Posts tagged roller derby

Derby Coaches Shut Up And Lead

by Robin YoLife in Leadership

Seriously. If you are a roller derby coach and you wonder why your skaters aren't performing, are 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.

Adding Insult to Injury

by Reckless Housewife in Health

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 [...]

Bad Derby Coaches Are Crappy Tippers

by Robin YoLife in Leadership

Short on Coaches for Your Roller Derby League? Or 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 Got Your “Play Nice” Right Here

by Tripsy Daisy in Leadership

“You don’t want to hurt the smaller girls, do you?” I 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 [...]

Require Non-Members on Your Boards

by Robin YoLife in Leadership

Cultivating Right woManagement Rule #1: Recruit Outside Community Members For Your Boards. No matter how you slice it. 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? Whether you are a Limited Liability Corporation, or Non-Profit 501c3, if your team or league has a decision-making body of any kind, it is imperative to recruit outside of your membership. Why? Simple. There is no substitution for all that you stand to gain, and possibly... not lose.

Over 50 Can Kick Your Ass

by Robin YoLife in Health

Think You Are Too Old For Roller Derby? Pfffftt. 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. 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 [...]

Combat Roller Derby Gossip

by Robin YoLife in Leadership

Gossip is Roller Derby Poison Back 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 [...]