Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
What is Roller Derby?
How to Book Roller Derby Arenas
Roller Derby Bank Track Vs. Flat Track
History of Roller Derby Tracks
How to Pick Roller Derby Equipment
How to Form Roller Derby Leagues
How to Hold Roller Derby Tryouts
Women's Place in Contact Sports & Roller Derby
How to Promote Roller Derby Events
How to Maintain Roller Derby Safety
What are Roller Derby Rules?
Practices & League Dues for Roller Derby
How to Join a Roller Derby Team
Summary: Learn all about the rules of roller derby and what rules to follow on roller derby from one of the founders in this free instructional video on starting a roller derby team.
Jerry Selzter was the pre-owner and part of the inventing family of Roller Derby.read more
"Hi. This is Jerry Slezler from the International Roller Derby League for Expert Village. Some of the rules of Roller Derby: two teams of five skaters wearing protective gear such as helmets, mouth guards and pads take up positions along each other in a pack formation. Each team consists of either four blockers and one jammer, some leagues use more jammers as rules are modified by each league to fit the skater's skill and competitive needs. A signal is given and the jam commences. All skating is performed counter clockwise on a small, narrow track. Today a few professional roller derbies use a bank track. Most use a flat surface track. How much does it costs? What if I get hurt? Is roller derby fake? What if I'm really little? Do you have to be big and burly to play roller derby? We'll answer those questions in the next video."
eHow Article: What are Roller Derby Rules?
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Comments
grandpoobah said
on 10/16/2008 There's two standardized rules sets for unscripted derby. WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association) and OSDA (Old School Derby Association).
The L.A. Derby Dolls and San Diego Derby Dolls have a rules set they use for banked track bouts. They use WFTDA rules when they're skating flat track.
In addition, there are other league-specific rules sets as well. Most banked track leagues use league-specific rules for their bouts. A few flat track leagues do this as well.