Just got back from another hard derby practice, the girls are getting better and better. As we learned more as a team you can really see all the pieces of this derby puzzle coming together. I think the hardest time of practice for me would have to be the very beginning its because your huffing and puffing as your heart race is racing but once you get over that hump things run so smooth. Just gotta push through the pain.
With each drop of sweat that pours out of you, you feel more motivated to push harder be better and work! Its such a good feeling when that whistle blows because if you given your all, its a feeling of complete accomplishment. As a coach you get that feeling too when you see your players giving everything they have, it pushes you to try harder for them. The twisted side of that is when you have a girl, that you know can do better but just isn't throwing everything she has into it. Its frustrating but in the end you cant make anyone play derby they have to want it for themselves.
Another feeling that is strange is when a girl gets injured and they have to sit out. It's painful because i know that deep inside them they want to play so bad but their body is not letting them do what they love at the moment. Its such a sad feeling, and you never know, because with a sport like derby at any moment you could be the next girl down with an injury.
So i guess the point is when your not injured, try your very best, give it everything you have in you because you never know when something can happen to where you cant do what you love...which is playing roller derby <3
As always,
Kirby-Check #30
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