Posts tagged roller derby
Derby Coaches Shut Up And Lead
1Seriously. If you are a roller derby coach and you wonder why your skaters aren’t performing? Or god forbid slacking off, complaining, mouthing off, or maybe not even showing up? Shut up, sit down and listen to this guy talk. Listen to the whole thing. Then, show it to your entire coaching staff. Then, print out the transcript provided and MEMORIZE IT, and IMPLEMENT IT. Don’t give me any More >
Adding Insult to Injury
1Image via Wikipedia
I made the team.Go Reckless! And I think my team name and my teammates are exceptionally fannypacktastic . Who wouldn’t want to wear glitter gold as part of their team uniform? You know me–I love the sparkles.
My team may even be even the bomb diggity (Oh my word. Did I really type that and leave it for people to actually view with their eyes? Yes. I did it. The More >
Bad Derby Coaches Are Crappy Tippers
5Or maybe your league already has several team coaches, drill coaches, bench coaches, fresh meat coaches, off-skates training coaches, and the like? If that describes you, this scenario does not apply, so go click somewhere else for a minute.
Lately, I’ve heard a lot of chatter about how some leagues deal with the lack of regular, talented, and More >
I Got Your “Play Nice” Right Here
9I grew up faster than most. I don’t mean in the street smart, head strong, Hollywood child actor kind of way. No, I mean I was 5’5” by the time I was 10. I was wearing a B-cup, size 5 pants in the 4th grade. I was HUGE compared to the other little girls. That was the problem. They were little girls and I looked like I should be in More >
Require Non-Members on Your Boards
7No matter what. Seriously. It doesn’t matter what stage your team or league is in, what business structure you have, or how long you have been in existence. You must do this. Emphatic enough? No? OK, let me try again… Whether you are a Limited Liability Corporation, or Non-Profit 501c3, if your team or More >
Over 50 Can Kick Your Ass
10Pfffftt. I dare you to say that in front of The Hot Flash. If this woman isn’t one of your derby heroes, she will be.
Hot Flash (RJB Photo)
The Hot Flash is one of my former teammates of the Rat City Rollergirls‘, Sockit Wenches, and was playing derby while she turned 50 years old! If that isn’t totally awesome enough for you, read on… Flash has More >
Combat Roller Derby Gossip
12Image via Wikipedia
Gossip is Roller Derby PoisonBack in 2007 when I was setting up policies for the Santa Cruz Rollergirls, we spent a lot of time on our SCRG Code of Conduct. Several members brought together various ideas and we ended up with a pretty good Code… Sadly, it was not good enough.
One thing that I tried to implement into the code was a message about that dreadful dirty word… More >
