This recruiting session will be for our upcoming 2012 season which will start at the end of February!
Training will start at 8:00pm at Virginia Park Elementary School. If you have not been there it is located at 14 Middleton St and you have to go all the way to the back to find the gym doors. We’ll have a sign on the door so you know you’re at the right place! The first few minutes will be registration where you will fill out some paperwork. There will be a waiver that is mandatory for you to sign or you wont be able to skate. Also a little questionnaire about your skating experience, what team you would like to be on if you had the choice, etc. Once that’s all taken care of, then we skate!
Make sure you come prepared. You’ll need to have:
- photo id
- helmet
- mouth guard
- knee pads
- knee pad covers (hockey socks or anything that will cover up the front part of your knee pads)
- elbow pads
- wrist guards
- quad skates or rollerblades
- water!
If you are missing anything on this list you may not be able to skate. Double check before you come because we don’t want to turn anyone away.
For the training session we will be teaching you the basic skating skills. You will learn how to balance, fall correctly, how to stop, how to skate in a pack and turning. There will be two coaches leading the training session and the other derby girls will be there helping you along and giving pointers.
We are not looking for the best skaters, we will be looking for how you take advice, how quickly you can learn and most importantly positive attitudes. We want dedicated girls who have as much passion for the sport as we do! If you have any more questions please email 709derbygirls@gmail.com. See you soon!
