"Scrimmage."

That is probably the scariest word I’ve ever heard and I actually dread hearing it during practices.  “If we have time, we’ll have a little scrimmage…” - I really hope we don’t have time.  “We’re going to scrimmage tonight…”-what do you mean “we”?

Sometimes what I’m told in practice really resonates with me. Usually it’s some type of advice designed to make me a better player (it does), but sometimes I apply it to life outside of derby. It’s sort of an outside motivator, and if you’re like me, you need a lot of motivation to do just about anything. This will probably be the cheesiest and clichéd article we’ll have in our fresh meat series, but I’m okay with that.

This is basically my origins story. If this were a comic book it would be my first issue. How did I get started in roller derby? Buckle up. It’s a crazy story.