What is roller derby?
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly inside the United States.
What is the largest organization supporting male Roller Derby?
Other associations support either coed or men-only derby; the largest organization supporting male roller derby is the Men’s Roller Derby Association (MRDA). Within the United States, the Junior Roller Derby Association governs play by those under 18.
What are the rules of roller derby?
Roller derby is played in two periods of 30 minutes. : 4 Two teams of up to 15 players each field up to five members for episodes called “jams”. Jams last two minutes unless called off prematurely. : 5 Each team designates a scoring player (the “jammer”); the other four members are “blockers”.
What is firs in roller derby?
As of 2017, FIRS has been accepted as the international rule set by the International Olympic Committee. Teams competed under the FIRS rules at the 2017 Nanjing Games. The former Canadian Women’s Roller Derby Association worked with the American federation.
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams skating in the same direction around a track. It’s a series of short match ups (jams) in which both teams designate a jammer to scores points by lapping members of the opposing team. The teams attempt to hinder the opposing jammer while assisting their own jammer.
When is the Chico roller derby?
CHICO: Saturday, August 20 at 7:00 PM Nor Cal Roller Girls are coming back from traveling this summer to take on Chico Roller Derby, formerly Viva. Join us for roller derby action as two Chico teams battle for the WIN!
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