Power Through the 4th Whistle Roller Derby Podcast

SAVE YOUR SMALL TOWN LEAGUE!! How many small town roller derby leagues have vanished in the last decade? How many could have been saved if they had known about this ONE THING? Special Guest Lemon shares the exciting discovery that saved her small town league in the Midwest from disbanding. 📷 by Season Chandler "How Short Track Roller Derby Can Save Your League" - https://youtu.be/rfkQdDLPej0 Ruleset and other resources - http://rollaskateclub.com/short-track-roller-derby-resources/ Track in a Bag - https://rollaskateclub.com/product/short-track-in-a-bag/ Short Track Roller Derby Info Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shorttrackderby Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Follow me on Twitch: twitch.tv/letsgojackieB Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

Want to play some roller derby? Want to play MORE roller derby?!? This week, I am joined by Orange Whip, an unofficial ambassador for other styles of roller derby gameplay and rules sets because Whip loves ALL the roller derbies! USARS Roller Derby Community Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/USARSrollerderbyteamsinUSA Official USA Roller Sports Roller Derby Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/UsarsRollerDerby World Skate (USARS) rules documents - http://www.worldskate.org/roller-derby/about/regulations.html Contact Orange Whip - https://www.facebook.com/darreldecker 📷 by KID / Jeremy Johnson Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Follow me on Twitch: twitch.tv/letsgojackieB Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

This week's episode is about narrowing your focus and keeping your eyes on the finish line for your goals. 📷 by Lost Creek Studios Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Follow me on Twitch: twitch.tv/letsgojackieB Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

The REVISED WFTDA Return to Play Guidelines are FINALLY here! What do they mean for your team? It means most leagues can go directly to Baseline and get on this flippin' ladder and SKATE! In this episode, I will do my best to summarize these guidelines as well as the Audience Guidelines for Return to Play. WFTDA Revised Return to Play Guidelines: https://static.wftda.com/files/covid-19/WFTDA-COVID-Return-To-Play-Plan-v4.pdf WFTDA Audience Guidelines for Return to Play: https://static.wftda.com/files/covid-19/WFTDA-Audience-Guidelines-for-COVID-19-Return-to-Play.pdf 📷 by Ciara Janae Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Follow me on Twitch: twitch.tv/letsgojackieB Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

"Can we skate or what?!?" is what many have been asking. WFTDA hosted a Skate of the Union to update the community on....everything. The upcoming revisions to Return to Play Guidelines, putting Community over Competition, Regional Recovery, a Covid Recovery Fund, and updates from the ART Project working toward equity and non-racism. I'll do my best to fill you in on what's happening in this quickie episode. Here's a link so you can watch the whole thing straight from the source: https://www.facebook.com/wftda/videos/813503459566109 📷 by Sarah Montie/Lucille Brawl Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

Coach Dan is here! After last week's episode about taking on obstacles, I wanted to follow up a topic we've been wanting to discuss for a long time. What are the challenges smaller leagues tackle regularly? And what can small leagues do to survive? All leagues around the world have been wondering about their mortality as of late, but we fear small leagues will be hit the hardest and since the majority of leagues in the world are small (like our own league), we want to show them some love with this episode. 📷 by Ciara Janae Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

In this episode, I'm sharing stories of how obstacles pushed people to new creative heights and made them try things they never would have attempted otherwise and how we can relate this to our growth as roller derby athletes and taking on challenges our leagues and teams face regularly (especially after last year, amiright?). Bottom line -- experimenting with obstacles and facing your challenges head on can unlock superpowers you didn't know you had! Inspired by the Cautionary Tales Podcast by Tim Harford, check it out! 📷 by Ciara Janae Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. They are public and free, but we'd super appreciate your support. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

Many listeners have been wondering, what is it going to be like to return to play? And how do we help our coaches use the new curriculum? In this week's episode, I was joined by Chili, Coach of Pink Peril Roller Derby in the Netherlands and member of the WFTDA Task Force for the new curriculum, This Is Roller Derby. Chili's league got to return to play for several months last summer and shares the story of the league's challenges. He also elaborated on how he has been implementing the core values of the curriculum for his league while sharing tips for all the coaches out there listening. Link to Chili's blog article: IMPLEMENTING THE NEW WFTDA BEGINNER CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK...AND WHY IT'S A GAME CHANGER Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.

This episode will be very beneficial to your team and league to help answers questions that have been coming up about the new curriculum. Our guides on this quest are special guests (River, Hammer, and Demon) who all worked on the curriculum as part of the WFTDA MSR Task Force. 📷 by Ciara Janae Documents on the Curriculum landing page: • Ideas for Creating an Inclusive Training Environment • The Curriculum Glossary - defines the terms used in the glossary & lists other names the skill/ability is called -- you may actually be familiar with the skill and just unfamiliar with the term selected for the document! • The Coaching Resource Library document - a living community document designed to provide advice on how to learn and/or teach different skills, provide inspiration for training sessions and league organization, and examples of specific aspects of coaching. • Organized into different categories (Curriculum references, WFTDA resources, Derby specific resources, General coaching resources, Values coaching resources, & a Reading list of recommended books & articles) • Include Filter Overview options: Coaching, Skills, Rules, Gameplay Video, Risk & Health, Values/Inclusion/Code of Conduct, Mental, Organizations, Books & Articles, Blogs, Officiating, Events, Other • Includes a link to a form to submit your own favorite resources for inclusion! Or folks can always join some WFTDA & WeFTDA Communities for live discussions, information, and resources: • Roller Derby Regional Communities - based on geographical location • Skater Education & Training Community - where WFTDA Education shares news & resources • Returning to Roller Derby - global discussion as we return to our sport from the pandemic pause • WeFTDA Community • Also for WFTDA Members: Anti-Racism Education & Resources, Managing Your League, Officiating Education & Certification, & more

What if Michael Jordan's injury in his second season in the NBA was the end of his story and we never heard from him again? This episode is a Story Time with Jackie episode! Based on the HBO documentary "Women of Troy", I'll be telling you the story of Cheryl Miller and the rest of the USC basketball team that changed women's basketball forever. This amazing team made up of Cheryl Miller, Pam and Paula McGee, Cynthia Cooper, and more changed the sport and challenged issues of gender and race. This team got the world's attention and laid the groundwork for being a professional sport today. What if Cheryl Miller hadn't gotten injured and became the most famous professional athlete in the world? How would the world be different? I can't help but compare this journey to roller derby and wonder....what if?... 📷 by USC Athletics You can watch the 1983 Championship USC vs Louisiana Tech on Youtube! (The video is pretty grainy, but you can clearly see the difference in playing styles of these two teams.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhNPED-DjEI Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com.