Fishnet Burnns

You all asked me not to. I put it off for ages, ignoring the way things were gathering dust. I pretended it didn't matter because I told myself no one was looking. I tried not to do it, but I...

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If you follow this blog via RSS or Blogger or Twitter. You're probably a bit surprised right now. Surprised because the last post I wrote was about 3 years ago, and it was about quitting derb...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2011/08/bringing-back-burnn.html

I've been M.I.A. It's remiss of me, I know, but my life circumstances converged in such a way that it just couldn't be helped. I'm going back to school to pick up some current tech certifica...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-to-do-about-roller-derby-burnout.html

WFTDA rules set 4.0 is finally here . Some will cheer in victory, others will weep and hide their faces, but all WFTDA sanctioned bouts must use the 4.0 revision as of June 1st, 2009. Which, i...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2009/04/whats-new-in-wftda-40.html

In roller derby, the jammers may be the 'stars' of the show, but we all know where the real excitement is: Big. Fat. Hits. It's what birthed our very sport, it's what the fans came to see, it's...

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A penalty for back blocking can seem difficult to avoid, especially since smart derby players know how to make opposing players commit the penalty, like drawing a foul in basketball. But if you ...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-never-get-busted-back-blocking.html

A little highlight footage from the Gotham Girls 2008 intraleague season. Because when you're this cool, why not?

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/12/gotham-girls-2008-season-highlight.html

So your skates fit your feet just fine, but your heels or your ankles slip, and you're tired of feeling like you're slopping around in your boots? Here's a wildly ingenious and wonderfully chea...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/12/stop-skate-slippage-with-power-of-beer.html

The always awesome Bonnie D. Stroir of the San Diego Derby Dolls explains how to do a leg whip and demonstrates it for us on both flat and banked track. If you've already got your one-footed...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-do-leg-whip.html

For those of you who weren't able to be at Northwest Knockdown , I'd love to make you feel better about missing it, but it was freaking amazing! The women competing for the top slots have surpas...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/northwest-knockdown-recap-and-photos.html

The Orgeonian was caught flat-footed last week when they received questions from fans and readers as to why they hadn't covered Northwest Knockdown in the sports section of their paper. I mea...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/roller-derby-in-newspaper.html

This drill comes to us from Punk N' Pi of the Queen City Rollergirls and is compiled in Frankie Facebreaker's drill book. When Punk N' Pi does it, they call it "G", "PG" and "R". When my leag...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/training-jammers-to-find-holes-in-pack.html

So here's the deal. Starting Friday I will be covering all the crazy action at Northwest Knockdown. Not here on FB though, you'll have to head on over to the radness that is Fracture Magazine ...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/ready-for-knockdown.html

Or the elbow. Or the 'chop'. Or that crazy signal that means traveling in basketball. What the heck are those zebras on about anyway? Well, if you can crack the code to their mysterious sign lan...

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You know you have to do it, but just thinking about it makes you break out in a cold sweat. You've got flashbacks to stuffy classrooms where every pencil seems to be scratching along but yours. ...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-pass-your-wftda-written-rules.html

Tying my skates isn't something I think about after I've done it. But I find that after warming up I usually have to re-tie them because they've loosened. Jamming and certain drills seem to make...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/are-you-tying-your-skates-wrong.html

Inquiring minds want to know. From your travel team pivot to that guy sitting in the crash zone and waving an eye chart he made out of posterboard at your head ref, skaters and spectators often...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-do-refs-really-see.html

It's one of the first drills many of us participate in, yet it remains as relevant to veterans as it is to newbies. I'm talking about your basic line. People call it different things; a pace li...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-to-basics-variations-on-line.html

The alpha geeks over at Wired Magazine's GadgetLab needed to test out Nikon's flagship camera, the 12 megapixel D3. It's a camera designed for action photographers and photojournalists, such a...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/wired-magazine-gets-down-and-derby.html

You know the site redesign I was promising you, the one you probably thought was purely fictitious and created to excuse my break from posting? It's here. After lots of hours and lots (really...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/youve-got-brand-new-burnns.html

I know, I know, by now you think the recent lack of site updates means I don't love you. Well, that's not true, but there have been a few things keeping me busy, chiefly among them a redesign ...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/11/heading-to-northwest-knockdown.html

If the top-level derby players in the country are getting called out on cutting the track penalties like it's going out of style, is it just growing pains from adjusting to the 3.1 ruleset, or i...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-cutting-track-sucks-for-fans-too.html

The Minnesota Rollergirls put out this short series of public service announcements that just might remind you of someone in your league. It's two and a half minutes of total hilarity for jam...

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So you're just starting out, and you've decided that roller derby is something you could see yourself doing for a while. You're ready to make the leap and buy your first pair of skates, but ther...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-derby-skaters-ultimate-guide-to.html

Every roller derby skater needs to have a variety of stops in her repertoire so she respond quickly to any situation. Being able to efficiently control your speed and momentum not only makes yo...

http://fishnetburnns.blogspot.com/2008/10/derby-skills-tutorial-1-powerslide.html