What’s chasing the jammer? It’s running behind or next to a jammer who’s in the process of clearing the pack. Most of the time, it’s a waste of your time and energy. Jammers are fast, and if they have an extra step on you, you’re not going to get an advantageous position on her. You [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roller derby’
Roller derby strategy: Chasing the jammer
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, blocker strategy, derby girls, Roller derby, shenanigans, stategy on May 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
What did you watch this weekend?
Posted in Derby, tagged Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls, Rose City Rollers, tournaments, wftda, WOJ on May 20, 2013 | 4 Comments »
What derby did you watch this weekend? What are you seeing out there? Anything new? I didn’t plan my weekend around derby, so I only got to watch most of the second half of the Rose City home game (Guns N Rollers vs. High Rollers) and a little bit of Victoria at the Big O. What [...]
Talking Derby with Pain Eyre
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, book chat, derby girls, Roller derby, roller girls on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I follow Talking Derby on Twitter, so I knew that it was a book about roller derby, but I didn’t know by whom or what is was all about. Being the nosy person I am, I asked the author, Pain Eyre, if she wouldn’t mind answering a few questions for us. Frisky: First, can you [...]
How often do you replace your knee pads?
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, gear, knee pads, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller girls on May 8, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Skaters chat about knee pads a lot, but unfortunately, it’s often after an injury. New knee pads always feel so cushy and comfortable, don’t they? The Velcro is still sticky, and the padding hasn’t been compacted by months of being rode hard and put away wet. I asked the ladies over at Wicked Skatewear and they [...]
Roller derby popularity chart
Posted in Derby, My super fun activities, tagged being a little silly, derby girls, Roller derby on May 6, 2013 | 7 Comments »
Someone googled “roller derby popularity chart” to get here the other day. They were probably looking for some kind of information on how fast the sport is growing, blah blah blah, but that’s not what came to my mind when I saw that combination of words. Internet, I give you my roller derby popularity chart: [...]
All about Derbyline with Boxcar Bethy
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, derby girls, feelings, Roller derby on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Boxcar Bethy skated for the Rose City Rollers for an all-too-brief time several years ago, until family matters moved her back to Canada. These days, she’s skating for Thunder Bay and hosting Derbyline, a new call-in internet radio show all about roller derby. Naturally, I wanted to hear all about it. Frisky: So! Why [...]
May 2013 Frisky Power Rankings
Posted in Derby, tagged Power Rankings, Roller derby, wftda on May 1, 2013 | 8 Comments »
Welcome once again to the Frisky Power Rankings, where I rank women’s flat track roller derby according to my whims/in-depth knowledge. Gotham. Gotham is not subject to the “stop being boring rule” Denver and Rat City are subject to, below, because they are Gotham and we can expect that they are still very good. Bay [...]
Roller derby strategy: More potential anti-sausage techniques
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Roller derby, roller derby is glamorous, roller derby strategy, Strategy, wftda on April 24, 2013 | 2 Comments »
There’s been a lot of chatter on the internet about the sausage this week. I don’t care for the sausage*. It sucks to watch in large doses. Do I think we need a rule change to get rid of it? Probably, but not definitely. Until that time, though, what are skaters supposed to do about [...]
Roller derby strategy basics: Turnaround blocking
Posted in Derby, tagged being awesome, blocking, derby girls, penalties, Roller derby, shenanigans, wftda on April 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Or, why are you messing around with all that backwards stuff? Not too long ago, blocking while facing the opposite direction was a kind of special skill that super-cool blockers would pull out every once in a while to dazzle the fans. In the last year or two, it’s become more and more popular, and [...]
New WFTDA Minimum Skills – let’s chat.
Posted in Derby, tagged derby girls, Roller derby, roller derby for beginners, rules, wftda on April 17, 2013 | 14 Comments »
The WFTDA just released a new set of minimum skills requirements. Notable changes: The 25 laps in 5 minutes requirement is now 27 laps in 5 minutes. (Hey, didn’t we just talk about this?) Skaters now must be able to skate one lap in 13 seconds, starting from a standstill. The falling section is now [...]
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