Tag: New skaters
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Joining Liverpool Roller Birds: “Meet loads of boss people and be part of one of the best sports ever!”
With our next Open Day just around the corner on Sunday 3 March, we decided to find out more about what it’s like to be a new skater and progress […]
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Hatchlings’ top reasons to roll
Ask a derby player, in the UK at least, where they first heard of roller derby and quite often you’ll get the same answer. ‘Whip It.’ You know, that film […]
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Welcome to Fresh Meat, 2015!
We were very excited to welcome our new intake this Saturday! At Liverpool Roller Birds, we have roughly 2-3 intakes per calendar year, training up new skaters to join our post-mins […]
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Roller Derby Fresh Meat: So you’re gonna be a hatchling!
You’ve decided to start Roller Derby. Good! You’ve made your first step to a brand new obsession, even if you don’t realise it yet. But what’s in store and what […]
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Roller derby skills: finding your ‘Good Thing’
I don’t read sports psychology books, but from my own experience (taking ages to pass my laps and 18 months as a bouting skater) I think so much of derby […]
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Fresh Meat Perspectives: Kate
This season, we hope to offer fresh perspectives from all skating levels, training tips and advice, and point of view posts from individual skaters here on the LRB blog. Our […]
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Gearing up for Bout Season with new headshots!
We’ve got so much going on right now: Our fresh meat batch (Hatchlings, don’t you know?) are cruising through their minimum skills tests. The Birds, Chicks, and post mins skaters […]
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Derby Speak……Say What!!??
Ok, so you have been skating for a few weeks now, you have purposely fallen on your knees, balanced on one leg and tried to “cross over”. You have a collection of […]