After this week, I realized almost all of my skating struggles are the result of the sick games my mind plays with me. Inzy and one of the vets, Casey, made me realize this while we were working on a seemingly simple drill. It really wasn’t anything I couldn’t manage: take turns with your partner skating two laps in derby direction, non-derby direction, and...

All right, since my post last week was kind of a snoozer, I will try to make this one more interesting! This week’s Derby 101 class was the hardest and most emotional class so far. There were some points during the class that I felt that I wasn’t going to make it to the end of class, but there were “sisters” there pushing me on. I say...

This was a really hard week for me, and I think for a lot of others as well. Roller Derby is almost more mental than physical. A lot of the things are physically difficult, especially when your body has to get used to unfamiliar and awkward positions, or improving your endurance when you are out of shape (or simply unused to it). The larger portion, and more...