Welcome to Vlog 2, to this is entitled
body language and game day
What does your body language say about you on game day?
Your body language gives away so much
about what's going on up here. Your mind
could be saying one thing but your body
can tell a completely different story and
we can use that to our advantage.
It's really important that you're aware
of your own body language and what that
is telling most importantly your team mates
and then also your opponents.
I'd focus more on your own team than the other team
to be honest because, we need to make
sure that our teammates are confident in us and
that they know that we're confident in them
and our body language speaks volumes.
We're going to have good jams,
we're going to have bad jams
that's just roller derby.  Everyone wants to make it a
good jam so someone has to have a
bad jam, and someone has to lose.
You can let your body language control
your emotions so that you don't go on a
downward spiral.
An open confident stance that's approachable
and that people believe in and
want to be around.
Hands on hips, strong, tall, don't slouch
I mean hi-fives after every jam not just
the ones that you think went well okay?
At LRG we tried to bring in butt slaps,
felt a bit creepy but it kind of worked.
Anything that's going to instill
confidence in both yourself and your
teammates - even if the jam didn't go well.
Hands on hips, for LRG at least, is a
pretty big one.
Then who could forget the lesser known hands on thighs?
This seems to be a jammer thing.
My favourite of course - the hi five!
As you can see, nodding is important here also.
If you guys haven't heard of Amy Kuddy yet
I would highly recommend checking out
her TED talk based around body language
and the power of our body language.
She touches upon the idea of power poses
which a lot of teams and players have
already utilised in roller derby and it's
always pretty cool to see.
Both the Rose City Rollers and Toronto CN Power
have utilised power poses as part of their team ritual.
So what can a power pose do for you and
your team?
Amy's research found that adopting this
power pose for two minutes can increase
testosterone and decrease cortisol which
is a stress hormone. So it basically
makes you more confident and more ready to
go,  but at the same time it makes you
less stressed so that you can focus and
concentrate.
Finally I cannot end this post without
talking about hugs and the power of a hug.
Each team is different, you may not
want to hug your teammates you may have
other ways to make each other feel good
and confident, but hey
at LRG, we love a good hug.
For a finish up
here's just some funny moments that I found.
coming into score additional points
with an apex jump on the inside
Rogue Runner from London brings their score to ninety
Gotham eighty
Twenty eight point monster jam
