Fresh Meat- a guide to tenderising (week 2)

Vaderella: "If Aretha Franklin was a bear and she wanted to shit in the woods it would look like this!!!"

And just what exactly would that look like?? Well you'd just have to come to blocking 101 with Vaderella & Slave Driver to find out!

Fresh Meat week 2 was nothing but blocks, blocks and MORE BLOCKS!
Last night we were treated by (dare I say it) the leagues best blocker & hitter, Vaderella and Slave Driver (also known as Mumma Blocks) who whiped and shaped those freshies into some lean mean shoulder smackin, hip checking, machines!

We started the evening with some warm up laps of sticky skates in figure 8's and slaloms, then a demonstration of shoulder checks.
Kit Cat Krunch helped Vader to demonstrate how to effectively give and receive a shoulder check, introducing along the way some new terminology. Each person paired up and was given the chance to practice some shoulder checks.

Remember those hula arms ladies, nobody likes chicken wings :P

Candy De La Ghetto then rounded us up for some more track laps, this time her favourite endurance drill... roof, floor, window and face punching. ok so not REAL faces, but hell we can imagine can't we ???

Next up back to Vader and Mumma showing us how to "hold the line" by leaning into your opponent. Again we paired up and skated a length of the hall along a line marked with cones, swapping partners to get a feel for different heights and builds. Once that was mastered onto some little "love taps", again gently bumping our partners as we skated in a straight line.

After all that the notable quote came into play... what Mumma Bessy (Barrelhouse Bessy) like to call B.I.F.... "butt in fanny", and yes it pretty much is just that. A forward blocker attempting to "sit" on her opponent to block them. Great for those girls with Beyonce bootys! yep this is one sport where junk in the trunk really pays off, so get swinging it ladies.

Back to an endurance drill- derby stance for 2.5 mins!!! Followed by sit ups planks and walking cross overs, some more roof punches whilst running on the spot, laying down bike riding, and leg rises ending with a final strength drill of side step pushing your partner the length of the hall whilst they lean on you with their entire body weight!!!

Boy did I sleep well after all that :)

Slave Driver: "yo everyone did so well last night - well done for looking after yourselves and each other - no broken bones HOORRAAAYYYYY!!!!!! keep safe and train hard! Slave Driver..... x"

Your homework this week is to check out one of my big booty'd hero's Beyonslay, you can view her "Slay ride" on you tube (watch the instant replay around 47 seconds) now thats what effective blocking is all about!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1uVC0VlqwY

Meanwhile If you have any great bruises email them to clementine.ford@gmail.com
& check out the freshy forum for Audrey Apple's "bruise your own adventure" blog at the end of the week.