First true Roller Derby is with a banked track. One of the greatest make skaters is Little Richard Brown who was from LA but slatted with the Philadelphia Warriors. If you eant a great story I can tell you how my Mom esrned an A in college via Roller Derby

Some good film clips spoiled by an idiot narrator.

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This was interesting and helpful! Currently designing a character with some elements of roller derby and drag racing with modified roller skates. I thought a putting a crocodile motif on the design would be fun because they're an animal that is fast an ferocious but famously can't turn well (more in the drag race direction there). So imagine my surprise when I watch this and there's an actual alligator pit as part of a definitive moment in roller derby. Universe is telling me to keep going on that one. Anyway, nice video.

Is there a reason you didn't talk about Rollerjam? I enjoyed the first season of the show and thought it could have been a worthy successor to the original Roller Derby However, once they added the "Roller Games"-type theatrics in later seasons it just turned me off.

Such crap as "Roller Games" was the death knell for Derby. I hope you realize that Roller Games and Roller Derby were two completely different styles of skating. Derby took it more seriously than Games, which was no more than an abomination--with "drama" that was never ending. Games became an absolute joke and that's the reason roller derby lost many fans. At that time, it was considered "professional" wrestling on skates. And that was a shame because they had some tremendous skaters in Games.

Thank you for these breakdown moves

Lady , I’m kind of pissed you were making fun of the game. At least the IRDL was an actual game as opposed to the Clowns in L.A.

Great viewpoint!

I was introduced to Roller derby in the late 60s, 70s. It was great! Loved the mayhem, and potential pandemonium. It was coed. Way ahead of it's time. The garbage flat track crap isn't Roller Derby. Simple game play old school rules, or don't play at all. Don't go the top trying to make it entertaining. Play old school,and let the chips fall when may.

Modern Roller Derby is a joke. You never see banked tracks but I do understand the cost of a banked track. Flat track Roller Derby does not interest me at all. Sorry 😞

Bonnie is a legend

Your vids are awesome

I am shocked that the gator never injured someone, mustve been a really well trained animal, hope it had a fun rest of his life

This is awesome! I love the blurb at the end about having different superpowers. It's important to remember that we can all use our physical abilities differently :)

Walkathons evolved from dance marathons, which emerged during the Great Depression. People desperate for work would participate by dancing until they dropped. Literally. A few actually died. Leo Seltzer first sponsored dance marathons, but then changed them to walkathons because they were less brutal than dance marathons. To correct the video: these were not *races* and there was no "speed walking." The point was simply to endure longer than anyone else, and win a cash prize. (For anyone interested, the 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" dramatized Depression-era dance marathons. The film was nominated for many Academy Awards, and for many other awards, too. Gig Young won an Oscar for his performance, and other actors won awards, too.) Leo Seltzer's innovation of roller derby was initially not a full-contact sport. It was sportwriter Damon Runyon who suggested to Seltzer that the sport seemed more popular when there was more wrestling and jostling among the players. Seltzer was reluctant; but he tried it, and Runyon was correct. The sport eventually became more of a wrestling or rugby match than a race, and Seltzer handed over the reins to his son.

"its from science, from legally blonde" lol <3 truly love your commentary! I'm realizing now how lucky I am for having you as one of our amazing coaches. Love your YT channels and so glad I get the chance to implement this in my very new journey in adult sports and exercise. From couch potato (this time last year) to kicking my own ass, powerlifting, training and now Roller Derby. I'm very very thankful for you and Coach D and all our wonderful coaches and Veteran skaters to help me on this journey.

This is awesome, even if you're not a beginner, great workout ideas!

If you can successfully WWE roller derby it'd be a phenomena

I was about to quit derby then I found your videos! thank you! please continue to share if you are still in this wild derby world! I am like 95% out now but your videos will help me regardless. Hope doing well!

That warrior one used to smash them on a pair of Bauer turbos in 95 at the Glades roller disco. Build up loads of speed and see how far you can slide haha!

😂 Great job gals!

Excellent tips! I'm getting back into skating after 25 years and the thick socks and resistance bands practice is super useful whilst I wait for my skates to be delivered :) Thank you!!!

Most acetone is shit and contains water … isopropyl alcohol is better -

It cleans nothing - this actually made my bearings worse

you are leaning on the wrong side

the body weight should be on the internal leg not on the external one

Alligator. Pit. ... and I thought my jammers were rough. Great video, Jackie.

You are pretty and you are good at skating!I envy you!

Awesome!!!!!

Love this tutorial!!! I struggle with turning my legs outward but keep practicing in hopes to get that Mohawk down, but I can turn inwards great, so I am good at blocking and stopping the jammer. Love how you point that out at the end with your friend!!!! Always see the good and good things will happen!!! 😊❤️

i keep turning out of side stance every time i try :( any advice? even when i get my feet to 180 it just becomes a transition.

That's awesome, I need these skills

The examples of the off skate exercises are perfection. I'm realizing that I have virtually zero muscle memory for this right now. Thanks for this video!

Now this is a tutorial video!

Having just survived my first assessments/fresh meat practice, your videos are BEYOND helpful and luckily I have most of what I need to practice these movements off my skates. Thank you so much.

keep your head up during the hockey stop it will keep your weight more balanced, if you look down your weight is forward. iv been coaching skating for 38 years and i enjoined your video

It was good but didn't fully help me learn it I still to pull my foot outwards

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Roller game actually started off better and jump the shark real quick as far as scripting and excessive Violet roller derby was a little bit better but the alligator was the last straw animal rights people had a real problem with that in the 80s

"tactical skating".. We subbed!

Oh fuck, this looks like a total nightmare. I might just buy new bearings instead😅

Is there a way to take off the bearings without a bearing presser?

Feels like Hole in the Wall extreme edition…

Awesome info. !!!! Thnx for your support!

Love the Akron shirt! I’m starting team practices this month with them 😊

That was crazy. Those old ladies out there brawling. Lol. But those women look so different. It's not just the hair and clothes.. It's their facial features. They almost look manish. Weird. I've always thought that though. Look at women from the 20's and 30's. You can't even takewomen of today, do their hair and makeup and dress them in that style. TTakea picture with a camera and film from those times and it still won't look like those women from way back. It's like genes progress and stuff. Crazy.

So which leg do we put our weight on?

This is awesome! It's like Mario Kart but for Roller Girls!

Nice! Any tutorial on this?