WELL, AT 917, THE LAST TIME LOUISVILLE ROLLER DERBY PLAYED A COMPETITIVE GAME WAS BACK IN MARCH OF 2020. AND NOW MORE THAN THREE YEARS IN A NAME CHANGE LATER, THEY RETURNED TO THE OVAL. THIS WEEKEND, OUR SAM CARTER IS CHECKING THEM OUT. OUT HERE HERE IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE WE ARE PREVIEWING THIS
WEEKENEND’S TRIPLE HEADER WHERE THE LOUISVILLE ROLLER DERBY GETS BACK ON THEIR HOME TURF FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU GUYS THAT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I GOT WHEEL AND BANSHEE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. YOUR NAMES ARE SO COOL.
WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT YOU GUYS HAVEN’T HAD A HOME GAME IN THREE YEARS. WHAT DO YOU THINK KEPT LOUISVILLE ROLLER DERBY ALIVE? WHAT DO YOU THINK KEPT EVERYBODY INTERESTED BECAUSE YOUR NUMBERS HAVEN’T DWINDLED BY ALL THAT MUCH? NO, WE WERE ACTUALLY BIGGER NOW. BIGGER NOW. YES. YES.
WE HAD OVER 40 NEW SKATERS JOIN OUR NEW SKATER BOOT CAMP. SO WE HAD TWO YEARS OF PEOPLE WHO SAID, I WANT TO PLAY. HOW CAN I PLAY? AND WE HAD OVER 40 SHOW UP FOR OUR NEW SKATER BOOT CAMP. THAT IS THE COOLEST THING. WHAT KEPT THE VETERANS COMING BACK?
SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A DECADE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? BECAUSE YOU’RE A MOM OF TWO. YOUR KIDS ARE IN IT NOW. YES, I’VE BEEN WITH IT APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS. I JOINED AND ALMOST WAS GOING TO PLAY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. OH, YEAH.
SO THIS THIS WILL BE MY FIRST THIS IS ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN. THIS IS YOUR FIRST HOME GAME? YES. THAT’S SO COOL. AND HOW DO YOU GUYS RECEIVE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I’M SURE YOU’RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY. SO HOW CAN PEOPLE KIND OF GET IN TOUCH TO PLAY?
HOW CAN PEOPLE REACH OUT? GREAT. CONTACT US ON OUR SOCIALS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, MESSAGE US AND WE’LL GET BACK TO YOU. THAT’S SO COOL. YEAH. IF YOU GUYS JUST SEARCH LOUISVILLE ROLLER DERBY, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW. THEY’RE BLOCKING RIGHT NOW. TAKE ME THROUGH WHAT’S ABOUT TO
HAPPEN HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX GAME. IT SEEMS SIMPLE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SKATING, BUT IT’S NOT RIGHT? NO. SO PHOENIX IS OUR JAMMER. AND FOR EVERY OPPOSING BLOCKER THAT PHOENIX PASSES, PHOENIX WILL SCORE A POINT. AND SO THE BLOCKERS JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PHOENIX DOES NOT
GET THEIR POINT. SO WHEN PHOENIX. SO HOW DOES THE DEFENSE STOP PHOENIX? HOW DO THEY HOW DO THEY GET ON OFFENSE? SO THE, THE DEFENSE OH, THAT WAS SO COOL. WE USE OUR BODIES AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OTHERS IN THE WHITE JERSEYS. THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY OFFENSE SO
THEY CAN MOVE US OUT OF THE WAY AS WELL. OH, ARE THERE CRASHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE CRASHES. WE FALL, BUT WE GET RIGHT BACK UP. OH, MY GOODNESS. OKAY, GUYS, THIS IS ONE OF THE COOLEST GAMES. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT’S A LITTLE BIT LIKE RUGBY AND BUMPER
CARS HAD A BABY. IF THOSE BUMPER CARS WERE ON ROLLER SKATES, A WHOLE LOT MORE TO COME TODAY AS WE LOOK AT A PASS HAPPENING IN MOTION. THEY SAID I COULDN’T DO SPORTS. THEY WERE W
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