So we actually just had a bout this past Friday the 22nd. It was knarly! We joined forces with the San Diego Renegade RollerGirls who rocked the rink with us! We packed into a 15-passenger van and headed out to Arizona for the season opener. We actually didn't have much prep as far as practice for the bout because unfortunately, we have an outdoor rink and we got rained out almost the entire time but boy were the girls ready for what came! but we are such a close team that the preparation just comes naturally and when we bout some of us are so used to working together that we are in tune with eachothers moves that sometimes its seems like we talked it over for days and days when in reality, it only took a look at eachother to know what we needed done. I like to call it "DSP" - Derby Sensory Perception.
I remember the first bout we did that I was in was a home bout and actually ended up being a big event, with jumpers and vendors...it was a scalding hot summer day in June, I thought I was cool with my red eyeshadow but that shit melted right off! lol. We were so pumped though and it was an amazing to experience our first victory! but that "DSP" wasn't quite there yet.
We always have the support from eachother before a game and the support of our coach. I think the best part is that we do it together as a team and everyone pulls together and gets it done. Before bouts, no matter what or who we believe in, we like to say a little prayer for all the women on the rink, because getting hurt is no fun and fun is why we do this in the first place. Although, a sweet ass bruise on the thigh or arm or bad case of rink rash never hurt anyone lol.
In preparation, we try to get as much skills down as possible, we we learn from our mistakes and we learn from other the other teams as we have only been a team for a little over a year now but we have come very far from where we were when we started. We like to get a lot of practice in and work on endurance, and just be together and enjoy eachothers company AND OF COURSE EAT!!!! EAT EAT EAT!
In conclusion...preparation is one of the main ingredients to a great result, and sometimes over-preparing only hightens your expectations and I don't like to be disapointed, so I like to find a happy medium.
Well, that's all I got for today...tune in next Tuesday for my blog and the week isn't over so check out the other blogs from the other awesome ladies of derby.
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-Destucto Dolly
