Block and Roll
The Cape Girardeau Roller Girls is Southeast Missouri's women's flat-track roller derby league. The league's goal is to promote athleticism and sportsmanship while empowering women. Holly has been skating most of her life. She joined the team in May 2010 and plays as a blocker. In her regular life, she works as a copy editor at the Southeast Missourian.
Basics of roller derby strategy
Posted Friday, October 7, 2011, at 2:17 PM
You know we skate fast. You know we fall. You know we knock each other silly. But is there really any strategy to that mess happening out on the track? You betcha. Watching a bout can be overwhelming just because there is so much going on. The resurgence of derby is fairly recent, so we try to help the crowd know the rules by doing a "slow jam" at the start of each game that explains the positions the girls are playing and how points are scored...
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