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Roller Derby FAQs

Daddi Hood catches a jammer with their shoulder while braced by jennaration wrecks

What is roller derby?

Roller derby is a full contact sport played on roller skates. It's origins come from humble beginnings as a form of entertainment played by women while men  were overseas in the military. Over time, roller derby evolved to incorporate elements of spectacle and theatricality, featuring impressive collisions and dramatic performances. In our present day, roller derby has witnessed a remarkable resurgence and has emerged as a fiercely competitive and inclusive sport.

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What's the goal?

Roller derby is at it's heart a fancy footrace. The basic roller derby rules are one skater on each team scores points for their team by passing skaters on the other team.

The team with the most points at the end wins.

LCRD teammates line up to high five opponents after a game

How long is a game?

Each game is two 30 minute halves.

The halves are broken down into increments called jams.

Each jam can last up 2 minutes.

Jams can be called off earleir than that by the skater who is designated as "lead jammer". 

Roller Derby Vocab

jammer Mad Hatter in a crouched position attempting to evade opposition

Jammer

Blocker

Blocker

This skater wears a star on their helmet cover and is the point scorer for their team in each jam. 

They get a point for each blocker on the other team they pass with their hips. 


Lilac skaters in a triangle formation waiting for the start of the jam

Blocker

Blocker

Blocker

The skaters that are responsible for preventing the other teams jammer from getting through, aka "Blocking" and also providing assistance to getting their own jammer through. 

Misato Herdemise wears the pivot cover with Jammer Beest behind her

Pivot

Blocker

Lead Jammer

This blocker has a helmet cover that has a stripe down the middle.

The pivot is the blocker that is able to pivot to become the jammer if needed. 

Jammer Pippi Headstomping sprints with her dual braids flinging behind her

Lead Jammer

Lead Jammer

Lead Jammer

This is the jammer who gets through the pack of skaters first.

This skater gets the privillage of ending the jam when they would like by tapping their hips twice in succession.  

A pack of skaters in black and white

The Pack

Lead Jammer

Star Pass

The pack is the largest group of skaters from both teams within 10 feet of each other. 

The pack is the area where skaters are allowed to engage other skaters in hits and contact. 

Beest mid jump trying to get around an opponent on the line

Star Pass

Lead Jammer

Star Pass

If a jammer decides for strategy (or exhuastion) that they need to have a break from jamming and the jam is not over yet, they may take their helmet cover off and pass it to their pivot on their team. 

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