http://www.reginarollerderby.com/News 'n shit from the Pile O' Bones Derby Cluben-usCopyright 2008-2010, Pile O' Bones Derby Clubhttp://www.reginarollerderby.com/?go=events&id=122#122http://www.reginarollerderby.com//?go=events&id=122#122The Pile O' Bones Derby Club will be holding a Fresh Meat Night, Wednesday, March 31st at Miller High School from 6:30 to 8pm.We will have a short presentation on the sport of Derby and what you can expect when playing/reffing this full contact sport, as well as a short time to try on some skates and equipment and take a few laps to see if it is your thing.At the Fresh meat night, you will also have the option of joining our Fresh meat Bootcamp group which will run once a week for 4 weeks (April 7th from 6:30-8pm at Miller High School, and April 13th, 20th, and 27th from 7-9 pm at St Paul's Cathedral).  The Bootcamp will consist of basic skating and derby skills as well as important off skate training for muscle strengthening and injury prevention.  The cost of the Fresh meat Bootcamp is $20, which covers the cost of equipment rental for the 4 weeks.We are really excited for our fresh meat night and hope to see you all there! If you will be attending, please Contact Us with your shoe size to reserve equipment to try.Roller derby wants you... Think you can handle it?Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:59:59 -0600[events]http://www.reginarollerderby.com/?go=blog&id=123#123http://www.reginarollerderby.com//?go=blog&id=123#123I am taking a break from the Sports Psychology series to talk about Benchmarks again.  Our league is starting benchmark testing next week for all the new girls who joined us last fall.  They are all freaking out.  I am going to try and allay their fears by talking about the one thing that scares them more than their first bout.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:05:39 -0600[blog]http://www.reginarollerderby.com/?go=blog&id=121#121http://www.reginarollerderby.com//?go=blog&id=121#121Sorry I missed last week.  I feel like Grover running near and far these days with so much on the go.  One day off from work in twelve does not make for a clean house or a happy me...I feel like I can't keep up.  A customer at my work said to me a couple of weeks ago,"well, you're single and you don't have kids so you should have lots of time"  @&*%$^&$!!!!!!!  I hate that!  Yeah, I guess I have nothing contributing to society and live a pathetic existence with nothing to do so yeah, all kinds of time.  Grrrrr!  Rant over. Anyway, in Derby land things have been going okay for me.  I don't have any injuries to report this time, lol.  I got my Crash Pads last week and tried them out for practice this week.  I haven't had any significant falls to test them to the limit but I\'m sure my turn will come to take a wicked wipe out.  I hope they work out and actually give me a bit more confidence to jump.  I *think* I'm improving a little bit more every time I skate.  I guess Coach would be the ultimate judge of that.  I'm finally able to turn from forward to backward so yay me!  I'm jumping a little bit more although more often than not they turn into hops rather than taking off on two feet and landing on two feet.  More practice required I guess.  I might have to jump around the grippy track at the fieldhouse to get some confidence to do it better.  My latest challenge I've found is I think I need to graduate to big girl derby wheels and get a set that are harder than the ones I have.  I think I'm a better skater to be able to handle them and I won't feel like I'm skating through syrup at Miller for benchmarks. It's weird, Tuesday's I feel like I can skate forever and keep up no problem, Wednesday's, maple syrup skating :-(  I checked out Killswitch's wheel demo night on Monday (which was SO awesome btw!) and I discovered that I really can skate on a harder wheel and the information that she gave us suggested what type of wheel would work best for your weight etc.  Turns out I need a harder wheel with a hollow core or aluminum hub so it doesn't flex while I'm skating and cause more friction.  I'm anxious to see how the harder wheel works at Miller whether they'll help me with my speed or if they'll be too hard and not grippy enought that I wipe out on the first turn.  I'm working on it and I'll fill you in on how my wheel search goes. I'll be trying to work really hard over the next week and a half or so to get as conditioned as I can for benchmarks.  Like I mentioned before, I can't stress about it too much.  I take it seriously but if I only get 23 laps out of 25 then that will tell me what I need to work on, that's all.  I think I'm still doing pretty good considering I was off skates for close to two months. We\'ve had a few injuries lately so please take care of yourselves Derby sisters!  Do what you need to do to heal properly so you can get back out there.  I still can't do any lower ab work since I pulled it because it feels like it'll rip apart like an elastic pulling so why would I push that particular exercise if it will cause me to be off skates for who knows how long.  Injuries are inevitable and we can't always tough it out and suffer no matter how bad we want to get out there...it only hurts us more in the long run.  Like Don said to me at practice one night, "Ask yourself, are you just hurting or are you injured"  Hurting meaning muscle fatigue from exertion, injured meaning damage that doesn't get better if you keep doing what caused the damage in the first place.  Hugs all around. Well that's about it for me.  Sorry it's not the most inspiring blog ever but it's 11:00 pm and I have dishes to do, cat litter to scoop and vacuuming to do.  Kill me.  I need a maid. Cheers!  LisaThu, 04 Mar 2010 23:24:44 -0600[blog]http://www.reginarollerderby.com/?go=blog&id=120#120http://www.reginarollerderby.com//?go=blog&id=120#120Psychological Skills Training (PST)  is just as important as physical training.  And just like our physical training, PST must be implemented, practiced and reviewed regularly.  It must become as important as skills acquisition in order to become a habit.Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:39:35 -0600[blog]http://www.reginarollerderby.com/?go=blog&id=119#119http://www.reginarollerderby.com//?go=blog&id=119#119Okay, again, I'm getting all professional on your butts!Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:37:10 -0600[blog]