Jamming Skills: Holding Position versus Fleet of Foot.
Technical jamming skills can often be split into two main categories: Aggressive Skills and Evasive Skills. Understanding the difference between these two skill categories can really help when trying to make improvements in your jamming. The game has changed a lot over the last couple of years, and a lot of skaters that had previously ...
Fun Game: WOOHOOOOO!!!!
I thought of a fun game the other day and thought I’d share it here. It’s called ‘Barbarella’ (name courtesy of Stephanie ‘Ceasar’ Reed). It’s coming up to Tournament season, and we’re all taking rollerderby VERY SERIOUSLY INDEED (except of course for the lovely folk over at RollerDerp haha!) It’s based on the game of ...
Downloadable Track and Players to Cut Out and Keep
I’ve made a downloadable, printoffable, cut-outable, keepable version of my Derby Track and Players. It’s in the new Fun Stuff section of the website. Click on the link in the menu to get to the full size ones. Have a great week and say hi if you’re at Derby Revolution this weekend.
Drill: Slippery Fish
My favourite drill ever for learning how to be a better and more self-reliant jammer is called the Slippery Fish drill. It was developed after my teammate Ena Flash described my method of jamming as being like a Slippery Fish – it hurts if I get a swing at you but I’m hard to hold ...
