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Current mood:  adventurous Category: Sports
Did you know?
By: Touretta Lynn
We have upwards of four thousand fans who attend each of our bouts.
Today’s roller derby makes use of a flat track and does not involve
choreography or staged fighting. The Naptown Roller Girls work hard to
stay in shape—we train six to eight hours a week on skates, not
counting all the extra physical training we do outside of scheduled
practice times. We are serious about our sport!
On average, a Naptown Roller Girl completes 4,680 crunches per
year. We do approximately 3,120 push-ups, and that’s not to mention how
many miles we skate!
Roller derby has regional and national tournaments and a national governing body: the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association ( http://wftda.com).
The Naptown Roller Girls league is run by the skaters, for the
skaters. The league operates as a non-profit organization. If the
league ever disbands, all the funds held in the Naptown Roller Girls
accounts will be donated to local charities.
Naptown Roller Girl skaters do not get paid to play. In fact, each
member of the league must pay league dues each month to help fund
operations.
Women of all ages—from 18 and up—are welcome to skate with the Naptown Roller Girls.
The first rule of roller derby: Don’t get pregnant! (That’s a
joke.) But many of our Naptown Roller Girls are already mothers. They
divide their time between raising children, working, roller skating,
and working out to stay in shape!
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