My roller derby future seemed sort of up in the air after the minimum skills test early in December. I caught a really bad cold afterwards, and was down for the count for the rest of the season. I must admit that I was also a little disappointed in some of the things I failed on the test, so it left me feeling a little disenchanted by the whole ( Read more... )

Hi! Remember me? Yeah, me neither. I've been a horrible LJ friend this last month, but my life has been filled with amazing things, and I've been out there enjoying it ( Read more... )

I swear, I was telling myself I'd remember to do daily little updates about other things than derby, but time keeps getting away from me.

Here's a picture from Saturday's practice. We had our very first taste of actual roller derby. We ended the practice with 5 bouts of play. I am sure we all looked super adorable.


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Yesterday was league practice. We did a lot of stuff, but I only really remember the hockey stops (which I'm apparently pretty good at????) and jumping (which I'm not all that good at, but really, really enjoy) ;D

Here is a video! Do you see me?

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Practice yesterday was really, really fun, but I had a very off day. I felt I handled the hitting drills a lot better last weekend. I struggled with my stance all through practice. Weird. I felt I kept making very basic mistakes, and it was embarrassing ( Read more... )

Tuesday's practice was a repetition of last Tuesday's practice, but without all the jammer specific drills. We covered the following:

• Knees over toes
• Crossover drills: jumping, one footed
• Crossovers at high speed
• Stopping and accelerating
• Hockey stops

Derby practice on Saturday was fun. There's only three weeks left until our minimum skills test now. I honestly don't think I'll be able to pass it, but that's okay. I'm having a lot of fun with the 101 course, and I wouldn't mind doing it again, if that's what it takes to have the minimums down ( Read more... )

I haven't been online all that much lately. I've been focusing on work, my working holiday visa application, and my roller derby skills. I went on a road trip to Sweden last weekend, I visited Sweden's biggest Christmas market, and spent some time with my mum ( Read more... )

My Halloween was spent at derby practice, and then at home watching cheesy horror and munching on Halloween cake (what, don't tell me Halloween cake isn't a thing.. it's totally a thing ( Read more... )

Today's practice became a sort of continuation of Tuesday, except we got to do everything on the track.

We worked on:

• Backwards skating
• Stops
• Paceline
• Jumping
• Weaving