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River Strong (she/her)

@someRiversskate

Roller Derby Skater in Virginia,USA | HS athletics utility player | Ursa Minor Leather Goods | athlete/maker/gamer/musician/geek/🏳️‍🌈 | Tweets are my own

Joined November 2015
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I'm out of the #DerbyTwitter habit so this is a last minute tweet: Hey Virginia derby friends, I have set up a Zoom meeting for Saturday June 4 at 10:00am for a VA Coaches & Trainers Virtual Round Table (No set agenda or lecture, just a way for us to connect, 1/2
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share, and ask questions/get advice about what's going on with coaching & training in our leagues and around the state.) Shoot me a message or email for the invitation for you or your league-mates. 2/2
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#ThoughtsAfterTherapy #DerbyTwitter #BrainDump Been seeing a lot of places back to practice, even scrimmaging, while we aren't is extra tough today. I was a part of that decision for us and I still think it was the right one, or at least not the wrong one, but it's still hard 1/?
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I mentioned this, almost as an after thought as "anything else that felt present." While I miss the community and spaces and practices and playing the sport that I'm passionate about, I also realized that before this, I had a plan. I had a path or at least an idea of one. 2/?
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👀 Stage 2 & 3 #DerbyTwitter
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Like a lot of people, I've gained weight during this pandemic. Like a lot of people, I've been struggling with that pretty hard. Like a lot of #DerbyTwitter people, derby has paused for my league. (I assume) Like a lot of derby folks, my self- perception and identity as an 1/
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"athlete" has been pretty fucked over this. I had a 💡 moment last night: derby is one of the only (if not the only) place that my body has been appreciated and celebrated. I don't really know what to do with that yet. It seems like an obvious thing, but it has me reeling. 2/
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I'm Really missing the Team part and the Playing part of sports.... work outs (lifting or runs or hikes or trail skates, etc) just aren't filling the same space in my heart #DerbyTwitter
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"Trouble, trouble, trouble with a capital T!" & "Whoa, moving bush!" & *nasally gryphon voice* "Precisely."
Heath Miller (@veryheathmiller) profile pictureHeath Miller@veryheathmiller28 Feb 2021
What is an essentially forgettable/incidental line from a tv show/movie/game/flash animation that you suspect no-one else even remembers but you nonetheless quote semi-regularly?
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A year ago we piled 6 of us into a car and drove to Kentucky for a Sur5al tournament. I didn't skate (still nursing a few injuries from BOTAS) but came along to help and enjoy the derby roadtrip with my teammates... I can't wait to be able to do that again. #DerbyTwitter #OneYear
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They can have their fun and I can still wear my comfy skinny jeans.
Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) profile pictureDionne Warwick
@dionnewarwick20 Feb 2021
I have just learned about Millennials VS Generation Z, and I would like to ask Millennials why you care what teenagers think about you? Let them have fun the same way you did. 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Spent the day bingeing a playthrough of TLOU2 in one go and....
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COVID Vaccine, round 1: ✔
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Steve Magness (@stevemagness) profile pictureSteve Magness
@stevemagness22 Jan 2021
The "tough/hardass" coaching model occasionally works on the HS/college level because athletes have no control. It largely fails on the pro level because athletes have more autonomy & understand their value Pro's want to be treated as people, not subordinates. Why? A thread:
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Super proud and excited for this! #DerbyTwitter
WFTDA (@WFTDA) profile pictureWFTDA@WFTDA17 Dec 2020
t's the end of the year gift you didn't know you needed! The MSR Task Force lead by MSR Curriculum Director Maha El Nassar & WFTDA Education is proud to release the beginner curriculum for participants new to the sport.
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Hey #DerbyTwitter! We're choosing the final round of photos to be used in the new @WFTDA Beginner Curriculum. If you or anyone else has any photos they would like to propose (W/ consent & credit from the photographer & also the consent from the person(s) in the photo), LMK 1/
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I can help get them in by Sunday. There are lots of bout photos out there, but we're looking for something a bit different: -Practice photos -Positive coach/trainer & skater interactions -Rookies learning new skills -Beginner scrimmage photos -Small groups, high-fives, etc. 2/2
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Jodi 💙 (@jodotcom) profile pictureJodi 💙@jodotcom1 Dec 2020
Being good at things is not the point of doing them.
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I dreamt about practicing lovely, flowing backwards circles and crossovers. I miss skating. #DerbyTwitter
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Amazing.
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I thought I'd share the fridge notes I woke up to this morning. I didn't know I needed them, maybe you do too. #DerbyTwitter
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Hey #DerbyTwitter! Do your thing to help out one of our community members! gofundme.com/f/hex2j3-gender…
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