22nd October 2012
Raw Meat Week 3 was brought to you by the Nanas, super-star trainers Kane'm, Kaos and Elle, and a whole bunch of sweaty freshies!
Warm Up
Agnys and Hazel are two ladies very dear to the hearts of ADRD. Their special guest appearance at training in week three saw the Freshies getting up and out of the rocking chair and taking the scones out of the oven (derby stance), holding in the wee (crossovers), Nana dancing (loosening pu those hips), braiding on skates (yep - with actual wool) and having group nana hugs. What a way to warm up!
TrainingIn preparation for next weeks mock-test, Elle, Kaos and Kane'm took the freshies through a re-FRESHer course of all that had been learned in the previous weeks - cross-overs, t-stops, snow plows, riding the track, stepping and weaving. The trainers managed to find some of the most fun drills we've ever seen at Freshmeat, that had our newbies in stitches, as well as helping them progress their skating.
Among others - the Air Hostess drill saw our trainers act as guides for the freshies, who moved towards the hostess/host in a big pack mirroring their movement through T-stops, snow ploughs, stepping left/right and forward.
The Bus Driver had the Freshies riding the ADRD bus (with a Mouldie at the helm), hailing buses at "bus stops", and being picked up and dropped off around the track. Buses were stopping and starting at lights, going through tunnels, swerving around tree, missing children in the road and eventually, ending up on the freeway goung super fast.
The weaving pace line drill saw our freshies prasticing slow and controlled weaving around the track. And other round of speed skating (5 laps in 1 minute) and endurance (25 laps in 5 minutes) had skaters pushing themselves to the limit.
Stretch & Chat
After a very silly training session, Ghan and Missile led the Stretch & Chat, talking about none other than, the silliness, fun and frivolity that ADRD can bring to a derby girl/guys life.
Being part of ADRD means being part of awesome events - like bouts, Bingo (fundraising), Camp (where miracles happen) and Rollercon. It means having an opportunity to travel - either as a player or part of the cheer-squad - to faraway cities and towns to play against other leagues. It means getting to wear awesome bout-fits, participate in hilarious skate-outs and express yourself in an entirely new way. And it means being part of a huge community of like-minded people and gaining a ton of new friends.
It's a great experience and we can't wait to have some new blood in the league.
After a very silly training session, Ghan and Missile led the Stretch & Chat, talking about none other than, the silliness, fun and frivolity that ADRD can bring to a derby girl/guys life.
Being part of ADRD means being part of awesome events - like bouts, Bingo (fundraising), Camp (where miracles happen) and Rollercon. It means having an opportunity to travel - either as a player or part of the cheer-squad - to faraway cities and towns to play against other leagues. It means getting to wear awesome bout-fits, participate in hilarious skate-outs and express yourself in an entirely new way. And it means being part of a huge community of like-minded people and gaining a ton of new friends.
It's a great experience and we can't wait to have some new blood in the league.
So much improvement has been made in the past 3 weeks and you should all be super proud of yourselves.
So see you all next week for the final dress rehearsal for Raw Meat and happy skating!
Love the 3 Veg & Gravy x x x x
Love the 3 Veg & Gravy x x x x
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