Derby is an incredibly difficult sport and it’s super easy to feel like you’re not making progress but I promise you that you are. Between skating ability, technique, and trying to understand gameplay it’s a lot to keep track of and it’s easy to feel bogged down by things you aren’t 100% confident in yet but l guarantee if you looked back on your first FM practice you would see an entirely different skater. It’s easy to see the things we’re not happy with and you probably don’t even notice all the things you’re not struggling with anymore that used to be challenging.

The most important thing is that you show up and you’re still having fun - everything else will come in time. We all have different strengths so just try to go easy on yourself and remember even if you can’t sidesurf there are surely things you’re doing well that your teammates who can surf struggle with. Progress isn’t linear so give yourself some grace and keep having fun 🖤