#roller derby fresh meat

[transdumpsterfire]

still working on my crossovers and transitions, but at least i have mastered looking like a bad bitch

[liam-zor-el]

man, i really have missed roller skating. it's really nice to do it again. i used to play roller derby and was able to jump and run on skates and it was so cool. im a bit rusty but im sure i can get back into the swing of things

[chaotic-bisaster]

I survived my first "normal contact" roller derby scrimmage after passing my minimum skills test! I was so fucking scared cause apart from like 4 people everyone else there plays on a national level. In the end, I love practicing with seasoned players, cause I feel like I learn so much more. Embarrassing myself or being knocked around are risks I'm willing to take. But it feels like everyone still treated us newbies a bit kinder, which might be good at this point.

To sum up, I got one penalty, got away with another and got to be a butt with one of my idols, which might have been the easiest blocking I've ever done cause they're so talented. Cheers to more good times and getting better.

[thinkingfromafar]

Well, I got....a conditional pass! My plow stops were suboptimal and I need to stop worrying about hurting other people in the pack and just loosen up and skate. But I passed. I’m a qualified roller derby skater now. It’s weird, I thought I’d be more excited and elated about it, but I have such mixed emotions. Next week I’m still going to go and skate, just with everyone else as well. I haven’t magically changed or anything, but well. I accomplished something that not a lot of people have done, I put a bunch of effort in and come a long way from where I started.

In 2019, a week or so before I started fresh meat for the first time, I got my gear and tried it on for the first time.

A lot has changed since then. I got fatter. I grew out my sidecut and my dyed hair (it may come back at some point). I’ve replaced my knee pads (same model though), and figured out how to properly wear my elbow pads. I got surgery, I got tattoos, and I learned how to skate. It’s been a hell of a journey.

[vampytoaddd]

im so ready for fall to get into booty camp

[southislandwren]

how am i supposed to be normal when there are DOLPHINS in my BLOOD and SPAGHETTI in my STOMACH

[doolallymagpie]

lore dump for the Cult of the Neon Blade incoming

Archite Yr’isha got bored of doing normal Hot Wych Shit one day, somehow got her hands on a bunch of ancient Terran sci-fi sports horror vids, and became obsessed with roller derby in particular

a few unsuccessful attempts at styling her arena after this sport later, she gets a very un-Drukhari-like idea, one that, if it works, will be so fucking efficient at extracting pain from hideous little willing mon’keigh, she’ll never have to enslave anyone again

her first few roller rinks of doom suck, and nobody shows up, so she contracts some Slaaneshi Imperial Fists to build the coolest and deadliest one ever

these madlads go above and beyond, and not only build a really cool arena full of death traps, they use the Webway to link it to every world with a sufficiently large and bloodthirsty population so Yr’isha doesn’t even have to go out recruiting; this arena is soon dubbed the Dreadwheel

a few tournament seasons later, the Coven of the Bladed Wheel invades the Dreadwheel, turning injured contestants into biomechanical horrors and muscling their way into being the medics/pit crew of Yr’isha’s games

the Bladed Wheel, in these incidents, created one of the first recurring fighters in the Dreadwheel, Koschei, who’s basically a roller derby version of Frankenstein from Death Race 2000 (except they actually do rebuild him from hamburger; the myth is that he’s just replaced every season)

as of M42, Yr’isha not only enjoys a reasonable amount of fame and fortune in Commorragh, she’s got a criminal network across the Imperium, constantly recruiting fresh meat for the grinder

[shadesofecclescakes]

Tell me about your favorite t-shirt :)

Not necessarily a t shirt but this right here!

It hasn't fit in almost a decade but I can't bear to get rid of it.

It's from when I trained as roller derby fresh meat (I never passed the test to make it in the team but I still loved it so 😭😭😭)

What's yours???

[abbenai]

YEASSSSS local roller derby team got back to me :-) im going to meet them later this week and join fresh meat in the next enrollment period next month

[jrrtfanforlife]

I feel sorta disloyal, but I’m trying out a different roller derby league today.

The practical reason is that - the city I live in doesn’t have roller derby, so I have to go to a nearby city either way. The one I went to initially was just the first one I found googling, and my therapist is there anyways, so I figured eh alright, this is the convenient option. But actually the other city is a little closer, so in a way more convenient for me.

The positive reason is - I have gotten very excited about roller derby and skating in general, but there aren’t any public skating rinks here, so the best way to get more time on the skates is to join a second league so I get four opportunities per week to skate instead of just two.

The slightly less positive reason is I’m a bit annoyed at some aspects of how my original league is run. I got the chance to play in two scrimmages, and I had a fuckin blast, and only after that second scrimmage did one of the trainers passive-aggressively hint that actually I shouldn’t have been in the scrimmage. Overall they’re super strict about what you’re allowed to do. Some trainers even more so than others. And like yes, it’s a dangerous sport, but there are ways to more safely do stuff and it feels a bit stifling

…..

Anyways I didn’t finish writing this. But I went and did the thing, and it was a beginner training cuz it’s fresh meat day, but it was still a lot of fun. I absolutely will get a chance to do more scrimmages there. Well, as long as we get enough people interested. Cuz at the first place the issue is the team is too big and too focused on the official Bundesliga games. The second place, it’s almost too small. They said only 8 people regularly show up to practices. Ideally you need 15 for a game. Theoretically you only have 5 on the track at once, but it’s a damn hard sport so you need time to catch your breath.

The way my initial team talks about it all they say they’re just focused on safety. I shouldn’t play in scrimmages because I don’t have enough control over all the finer points of skating yet. Which, I’m sure that is a real part of it. The new team has a different perspective though - they think the initial team is just very focused on funneling people into the Bundesliga games. For now I’m happier to go to the second team where they’re more chill overall. In fact, I’m allowed to do both, so I’ll just do that for now

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New Video! - How To Mold Your Mouthguard

I got a fresh mouthguard and decided to make a mouthguard molding tutorial! But I did not re-read the instructions before filming and tbh sometimes you overestimate how much you remember how to do something 😂

[chaotic-bisaster]

Me, fresh meat, watching my roller derby instructors in action:

[thinkingfromafar]

Number of weeks in a row someone has asked me about my skates: 2

We've reached the all contact all the time portion of our derby learning journey.

I'm once again reminded that I'm actually really good at hitting people and kind of hit like a brick, and much like a brick, I'm not easy to move when hitting. It's a nice feeling, makes me all smug and proud of myself.

One of the drills was dropping down into a nice blocking position with a friend, which is basically squats in skates. Good times, but god does it get to you after a while.

We also introduced the element of the jammer, both with two blockers and three, a brace. I can do both, but jamming will always be my jam. Coming up to people and pushing through them is a great feeling, and this was without trying to juke around them and getting fancy.

I did do the laps today. Only 19, which like, goddamn I need to work on my cardio and endurance, but hey, I lasted all five minutes.

Also our social media person took pictures of me today, I'm going to have to send them some words about derby and why I do it and all that.

It's going to be something along the lines of talking about how roller derby is the first place I've found that has accepted and embraced every part of me. I can be fat, queer and trans and still be accepted as an equal athlete to everyone else. It's a sport where your differences just make you stronger. It's pretty great.

[mom0cat]

So, I wanna do Roller Derby

But I’m 16, a twig, and have no idea where any junior league teams are, or when I should register, and if i missed the time to register, so, if the derby side of tumblr has any tips, or knows of any good junior leagues in Chicago, hmu, bc im lost at sea rn

[roller-rink-haruno]

The league coach went to freshmeat to give us pointers from what he’s seen of us throughout the process and now I have to do 2 min wall sits every hour for the next week. 😭