Earning your stripes – learning how to be a referee
I’m not a ref. I don’t think I want to be a ref all the time, but I’d like to have a few visits to refville while still maintaining my main residence in player...
I’m not a ref. I don’t think I want to be a ref all the time, but I’d like to have a few visits to refville while still maintaining my main residence in player...
The lovely Tori Bee of Manchester Roller Derby and Team England fame came to see us again. I think it’s safe to say we all love Tori. Not only is she an awesome skater,...
I started playing roller derby in 2010. Over the past 4 years there have been many twists and turns in my derby journey. There have been good things, the occasional bad thing and really...
My First Year With Liverpool Roller Birds So I was asked a while back to write a blog about my first year in derby. Anyone who has spent a year in derby knows that there...
It always seems to take us a good few days to come down from the high of a home double-header: shake off the hours of sleep we lost to the after party, stretch the...
Only a few days to go, and we’re counting the hours. Liverpool Roller Birds have a home double header against two amazing teams. The first bout will be the Liverpool...
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 do you need to...
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 is about how you...