Recently, I did a lot of thinking about some things I never expected to learn when I started playing roller derby. It took me a long time to work these things out \u2013 arguably longer than it probably should have done! \u2013 so in an effort to shortcut some of this process for others, I\u2019ve put together the following list (in no particular order) of Things I Learned. This list is a work in progress, but even in its current form, I think it may well be useful, especially to fresh meat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recently, I did a lot of thinking about some things I never expected to learn when I started playing roller derby. It took me a long time to work these things out \u2013 arguably longer than it probably should have done! \u2013 so in an effort to shortcut some of this process for others, I\u2019ve 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