Roller Derby Travel Coaching / Guest Coaching

   Posted by: Bitches Bruze   in

Has your league or team plateaued and is looking for a jump start to your strategy and training? Bitches Bruze travels for an evening (locally), weekends, or extended trips. You’ve read her writing on Yahoo! coaching groups and in Five on Five magazine. Bring her experience and training to your league!

Leagues Bitches has coached for:

Pioneer Valley Roller Derby – Northampton, MA (home league)
Magnolia Roller Vixens – Jackson, MS (one week training event)
Ithaca League of Women Rollers – Ithaca, NY (strategy and rules training events)
Burlington Bombers – Burlington, VT (practice guest coach)
Elm City Derby Dames – Keene, NH (practice guest coach)
New Hampshire Roller Derby – Manchester, NH (Roller Consolation IV clinic instructor, RC Challenge bout coach)
Utica Roller Girls – Utica, NY (rules and practice guest coach)
Green Mountain Derby Dames – Essex Jct., VT (practice guest coach)
Central Mass Roller Derby – Leominster, MA (practice guest coach w/PVRD coaching crew)

Areas of Specialization:

  • Advanced Blocking and Hitting
  • Pivot Line Strategies
  • Team and Skater Awareness
  • Scoring Strategy
  • Intermediate Derby-specific Skills
  • Cycling and Isolating
  • Bout Writeups and Analysis

Bitches works with your coaching or training groups to create a custom training plan for her time with your league or team. While Bitches trains basic skills at her home league, most leagues hire her to work on improving their game as a team. There are plenty of coaches, even those from outside derby, who can help train your skaters better skate skills. To get the most out of Bitches’ training, it is best for the majority of participants to have at least some interleague bout experience.

Bitches creates custom material to address the unique needs of your skaters, teams, and leagues. Video and white board sessions as well as on-skates implementation will help take your play to the strategical level you’re looking for.

What people have said about Bitches Bruze as a coach:

I enjoyed the shit out of your clinic at RC! You are a tremendous coach :)
- an NHRD Rollerconsolation IV participant

You are a derby genius. You not only understand the game – you also break it down and explain it very clearly – you explain the how and the why – you also have a way of “planting a seed” in people’s heads. And you’re pretty laid back and very very cool. If every skater comes away from your training like I did – then the derby world is in trouble.
- Marla Stinger – Jammer/Pivot/Coach Magnolia Roller Vixens

Bitches’ viewpoints and assessment of where your team stands is incredibly refreshing and that you will be like a whole new team when she leaves.
- Kimbeaux Spice, Blocker Magnolia Roller Vixens

Where to find Bitches in 2012
August – Rollerconsolation – Manchester, NH (NHRD)
October – SK8 Heaven – Northampton, UK (Shoetown Slayers)

Contact Bitches at bbruze@gmail.com to see about having her come work with your team.