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A brief explaination of the exciting sport of women’s flat track roller derby.
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A brief explaination of the exciting sport of women’s flat track roller derby.
Qué es Roller derby? Enterate!
Very visual that helpful. Millions Thanks :)
Went to our first Roller Derby last night. At first we were clueless to
what was going on. This video was awesome at explaining it all. Thanks!
Adorable graphics, great explanation of the basic rules!
Derby girls are HOT!
@amanda12363 No I havent. I went to look it up but came up with nothing :/
Thanks for this brilliant explanation of this strange sport. You obviously
had a lot of fun making the animation too !
@kastar2209 The age to join varies leagues. Usually over 18 but some
leagues restrict it to 21 and up. Contact your local league for recruiting
information.
Because you have roller blading experience, you probably have balance and
are used to using the inner and outer muscles in your thigh (something I
didn’t have experience with as a runner)… I figured I could walk in and
beat anyone around the track… not so much. Running and skating need very
different muscles… I’m building those now, too. 🙂
Third reply: They move slower … like sharks. Blockers, as the name
implies, exist to physically block jammers. They get in the way, and they
shove and hit you. You get bruised for sure. I’ve seen bones broken. By
going relatively slowly, blockers have better side-to-side motion control
and more stamina. They make boxes and walls. They hit the other team’s
blockers. This is why you put your strongest players as blockers and your
fastest, most agile players as jammers.
@kastar2209 The pivots and blockers can be anywhere as long as they are a
part of the pack. The pack is defined as the largest group of skaters, with
skaters from both teams, skating within proximity (10 feet) of each
other…or something like that…I havent read the most recent rule set.
Other blockers must start a jam behind the pivot only if the pivot is lined
up on the start line. After the jam starts pivots and blockers may move
freely within the pack.
So, when a team has a player removed, yes they lose the player, BUT it also
makes it impossible for the other team to score the full points as there is
1 less player to pass ? So if it’s less than 1minute to the end, and your
winning, can all the players from a team do major penalty and then no more
players to pass: no point can be made ?
And I agree that a youtube comments section isn’t the easiest place to
explain a whole sport, but hey its a video explaining Roller Derby and it’s
exposing the sport to a lot of people who haven’t ever seen it before. As a
supporter you should be eager to explain and advocate the sport in this
forum – or provide good resources to learn more.
so helpful c: my bestfriend does roller derby, and i had no idea how it was
played. i would of been confused if i watched her play.
@BansyHansy *OR* Jammer A is lead but she fell (or fell behind or whatever)
and Jammer B is getting to the pack first and is about to score. Jammer A
can call off the jam to prevent her from scoring. In this case neither
jammer scores any points for that jam (assuming it is the first scoring
pass for both jammers).
Second reply: Blockers must skate within 10 feet of the other team’s
blockers. Beyond that, you cannot block, so you are out of the game.
Therefore, the blockers play tug-of-war with the pack’s pacing. Your naive
strategy would require that you could somehow force the other team to skate
faster right when they want to skate slower, and vice versa. Besides, being
“in the position to score” on a track the size of a basketball court is
usually a matter of seconds.
@adambungle …Ran out of room… sorry… Tripping can be a Minor or Major
based on the impact of the foul (almost all rules are based on this magical
concept of “IMPACT”). If tripping (or a low block) causes the girl to
stumble, but not fall or lose her relative position is a minor. Any low
contact or tripping that causes her to fall or lose relative position is a
major.
I should really ask my sister this (she’s an umpire) but what happens if an
injury occurs to a jammer? Does a blocker move up to a jammer?
This looks very boring to play
I’m hoping to join a team as soon as I get the hang of skating again.
Unfortunately, the local rink is only open Friday’s & Saturday’s so it’ll
take awhile…):
Thank you for this!! My friend does roller derby & I was worried cause I
couldn’t understand it & honestly thought it was an aggressive sport! I
don’t mind the odd pushes and bumps might finally give it a try 🙂
I want to do roller derby!
@SpringCityMotorsport Where do you live? With over 250 teams in the US
alone the chances are pretty good there is a team playing near you.
@bdogdj I live in Tennessee about 2 hours east of Nashville. Probably
something in Atlanta, about 5 hours away. I think I will check into that.
Thanks.
@ColouredHairStreaks Both jammers can score points, but the lead jammer has
the advantage of being able to call off the jam at any time. Remember,
every jam a new lead jammer (or no lead) is determined. The status doesn’t
carry over from jam to jam.
what is this song?
@BansyHansy @BansyHansy When a jammer is the Lead Jammer they can call it
off any time they want by tapping their hips. Usually it is done to prevent
the OTHER jammer from scoring any points. For example, Jammer A is lead
jammer and has just scored 4 points on her second pass through the pack.
Jammer B has not yest gotten to the pack on her scoring pass. Jammer A sees
this and calls off the jam so that Jammer B can’t score any points.
What is the name of the song?