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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Roller derby rocks! - 04:05 PM
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Today I went to a fresh meat intake of roller derby on the north side of Brisbane. Oh, my goodness. It was such fun!
After signing on, getting numbers safety-pinned to our backs, and sitting down for an information session, more than 30 new girls (fresh meat) went out to skate and be observed by some members of the derby team.
We skated pretty much non-stop for about an hour. I was a big ball of sweat by the time they halved the group, sitting the other half in the middle of the rink, and watched each of us a little more closely to see how we did with stride, cross overs, balancing on one foot, and stopping.
After a demo of the team doing what they do, we all got back onto the rink and had a game of 'mats'. It's the same as musical chairs, but instead of chairs, there are small, very worn, squares of carpet. There are fewer carpet squares than people, of course, so when the music stops, whoever isn't on a mat has to leave the floor. I managed to stay in the game right until the end when I was one of just two girls going for one mat! I couldn't believe it! *grin*
I took a couple of good falls on my bum diving for the mats, but had only one fall while we were skating. The sliding falls onto my bum are already making my tail bone suffer, but I had one 'good' fall where I went down onto one knee (wearing knee pads, of course) and I managed to avoid hitting the floor. My legs are already really sore. What's the bet that tomorrow I can barely walk. Heh.
Training starts next week, and we'll learn more, such as how to fall properly and how to play the game. I can't wait. I'm really excited about it. I've never really played competitive sport before, unless you count netball when I was a kid, so this is very exciting for me.
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