort. People want to leave the roll-up ready to race, not tired, and they will drop out when they reach that point. · Individual sprint. The roll-up continues to a pre-set point (e.g. 30 min. or 60 laps). Coming out of turn 2 the lead rider jumps to do a 1 lap sprint and then goes up to the blue. The next time the pace line comes around, the next rider goes, and so on until no one is left. This is a good roll-up when you have large numbers of newer riders · Mass sprint. The roll-up continues to a pre-set point with a sprint to the finish at that point. A roll-up with a mass sprint is almost like a scratch race, the difference consisting just in the fact that race tactics only come into play in the final few laps. These finishes are only advisable for more experienced riders, but they can be modified so that riders who are moving up in skill can also participate. See below. · Controlled mass sprint. The roll up continues until 5 laps to go to the end of the drill. Up to this point no one is allowed to use race tactics. Riders must change the lead when their turn comes up and move normally to the back of the pace line, not sprint off the front or hang out high on the track and close to the front. Attacks are forbidden, though riders are allowed to rider over those in front of them if those in front of them are getting gapped. With 5 laps to go, there are no more lead changes. Whoever is in front must stay in front, but others can attack over them. This is a good roll up for riders with intermediate experience. It is still best to use it with smaller groups. If the group doing the roll-up is large, add on extra laps and make people go faster and do not permit the sprint before the weaker riders have been dropped and left the track. |