In order for the new recruits to get ready for the integration test, the Paris RollerGirls organize workshops in August and September.
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The integration test, the MIST (Minimum Individual Skills Test), is a mere security formality. It will deal with skating basics such as falling, stopping, jumping, crossing... The workshops are not compulsory, but they are meant to point out and explain the drills that will be specifically needed for the MIST.
The idea is that as a Derby League, the Paris RollerGirls are going to teach you how to Derby, not how to Skate, so that you need to have a basic skating level to start the real stuff :)
The workshops will be run by qualified Coaches (Amelia Scareheart, Kozmic Bruise and Wheely Wonka) with their assistants (Cherry LieLie, Joan Get27 and Truck-Off Pooky) for the On-Skate part; and by the Paris Refs (Brute et Peste, Maëlstrom and Watzé) for the Rules part.
All the sessions will have the same content -- you can see the program on the flyer -- but run by different coaches so that there will be different hindsights to the drills. They will take place on Sundays from 11AM to 3PM, i.e. a short Off-Skates to warm up, 3hrs. On Skates and 1hr. of Basic Rules. Check out the flyer for the dates!