#blockerproblems

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 40: Sweeping Ashes. Cleanup on turn three!

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 38: Squashed Flat. When an unstoppable jammer meets a ...less than unmovable blocker.

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I've seen a jammer push a 2-blocker-wall until it was out of play, but never 3 (and if I I understand correctly, a 4-blocker-wall would be half the pack, thus could never be out of play with the majority of the pack/itself). Bout Time cartoon 53: Out of Play

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Derby offense doing a scoop-and-lift on the opposing wall; would the penalty be a high-block, forearms or hmm...multi-player-hoist? Bout Time cartoon 56: Strength Cross-Training

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 30: Metronomic Mashing. Jammer upper body strength exercise: blocker mashing, 20 reps.

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 45: What a Drag. When even a blocker tangled in their uniform strap can't slow the jammer down :O

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 42: Torso with a View. The jammer got through the pack :|

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I love that the overall philosophy behind derby rules of contact is about safety; but once in a while the results can seem counterintuitive. Bout Time cartoon 42: Lowest Block

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 25: Hurt Foot Hop. The foot is NOT a valid contact zone. Therefore, running over someone's skate would not be legal :O

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 24: Human Knot. You just can't catch some jammers!

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 3: Ash Face

When the jammer's moves just scorch the defense :O

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Cartoon Amusing Roller Derby Injury Tropes 44: Watch Where You're Going. The classic trick of dodging through a closing elevator door attempt. (I mean, classic in a dramatic sense, but which doesn't come up much in real roller derby: a stable wall / tripod is soooo much more useful than a fancy-looking elevator door)

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When the jammer takes the helmet cover off, it may help them blend in, but more importantly makes the opposition keep an eye on the pivot. Adding this...might not be that useful. Bout Time cartoon 48: Incognito

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...always ready to spring into action at five seconds notice. Bout Time cartoon 44: Fried Chicken. (I hope this isn't too obscure -- I don't know if it's just an Officials joke that the yell of "FIVE SECONDS!" before the start of every jam sounds a lot like "FRIED CHICKEN!"?)

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The other day a comment made me think I should try to have more cartoons showing smaller skaters using their size as an advantage over bigger bruisers. So for today I came up with one kiiiinda like that, while still being as silly as the medium requires (with some inspiration from a film by Luc Besson). Bout Time cartoon 37: Jamouflage

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Would that give the jammer (or the offense?) a multi-player block, or a high block, or what? Bout Time cartoon 35: Flail It