How do I find a roller derby team?

Contact your local skating rink, skate park, or skate shops and see if anyone knows about one. Local music stores are also a good place to check. If you are still empty-handed, try contacting the closest roller derby leagues you *can* find and see if they know of any leagues closer to you.

Is there roller derby in Canada?

Welcome. The Toronto Roller Derby League (ToRD) is the largest flat-track derby league in Canada, boasting four house teams, all-star travel teams, and a developmental farm team, whose combined rosters comprise over 120 active skaters!

Are there still roller derby teams?

Today, fewer than 15 years after roller derby’s reinvention, there are nearly 2000 roller derby leagues, spread across 53 countries, and 100,000 women play the sport regularly, as do many men.

Has anyone died playing roller derby?

A Plano mother suddenly died a few days after breaking her ankle in practice with an all-women’s roller derby league. Now, players from across the world are coming together to support her family. A Plano mother’s death has her family grieving and the sports league she played in reeling.

Do roller derby players get paid?

Talented derby players can earn money on the side by hosting training clinics. I’ve attended two, each of which charged $5 for entry. Many of these skaters are raising travel funds. It’s vital to mention here that there is virtually no way to make a career out of playing roller derby.

Can you watch roller derby on TV?

WHERE TO WATCH ROLLER DERBY. You can watch postseason roller derby live online through our streaming site WFTDA.tv, or join us for our live broadcasts on our Twitch channel Twitch.tv/WFTDA. Recordings of past broadcasts are also available in the WFTDA.tv Archives and the WFTDA YouTube channel.

What are the basic rules of roller derby?

Basics of play During each jam, players skate counterclockwise on a circuit track. Points are scored only by a team’s jammer. After breaking through the pack and skating one lap to begin another “trip” through the pack, the jammer scores one point for passing any opposing blocker.

What are good roller derby names?

40 Roller Derby Team Name Ideas

Is roller derby fake?

The roller derby you may have watched in the 70s and early 80s was often scripted and rehearsed. The roller derby of today is real and is thought of as more of a sport than a spectacle. The skaters involved are athletes and take the sport very seriously.

What’s the point of roller derby?

The objectives of roller derby are relatively simple- to score points. The team with the most points at the end of a game (’bout’) wins! Each team fields a point-scoring skater (‘jammer’) whose objective is to lap as many opposing skaters as they can.

Do you get paid for roller derby?

What is a roller derby wife?

A derby wife is quite simply this – 1. She is the one person in this whole sport of roller derby that the very instant you looked at her, you felt like you’d known her since you were a fetus.

Where can I find list of roller derby leagues?

Within each subcategory, leagues are then listed according to region, by country and city. Countries with larger numbers of leagues, such as the United States and Canada, are further subdivided by state and province. All are flat track unless otherwise indicated. These teams are not part of co-ed leagues.

How does the junior roller derby association work?

We work with junior roller derby leagues in the United States to manage the development of the sport for youth in the US. We also collaborate with international junior roller derby organizations to advance the growth of the sport worldwide. Join us for the 2020-21 season!

Where are the Roller Derby Dames in Utah?

Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 2008, the Davis Derby Dames (who formed in Layton in 2006) split apart to form the O-Town Derby Dames and the Junction City Roller Dolls, both based in Ogden. Also last year, some former SCDG members created Wasatch Roller Derby, based in Salt Lake and Park City.

Do you want to play roller derby at Hogtown?

Try on some skates, hear all about our training program, the sport of roller derby, and what joining Hogtown Roller Derby can do for you!! Whether you want to play, ref, officiate or volunteer Hogtown Roller Derby has a “roll” for you.