Well, it differs for every team, but our "tryouts" consist of testing stability, stopping, and speed. It's mainly to get an idea of the potential player's strengths & weaknesses and give them an idea of the time & money commitments required. We ha...
The closest thing I found was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ihhZYINMw Aggro's the tall girl on the left in black w/purple leggings. She's not jamming, but at 1:16 she bashes our pivot out of bounds, then you can kind of see how she crosses over...
I know that some of the girls on Hellions of Troy wrap the straps of their kneepads with a layer of duct tape to prevent slippage & make sure they stay closed/stay on. The last thing you want to worry about on the track is a stray strap.
Yeah, I still can't do left-over-right, though that may be a coordination thing, not a fat thing. Anyway, I'm not the fastest girl on the team, so I have taken to hugging the inside at the curved part of the track, then using centrifugal force to ...
Well, I see you got new wheels already, but pay attention to wide versus narrow wheels too. I like wider, grippier wheels with aluminum hubs. I'm currently skating the Radar Zodiacs in black (~91A durometer) and I wouldn't recommend them, just bec...
Unfortunately, we have no roller rinks in Vermont, so wooden floors are out. We have practiced on concrete (my fave), sport court, and clay. The sport court we used was actually a local college's tennis courts and was rubberized & grippy to the po...
We had a nutritionist (someone's mom) come make us some simple meal plans and they really were just the basics of eating healthily and carb-loading the night before a bout (pasta, Cheerios, etc). We were also told we shouldn't have any alcohol for...
Yeah, my thing is that even though I'm getting better, the girls on the team are getting EVEN better. Our league's still pretty new, so by the time I'm stable and bout-ready by today's standards, they're going to be super-awesome and still able to...
Are you talking the 187 Pros or the 187 Flys? The 187 Flys are P.O.S.s, just like the Pro-Tecs, but the 187 Pros are awesome & actually run big. I got mine here: http://www.xsportsprotective.com/187-pro-knee-pads.html with a coupon code to boot. T...