Tag: you’re welcome
Derby Love for Derby Legs
I promise: this is a different kind of Valentine. It's no news that we live in a world with unattainable physical beauty standards for women, underscored by incessant chipper Hallmark-holiday messaging. The past week's marketing onslaught …
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Roller Derby Gamechangers
As part of Roller Derby Athletics' sponsorship of the 2014 WFTDA tournaments on wftda.tv, we're sharing these 30 Second #Gamechanger episodes all tournament season long! A team has 60 seconds for a time out on the track - what can YOU do in 30 seconds t…
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The Derby Advice Grab Bag
With me still recovering from a week away at Rollercon, and also trying to enjoy the lovely summer we're having here, this week's article has turned itself into a lazy-man's blog post. A pot pourri, a grab bag, a jambalaya if you will, of completely rando…
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PreHab: Dynamic Roller Derby Warmup
As I wrote in my last article, a dynamic warmup is a key step in the exercise process. A dynamic warmup brings increased blood & oxygen to your muscles and joints, increases your range of motion, and prepares your body for more intense work to follow.…
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Give Your Skates Some Love
I don't usually write about derby gear here at Roller Derby Athletics... Because, y'know, I'm focussed on that other kind of gear: your legs, core, lungs and brain. However, taking good care of your equipment IS an important part of being a successful, …
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Five Ways to Fire Up Your Core
Think you’ve got pretty OK core strength because you can do a bunch of crunches? I’ve got news for ya, sister. Crunches are for chumps. Just about anyone can do a few crunches. It’s not a functional exercise. It’s a move people started doing beca…
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Stop sucking. Start winning.
Derby players are quite possibly the most self-defeating group of people I've ever come across. We play a sport which most of us have been practicing for less than 10 years - sometimes as few as one or two years. So we often lack the facility and ease of…
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Eat something.
Confusion reigns with new/budding athletes and what to eat before/during/after practice. Easy answer: eat something More detailed answer: Eat something carb-y beforehand, that won't make your stomach do flipflops. We'll leave it at that. You'll figure ou…
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The secret to easy crossovers: Crossunders
Attention new skaters! You look ridiculous trying to reach your outside skate out in front of you to cross it over your inside skate because someone told you you needed to do crossovers in the corners but damn if this doesn't seem like a waste of energy …
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