Athletic Training Calendar
2012 Training Camp
Info coming soon!
RC12 has room for A LOT of tracks. We’re still planning, finagling, and recruiting the very best coaches and staff, and will post more info here as it is sorted out.
Check out a track map of the 2012 MVP-only training area.
HOW DO YOU SIGN UP?
Most classes are open to all registered, insured
MVP passholders. There is no pre-registration or sign-up. You will be able to line up before classes.
IT GETS CROWDED
We’ve scheduled kick-ass classes at the same time and asked coaches to lead popular sessions more than once. We quadrupled our trackspace and limited MVP passes, and we’ve scheduled early. But - high profile classes will still fill up fast. RC has more facilities, coaches and classes than any training camp, but we also have more attendees. Peak hour classes will fill first; plan accordingly. We’ve scheduled classes during big social events, and popular coaches are offering early morning / late night sessions, as well; those are likely to be less crowded. If you do want to train during peak hours and your classes are full, consider off-skates athletic training, as well. Off skates athletic training is scheduled in the Top of the Riv and can be found on the
seminar schedule. And don’t forget - its not just a training camp, its a CONVENTION, so you can also go to one of the other twelve types of events, including social stuff, seminars, and more!
Coaches have the ability to limit entry or make skill level (or other relevant) requirements. Some classes are marked “Jrs Welcome” or “International.”
- “Jrs Welcome” is kind of self-explanatory.
- “INTL” means International, Hawaiian & Alaskan MVP Passholders will get priority entrance. If they don’t fill those classes, the coach will open it to continental US passholders, as well.
HINT: bring water & both black & white shirts *preferably with a legible name* to ALL on-skates classes (even if it doesn’t say so in the schedule). If your name isn’t visible, how can you get feedback? Look in the class info for a description that will include anything else you need to participate.
PLEASE NOTE:
RollerCon planners schedule only the best coaches. But it is your responsibility to make sure you don’t do anything unsafe for you. Information gathered should be modified to fit your own personal needs, business models, athletic competence, health concerns and limitations, and state requirements. All skaters should execute proper safety precautions prior to attempting any skills demonstrated or shown. All RollerCon registrants participate in conference events solely at their own risk.
The training, opinions, findings, and conclusions offered during Rollercon are those of the authors or speakers and not necessarily those of the speaker’s league, or the hosts or planners of the RollerCon conference. The materials and information presented are for informational purposes only & are not legal advice or counsel.
** THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE **
Count on it. Our coaches are also scrimmaging, Challenging and going to each other’s classes, so the schedule is likely to change right up til it gets published in the program. Best to just be chill about it all.
If you don’t see classes, have you scrolled to the right date?
Get Schedule updates during RollerCon!
twitter.com/rollercon
Click on the session title for descriptions and coach bios.
Hate puppies and Google calendars? We’ll post excel and PDF versions of the schedules as they are finalized. Text “Follow Rollercon” to 40404 to get updates to your phone when schedules are available.
Brush up on our definitions of skill levels.
Take a trip back through time! We have come a VERY LONG WAY from that first long weekend in 2005.
RC 2006 Boot Camp
 Dolly Rocket, Joy Collision & Goodie lead classes outside at 9am, before temps climb past 100F. Hardcore only! |
RC 2007 or 2008
 Team Awesome Camp; 2 hours & 200 skaters at a rented rink. Crowded, but people were thrilled; we plan more training the next year. |
||
RC 2007 & 2008 Parking Lot
Filthy, ungodly hot, filled with exhaust fumes; we skated til we dropped. Lots of coaches - and skaters! - got their start here. |
|||
|
RollerCon 2009 |
RollerCon 2010
 We doubled our tracks & coaches & got a grippy floor, but people complained both that classes were too hard to get into & too full. |
||
|
(photos coming soon) RollerCon 2011 Three dedicated training tracks, 12 hours every day and over 60 coaches. Peak hours classes were mostly full at 60 people, but most MVPs were able to get training on skates all day long if they wanted - indoor, air-conditioned, and from the best derby coaches on earth. No one complained! |
|||
Most of the 2011 Coaches (in alphabetical order):
Annie Maul will mark her sixth year skating for the Kansas City Roller Warriors in September 2011. She has served as Co-Captain and as a member of Training Committee for the nationally ranked Kansas City Roller Warriors All Star team. She was also a three-year Captain of her home team, the Victory Vixens. She was Women’s Flat Track Association Skater of the Month in June 2010. Most importantly, she loves all things derby and her mind is always cooking up ways to make the game bigger and better.
Atomatrix is an Olympic medal-holding speed skater, a first string jammer for WFTDA Championship team, the Oly Rollers, and the President of Atom Wheels. She’s been skating her entire life.
Augie Von ButchHer aka Eric A. Ruhm has been a certified personal trainer for 12 years. He developed the current Fresh Meat program for his team in East Tennessee where he earned the name the “ButchHer.” Eric has experience working with rehab clients to college athletes and everything in between. His experience on and off the track will be an invaluable resource for all skaters. Visit www.resultsnowpt.com for videos and more bio.
Boss NOS joined the Rolling Hills Derby Dames after deciding that ballroom dance was too snobby. She enjoys hitting drills, her corgi puppy, teaching yoga at the University of Idaho, and her loving husband (who finally admitted that derby is hotttt). She is an outstanding yoga instructor.
Blood Clottia is a skater for Rose City’s Wheels of Justice and Team Awesome and has been playing roller derby for 6 years. Roller derby has changed her life. Blood wants to teach skills that were taught to her and continue the derby movement. Blood brings both blocking and jamming skills and loves teaching ass blocking!
Catholic Cruel Girl has been skating with Rocky Mountain Rollergirls since March of 2007. Serving on her league’s training committee for 2+ years, she is passionate about wellness, natural health and nutrition. Cruelie writes a recipe column for fiveonfive magazine and was Co-Captain of RMRG’s #1 Ranked 5280 Fight Club from 2009-2010.
Demanda Riot captains the Bay Area Derby Girls All Stars and skates for the Richmond Wrecking Belles, Team Awesome, Team Vagine, Crippled Cocks and anyone else who isn’t too scared to invite her.
Dirty Deborah Harry is a former figure skater who literally grew up in the roller rink. She learned everything she knows about teaching the “art” of skating from her World Champion figure skating mother and her National Champion speed skating dad! Her love of skating brought her to derby and her belief in the priceless value of solid fundamentals has her teaching skating skills from rank beginner to advanced - and her training as a stand up comedian makes her classes even better. She was voted by far the favorite coach at RollerCon 2011 by the skaters who completed our opinion polls afterwards.
Donna Skatrix, a former competitive roller skater/instructor, fell in love with skating at age three and the rest was history! She was also a competitive figure skater on ice. Now that she’s “gone derby,” she loves to share her skating knowledge with others freely and believes that NOBODY is ever done learning to skate. “Use it or lose it!” is her motto for skating. DirtyDeborah Harry said she should charge for her skating lessons. She has yet to take her advice… She (and her parents) have spent thousands on her skating and you can learn most of it (except the frilly stuff), free! Don’t YOU wanna learn some tricks from Donna Skatrix?!
Evil Lucian is a biology instructor at New Mexico State University. She is the captain of her team in Las Cruces, NM and a youth soccer coach. Before becoming a science geek she was a mountain bike guide and instructor in Moab, UT. Ask her anything biology related and she’ll be stoked to discuss it with you.
Harmony Killerbruise skates for MN Rollergirls and Team Awesome, and was on Oly Rollers 2010 Championship Team. She’s a wee thing, but her dude plays derby, too, and she holds her own against big motherf*ckers all day long.
The Hot Flash was a skater with Rat City Rollergirls, Tilted Thunder Rail Birds and is now the founder and coach at OneWorld Roller Derby Community leagues in Seattle and Bellevue WA (so far). Recreational, Competitive, Inclusive.
Iron Maiven is an LA Derby Coach and captain with years of playing and coaching experience. Some of you know her from Iron Doll Clothing, or you might recognize her as one of the Manson Twins in the feature film, “Whip It!” Derby Dolls know her for her prowess on the track. She breaks years of skating know-how into bite-size pieces and will knock you off your socks, on the track or the dancefloor!
Isabelle Ringer has been a member of the San Diego Derby Dolls training team since 2007 and regularly coaches leagues flat and banked worldwide. Having spent many games, pivoting, blocking and jamming, Ringer has a diverse background of experience to share with skaters of every skill level. Since going out for knee surgery in late 2009, she has developed a unique perspective for off-skates training and injury prevention.
Ivanna S. Pankin has played, coached & captained roller derby since 2003. She’s currently skating for the SoCal Derby, Team Awesome and Team Vagine and has coached teams from all over the continental US and Hawaii, Canada, Europe and South America. She heard that bets were being taken about how much longer she’d be first string, but eight years and two knee surgeries later, she’s still the first one on lined up on the track at every opportunity. She’s also the founder and Head Planner for Rollercon, was a founding board member of WFTDA, co-owns Sin City Skates, and contributes to Five on Five Magazine and Derby News Network.
Jack Hammer has found a home in Derby. After 15 yrs as a Certified Ski Instructor/Coach in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Derby came knocking and Jack opened the door!! He now spends his time Coaching and getting the most from his girls on the Tahoe Derby Dames. Hammer is all about high RPM’s!! NO LAGG’N!!!! So kick down for the Super Unleaded and go roll with the Hammer!!
Jukeboxx skates on Minnesota Rollergirls travel team and kicked ass in her first game with Team Awesome at RollerCon 2011. She’s a former rink rat with outstanding footwork, and she’s ready to tell you all her secrets.
LuluDemon has been skating with the Terminal City Rollergirls since it formed in 2006 and has traveled widely across North America playing with the All Stars. She has coached all skill levels within her league and with new startup leagues and is a Level 2 Certified Coach. A self confessed “jammer junkie,” her goal is to help every skater, regardless of skill or position, to have fun and be successful while wearing the star. She loves visualizations, playing smarter not harder and her pet hamster Discount.
Lulu Lockjaw skates with the Santa Cruz Derby Girls (now Bay Area Derby Girls). I have been playing derby since April of 2007. I have been skating on the All Star Team since it’s inception over three years ago, and have been captain for the last two years. I am known as a very agile and smart jammer. I am also a triple threat for my league, I can play any position at any time without hesitation. I have been nomimated for MVP and Best Jammer two years in a row, winning MVP in 2009.
MEDUSA joined derby in 2006 and currently skates with the Minnesota RollerGirls in Saint Paul. She has several years of experience being a captain and holding other leadership positions and is a part owner of Derby 4 All. MEDUSA was recruited to Team Awesome in 2009. MEDUSA has a strong history of sharing derby knowledge including: RollerCon 2009 and 2010, Team Awesome bootcamps, and helping train other local leagues. She wants to take YOU to the next level!
Mercy is a skater for Rose City Rollers’ Wheels of Justice, Team Awesome and Team Vagine.
Mindiannapolis500 is the Head of Coaching for the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls. She joined the BAD Girls in December of 2004 and became a trainer after her retirement in 2006. She created a specialized pre-tryout bootcamp for new skaters and has run her camp for the last 5 years. About 50% of her league’s skaters started in her class. She continues to train the league and run bootcamps as well as tryouts. She is currently also running the recreation league started in 2010.
Pitchit has been skating since 1974 spending most of that time working in speed and agility. Pitchit also has vast experience in league and team development.
Punk N. Da’Trunk=Explosive, energy, no stop, loud, Mexican jumping bean. 5 year derby girl, Head Coach for Angel City Derby Girls and assistant coach to speed skating classes on the side. Fitness has always been a big part of my life. I love to help others and make your pets smell good!
Quadzilla L.K. has been a pro skater and derby player since you were in diapers. He is a featured skater in TV commercials, for pete’s sake. He’s coached modern derby clinics all over the US, UK and Australia, and coached seasons for Team Legit & the Oly Rollers. But his heart is in Rat City, where he’s coached since 2008. His day job is being awesome for Heartless Wheels. He plays for the Puget Sound Outcasts, Team seXY, and the Co-ed Cripplers. Quadzilla will whip out kick ass jam skater tricks at the slightest provocation; ask him.
Razorslut is the nicest person in Los Angeles, and is outstanding at picking up new strategies and applying them. She’s been skating for the LA Derby Dolls since forever, pretty much, and has captained, coached and bench-managed her way into everyone’s hearts and minds. Slutty is currently working on a reproduction project outside of derby, but has taken time out of lying on her back to join Iron Maiven (star of such feature films as “Whip It!”) to drop some hard-earned blocking knowledge on her derby sisters.
Roxy Rockett has been skating for almost 30 years and been involved in derby since 2004. I really enjoy training new skaters. She currently skates for the Carolina Rollergirls.
Scar Leigh Ermey is usually heard before she is seen, she is best known for her profuse outbursts of adult language and her exuberance in her attempts to convert the entire world into derby fanatics. She is Head Trainer of the Antihero league, and Captain of her co-ed team, with generous experience in both WFTDA and OSDA competition. She specializes in extensive stretching techniques, training that promotes team building, and helping troubled skaters with confidence or aggression issues.
Smarty Pants started skating with the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls of Austin, Texas in May of 2003 and currently skates for Texas Rollergirls’ Texecutioners. Over the past 7 years she has skated for her home team the Holy Rollers, TXRD’s travel team the All Scar Army and the fantastic Vagine Regime. Smarty’s day job is coaching rowing on Town Lake in Austin. She started applying what she knows about coaching to derby in 2004 when she traveled to NYC to train the newly formed Gotham Girls. She has since trained LA Derby Dolls, Atlanta Rollergirls, and several leagues in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Smarty uses sport theory and common sense to teach derby strategy. When training skater skills such as agility, speed, transitions and stance she prefers to focus on the intricacies of each skater’s unique style. As a trainer she is sensitive to the needs of the athlete and well aware of the process of learning. While she prefers to have 3-4 weeks to train a league, she does enjoy shorter training sessions such as RollerCon. She takes the sport of derby very seriously and holds much respect for its growth, yet tries to create a relaxed and humorous learning environment.
Tannibal Lector is one of the best players for the #1 team in derby, the Oly Rollers. Tannibal has world quad hockey experience as well as national speed titles on inlines, and works for Atom Wheels.
Trish the Dish was a roller derby team captain before she actually learned how to skate in July of 2004 for Arizona Roller Derby. She led her first team to the Championships that year, played in the 1st ever DIY derby Interleague Game (AZ vs. TX) the same year, and co-founded the Sin City Rollergirls, the first INTER-League-only team in modern derby just a year later. She currently plays flat and banked track derby for the San Diego Derby Dolls and is the Proud Co-Owner of Sin City Skates, the first and BEST roller derby skate shop. Trish has coached team sports her entire adult life, and has coached roller derby teams to wins on 4 continents and counting.
Vexine is a skater and trainer with the Emerald City Roller Girls, who has designed off-skates training programs for all levels of skaters.
Vicky Handysides is a Certified Roller Skating Instructor and have taught for over 30 years and her favorite part is teaching the basics of roller skating. She was a National and World Champion art skater and has coached for skaters that competed at Regional, National and World Championships. She’s been fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach skating for a local College, the Girl Scouts, Special Olympians and some Derby Leagues. Teaching skaters the correct way to skate and seeing them excited about what they’ve learned is a passion for her.
** we also had scores of off-skates athletic seminars about nutrition, cross-training, and more, but this year is going to be even better **