That's all I have to say about last night's practice! Our new girls are kicking so much ass, and showing incredible improvement! And not just the "new girls"... EVERYONE!!!
We started off the night going right into a booty blocking drill, which was also a bit of endurance. Who am I kidding... booty blocking takes A LOT of endurance! We paired "newbies" with "vets" to give the new girls a better practice, and it definitely paid off. We had the girls switch partners several times, and by the end of the drill everyone was warmed up and ready to scrimmage.
We did a quick "Pack 40" drill (created by the one and only "Clean Chuck" - former ref and trainer of Tulsa's "Green Country Roller Girls") where the girls skate in a pack (shoulder-to-shoulder) for 40 laps around the track, and the drill doesn't stop until EVERY skater completes the full 40 laps. It's a great pack-awareness drill, and also helps with team-building because it requires the girls to communicate to each other within the pack. If someone starts to fall behind, a more advanced skater must fall back to give her a push or a whip to help her catch up.
Outstandingly, EVERYONE finished the drill in an RDRR record time!
By 8:30pm, the girls were chomping at the bit to start scrimmaging. We finished the night with well over an hour of full-on, hard-hitting, fast-skating SCRIMMAGING. Everyone got the chance to participate, and to my surprise, I saw some incredible "jammer" potential in several of the new girls!!! I was so impressed by the entire practice that I got as giddy and excited as a little school girl :)
During cool-down stretches, we high-fived each other and congratulated the new girls on such an awesome performance. The entire league erupted with a round of applause!
Most of us went home to doctor our temporary wounds, with grins on our faces and derby in our heads!
If you want to join the fun, and become a real-life banked track ROLLERGIRL... then contact us via email: contact@reddirtrebellion.com. If you wanna be part of the "family" but don't wanna get hurt, we'd still love to have you on the league as a REFEREE, or a member of our PRODUCTION CREW.
We have several other positions available as well, including Stats/Score Keepers, Announcer, Cheerleaders, Mascot(s), Ticket Takers, and many many other volunteer-based positions!
Hugs N' Bruises,
Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirls
OKLAHOMA Banked Track Roller Derby
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