Hey y'all,

I'm also fresh meat (no name) and just started the bootcamp with Jet City in WA. I've only been to two practices so far, but I'm already hooked and cannot stop thinking about it! I'm hoping to progress quickly so I can start bouting. Been skating on inlines for 25 years, but just getting used to quads.

I would love any tips from veteran derby girls and fresh meat alike for how to improve my game on and off the rink!

Elizabeth

Say "Hi" to Doll Dozer for me (I'm SRS BIZNIS from the Rocketeer Rollers)! She's from this area and is such an inspiration... and kind of a badass.

Cross-training... plyometrics. Wearing those skates as much as possible. You're in a great league though, so I bet they have a lot of resources and will help you a lot.

Hiya

I'm Courtney, been skating with Auckland Roller Derby League (ARDL) for almost 9 months now, and will (hopefully!) be playing in my first bout in May. Like the majority of the team, I'll be skating under my given name

So glad I found this group, I love talking to other derby girls!

Hello All! My name is iSmac Her. I play for Steel City Roller Derby. I was a NSO for 1 year before I started to play. I have only been playing for 1 year. I still NSO for our travel teams and play derby for the home teams.

hi! my name is Genevieve! I've played for Diamond Valley Roller and now London Roller Girls Rec League.
I'm not great but wanting to improve my skills. always looking for tips and new friends

I think I posted earlier in this thread but I'm vain so I'll update.

I've finished fresh meat. I'm now BlunderBolt (No. 451) with Severn Roller Torrent in Gloucestershire, England. I'm now working toward my minimum skills with an aim of being a referee and should the oppurtunity arise, skate in a mens team. As of our home bout yesterday (we won, woo!) I'm our league's go-to Bout announcer.

Julia (previous post) I love your name, We've got someone who just finished fresh meat who's name is Sirius Black Eye. I hope the names aren't to similar!

Hi my name is Skaterpede and I skate for Gold Coast Roller Derby. I have been obsessed with derby for the last 2 years. I play our inner league bouts and representative games. I am a blocker by nature and like to hit it hard and drive anyone out. I am really trying to work on my jamming at the moment as I love a good defensive jam here and there. I need to lose a few more kilos, but more so need to track what is entering my body and stay motivated for Tropicarnage which is coming up in 6 weeks. Love to hear from everyone. And get to know a few more derby girls Round the globe!

I'm pretty sure I posted to this board a while ago, but I didn't log into MFP for the first 3 months of this year, so I'll go ahead and re-introduce myself. I learned to skate in 2011 and had a setback last year when I injured my knee. I just moved and am hoping to join the local team when they recruit again in October, in the meantime I am living in freshly paved suburbia so I just skate outside. I don't have a derby name because every time I think of something awesome, "some b*tch in Minnesota already has it!". I log in just about every day and I would absolutely LOVE some new derby friends so please feel free to add me!

My name is Blairin' Sieren. I play for the Circle City Derby Girls on their B team, the Party Crashers. I just started skating a little over a year ago. I've only officially bouted once, and they put me as a jammer. It was a total blast. After that bout, I realized I really need to work on my agility and endurance. Which the endurance part is so weird to me since I ran cross country in high school. Oh well. I joined MFP as a support person for my husband, but I've noticed that I'm getting more out of it so far!

Hi ya'll! I am Menace2Dennis and I am hoping to be on a league team with the North Texas Derby Revolution in Denton, Tx by the end of January. I climbed into my 1st skates August 2012 at the ripe age of 52. I have loved their training program and just have to do my speed laps and a few other skills to get to start scrimmaging. I am starting the Whole30 food plan TODAY in order to cleanse myself of all the junk the holidays have tempted me with. I have done MFP before and the accountability is what makes it work. My biggest problem is climbing on my stationary bike after a long day teaching (I teach HS Physics) and the 1 hr commute home. I have a husband of 30 yrs (Dennis, of course), a daughter who is 29, a son who is 26 and a son who is 22. They are all wonderful, precious, beautiful people that support my derby habit. I was blessed/cursed with horrible knees and have no meniscus in my left knee so running and jumping are pretty much out of the question although I did compete in a mini-triathalon last summer. I put losing 80 pounds as my goal but I just want to feel better, have a stronger core and be able to live life to the fullest at any moment. Looking forward to getting to know ya'll!

Hi,
I'm derbygirl 480 - AKA Damage N' Dash - I am in my second season skating with the Omaha Rollergirls AAA ('B') Team. I grew up skating and when I found out abou roller derby, there were no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I HAD to play. I missed the 2012 bootcamp season by two weeks and so I was a NSO for 2012. Otherwise, this would have been my 3rd season. But honestly, it was a good thing. I made life-long firends with some of the NSOs and got to learn a LOT about how the game is actually played. Plus, I wouldn't give up my bootcamp friends for the world. There is definitely a special bond that happens there. I ultimately want to be on our All Star team. Alas, I am too slow and have issues with strategy. But these are both things that I can fix. Strategy comes with time (not having 2 coaches telling you two different strategies and names for things helps) and speed (for me) will come with weight loss. I am looking to lose about half my current body weight or at LEAST get down to where I'm comfortable with my body and not ashamed of it. I will get there. I have quit 4 very bad habits, 2 that made me hit rock bottom. This is just another thing that I get to accomplish in my life. Here's to derby!