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RollerCon ’18 Ups, Downs, & Being Better

“Roller derby is a mind f*ck.”

If you’ve ever taken a class or practice with me, you have probably heard you say this. Roller derby is a series of weird skills and strategies that will undermine your confidence and sense of self-preservation. Usually our brains do this subconsciously, or at most, it brings up the “status bar” of attempting to do a skill.

RollerCon for me this year, was not me…

The reality of returning to roller derby after injury

They always tell you that coming back from injury is hard. They always tell you to ‘ease in’, ‘listen to your body’, and that ‘it takes time’. No matter how many times you hear those words, it never truly sinks in until you’re three weeks back into a full derby schedule competing for a travel team position with a D1 league. August 31, 2015 was my last practice of the season pre-injury. 7 months…

Mark your calendars. All your calendars. In fact, you'll probably need more than one calendar to keep track of roller derby's 2014 Championship Season:

June/July

June 6-8: RDCL Battle on the Bank VII in San Diego, Calif.

July 19-20: USARS Region 2 Qualifier in Merced, Calif.

July 23-27: RollerCon (WFTDA/MRDA/USARS) in Las Vegas, Nev. 

August

Aug TBA: USARS Regions 3&4 Qualifier in Johnson County, Texas

Aug 6-10: JRDA Championships/JuniorCon in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Aug 15-17: WFTDA Division 2 Playoff #1 in Duluth, Minn.

Aug 21-23: Colossal Coastal Roller Expo (MADE) in Wildwood, N.J.

Aug 22-24: WFTDA Division 2 Playoff #2 in Kitchener, Ont.

Aug 30-31: USARS Region 1 Qualifier in Kennewick, Wash.

September

Sept 5-7: WFTDA Division 1 Playoff #1 in Sacramento, Calif.

Sept 19-21: WFTDA Division 1 Playoff #2 in Evansville, Ind.

Sept 26-28: USARS Nationals in Stockton, Calif.

Sept 26-28: WFTDA Division 1 Playoff #3 in Salt Lake City, Utah

October

Oct 3-5: WFTDA Division 1 Playoff #4 in Charleston, W.Va.

Oct 9-11: MADE Nationals in Killeen, Texas

Oct 18-19: MRDA Championships in Seattle, Wash.

Oct 31-Nov 2: WFTDA Championships in Nashville, Tenn.

December