SO... ROLLER DERBY?

Roller derby is a fast paced contact sport played worldwide. Two teams of players wearing quad skates compete on a flat, oval track. There are usually five skaters from each team on the track. Four of these skaters are called blockers (together, the blockers are called the pack), and one is called a jammer. The jammer wears a helmet cover with a star on it.

The two jammers start each session (called a jam) behind the pack, and score a point for every opposing blocker they lap. Because they start behind the pack, they must get through the pack, then all the way around the track to be eligible to score points on opposing blockers.

A derby track is a flat oval. The inside and outside boundary lines are slightly off-centre, to give skaters more track space when coming out of the apex corners. Derby is always played anti-clockwise around the track - this is referred to as derby direction.

The teams attempt to hinder the opposing jammer while assisting their own jammer — in effect, playing both offense and defense simultaneously.

We play by the rules of The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, aka WFTDA (pronounced “woofda”) that you can check out at wftda.com

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