Last Saturday we headed to Tampere for PRDs second scrimmage. That picture is taken in autumn 2011, now there was snow and we drove around the city nervous and excited. The nearer we got the more excited we felt. It always seems like an awful lot of time before the game gets going but the moment you're warming up on the track with your 10 teammate hits you in a moment. We had screaming moments in our locker room and last minute preps. Suddenly we were on the track and line-ups ready to get started. This time I was going to mainly jam and I did too. I went out blocking twice and it felt good too - somehow after adjusting your mind to jamming also helps when e.g. bridging: you're more ready to get through and in the front. Tampere Ho-Bits were awesome! They seemed to have a great time, good spirit, loads of beautiful smiles! A huge high-five for that!
All in all knowing your player position was a comfort and made playing easier. I tried to keep my eyes and ears to our bench and it worked out really well. There was a couple of times when I did not hear it all, being in the opposite side of the track from our bench. It was a game that showed I've got some serious work load to do but also I felt I can do it. I was doubting to play as a jammer after Turku. Maybe it was good because now I've tried to improve those skills and worked on my weak points. There's a long road ahead of me but at least I know what road I'm on. You feel me? Starting roller derby from point zero with no experience in any skating is an effort itself. To become good is a huge step and you never know how long it's going to take.
Run and push, off you go! I got two penalties for cutting but otherwise I felt it was the first time I actually could keep my eye on cutting. If someone hit me out of bounds I finally made the effort to check who it was and more importantly is she standing or did she fall. I think it was a brain click: I finally got it into my head to check it. Also recovering from a hit isn't that slow for me anymore and instead of dropping into a full fall I might just drop to one knee and be able to see the game and the initiator. Simple newbie improvements like that, it's not easy! Another thing I've tried to brainwash into the game is bluffing. Somehow I haven't brought it to game before, maybe it's the new situation or the excitement. This time I actually bluffed a couple of times and really felt how it helped my game. If I'm not the most agile and fast I need to use that to my advantage. The third moment of awesomeness I had was when I played time and sat on the other jammers lap. It was wonderful moment of relax in an awesome lap. I enjoyed it so much!
Compared to our first game our pack work from jammers point of view was put to a new level! They made holes for me and just let me push my way out. Amazing. Can't wait to play with them again!
Plans for week 10:
Monday
walk 20
yoga 60
Tuesday
PRD practice 60
Wednesday
PRD practice 2 hours
Thursday
Bodybalance
Friday
run 30
bodypump exp 30
Saturday
run 30
Sunday
HRD pick-up scrimmage @ Pasila
Jani Haikonen, thanks for the photos of me jamming :)
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