Roller Derby Basic Skills Test
We’ll just preface this all with “I PASSED!”
Started with the 25 in 5 lap test. Finished my 25 laps in 4:49 (boo-yah)! I started off right on track and once I warmed up I actually got faster as time went on. All that long running paid off with endurance.
Then we moved onto testing of derby stance, how low I can squat and still skate, sculling, weaving through cones, and crossing the track. Nailed all of those things. I don’t know what my actual scores were throughout it all, but I like to imagine these were all 4’s.
After all the track skating work, we tested with jumping. I nailed this during practice, but somehow just could not do it perfectly during testing. Probably got a 2, maybe a hopeful 3. I did manage to jump, but landed quite hard. :(
Then we moved onto stopping. Once again, I can do these perfectly during practice, but put me in front of judges and I’m a mess. Just could not do the t-stop. Managed to salvage myself a little with the plow stop, but it still sucked. These were probably 2’s.
Then it was falls. I’m pretty sure I was a solid 3 or 4 for all of these. I felt strong and got up quickly.
Now that I look back at my overall scoring, I can see that I should have passed easily, but I felt so embarrassed and horrible after my stopping attempts and jumping that I thought I was going to fail. And it was nice when the coaches all came over to congratulate me and tell me that they’ll see me when I come back from vacation. And then the real fun begins: we start with hitting practice!
