The winds of change

So last night I handed in my resignation to Helltown Hellcats. I've fought hand and nail for so long and gotten little to no gratitude for it but I've kept on going anyway, to the cost of my private life and personal health.
My heart has been leaning towards resigning as president for a long while, but my mind wasn't made up until the yearly club meeteing.
All my tries to take the club forward was voted down and my heart sank with pretty much every issue brougt up. I was pretty casual I think, but I was crying inside.
But now I'm feeling something that I haven't in a while; Exited! Hopeful! Happy!
I'm gonna be a crime city roller! It's a bit of a commute, but soooo worth it! And I'll be able to get some reading done on the train.
I've got a brand new spark and I'm curious as to what the future will bring me in yellow and purple!

Madness!

Before I started with Derby I had 2 pairs of kneesocks.
Now I have 24 kneesocks and 2 pairs of overknees.

Before I started derby I owned 2 pairs of shorts, one pair were kneelength boardshorts.
Now I own a full rainbow of hotpants and short shorts.

And I have a whole cabinet full of food supplements and recovery drinks and endurance optimizer shakes.

Derby really is a cult, it took an outsiders perspective for me to even see the madness I'm in. But I'm a happy cook, cause I love this sh*t! <3

The headshots are up!

Finally we got our headshots up.
I don't really care how I look in photos any more, but I realized that I make weird faces with my mouth when cameras are around. Or perhaps I do them all the time and just don't know about it?! O=

Anyways: here they are:

Drills, drills, drills

I've started filming some of the drills we run with the intention of sharing them with the world, and especially the newer,smaller leagues who might need inspiration.
All drills are filmed with participating skaters of varying experience. As of now I have two, and more will be popping up here soon. So if you're a freshie-league coach, make sure to subscribe!

Starting off here with a drill for practicing hops and jukes and speed management to ensure controlled actions. During this drill I encouraged the skaters to do high, long hops over the jump, to try to move fast in a low stance during the sideways juking and to ensure balance and control while hopping in the hoops. It's not about speed, it's about balance and control!
 I rant it for 8 laps, with a brief rest and some notes on what to keep in mind, then for 5 laps, brief rest and then an additional 3.

The second drill is a sprinting/starting warm up-drill.
I divide the skaters into groups of three, starting them off with two/one at each end of the practice space. At the whistle the first skater on the side with two starts sprinting down to their friend on the opposite side. She starts her off with a hand-clap and takes her spot, waiting for a new transfer.
The various levels practice using windsprints, on toe stops or ducks walks. One can choose to incorporate slides, falls or stops into this drill by for example having the skaters stop at each transfer using a t-stop or a turning knee-slide.
I run this drill for about 5 minutes.

New hall

Last night we got to skate in a brand new space where we're gonna be spending our thursdays from now on. The floor is a lot quicker than the one in our regular hall so it was a blast swooshing around, and I realised the kind of speeds I can reach if I push it on a good surface.

We had endurance training and even thou half the gang was home ill we who attended really pushed it! We warmed up with some pushes and sprint-and-drops and then went on to skate a 5km stretch. Then we went on yo physio training. My legs were SCREAMING with pain through a few drills.
Today I am a bit spaghetti-legged but I'll have to suck it up and ignore it, cause tonight we're packing a car full of kittens and heading up to practice with Tinderstixx City Slammers!
I'm looking forward to ordering a new bunch of girls around, haha. ;p

Nah, but I love the fact that derbySweden is getting more intimate. There are so many awesome girls to get to know!

I'm posting some pics from last nights session for you, and I've gotta say that rollermopping is kinda fun, I've got to start doing this at home!

Väla, day 1

Today was day one of our weekend at Väla shopping mall in Helsingborg.

We did some showcasing of the sport, some random skating around, we let some kids try out roller skates and talked to the people. And I met a Scout Trooper! ^__^

I am exhausted but happy and now I'm relaxing with some Glee and a glass of wine.

/RToo out.