I have totally enjoyed this thread, it's something I comptemplate all the time. I am the coach of our very new league, which I started in March of 07. I had no...
That's awesome, Auntie! I'm always telling my girls, "I'm not just your coach, I'm your number one fan...", and it's absolutely true. The payoff for me is to...
Umm...okay...is that just a list of stuff you've done at my house? Haha! Chuck is a very dedicated and passionate coach. It doesn't matter if the coach is male...
Would you all like to see a Roundtable Discussion for coaches at RollerCon 2008? Perhaps there's a specific coach-related topic (like drills or working...
Can you believe it's already time to start planning for RollerCon 08?!?! This year's `Con is going to be even bigger and more badass than last year's, and we...
We have had 4 broken ankles in our league, and 3 have been from very similar circumstances during blocking (the other 1 was just a clumsy trip on her own!). In...
While getting ready for our second season in Toronto one of the discussions that will be coming up is this. When you are having a private game how do you...
You might get a more comprehensive response from the productioneers group: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/roller_derby_productioneers/ That said, I've...
I don't let newbie do contact drills till the have perfected falling drills and all the basic skills. I would love to have new girls just jump right in even if...
Do off skates hitting first. A lot of the girls have never done any sort of contact hitting or anything like that at ALL. Get them hip to hip and shoulder to...
Hi Chuck, To answer your question, I coach and founded the ColumbiaQuadSquad Roller Girls in Columbia SC. There are currently 4 leagues in SC, and growing, I...
Hey Midlife! We did the Pack 40 at one of our practices and we didn't have anyone there to count either, so what we did was we had the first girls who crossed...
Thanks!? Hoping to do it this week, if we have enough healthy skaters!? Cold & flu season in full force, apparently, at least in the Midwest--I caught mine...
Hiya! We did the Pack 40 drill last Friday. We had about 25 skater show up - and we all skated the drill - we kept the pack together and had our refs count ...
We have three levels of assessments. Level 1 can be taken whenever you feel you are ready but the assessments are given only every 2 months, so you have to...
Anyone care to share drills that are specific to position? Jammer Drills? Blocker Drills? Pivot Drills? The one I can think of that incorporates both blockers...
Mostly for jammers, but also to help blockers, we do a drill I call "G-PG-R". Basically, the whole team is the pack (or forms 2 packs of there's more than 20...
Thank you! We worked a similar drill last night - one full pack and one jammer trying to get thru - but we did the full on blocking - surging on the jammer -...
We got to try this last night, but since everyone in our league either has, or is getting over, the most recent plague, we did two 20-in-5s instead.? After we...
I'm happy to hear that everyone seems to be enjoying this drill... Remember, pack (and track) awareness is key for this drill. And all the girls that fall...
LOL...they are all either on the coaching committee or team captains...so you are absolutely right! Midlife ... From: Chuck Stillwell <bzsaws@...> To:...
The correct term for using both legs to propel yourself in the same movement without lifting your feet is swizzles. Alternating right and left leg is sculling....
I usually just tell the girls, "Silent Drill"...either in pack or individual skate, a time limit, and I always have them sprint a full minute at the very...
well I learned something new today!? thank you! ... From: RJShowgirl@... To: rollerderbycoaches@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 6:20 pm Subject: Re:...
http://goodtree.com/invitations/34566425?a=bbbcf Please accept my invitation to the website that is connecting all the good people around us. Be Good, ...
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