What is Junior Roller Derby?
Junior roller derby is governed by the Junior Roller Derby Association and is a modified version of the fast-paced sport, designed for ages 8-17, with a focus on teamwork, skill-building, and safety with progressive contact levels to facilitate safety across multiple age and skill groups.
Beginners build upon their roller skating skills to learn basic skills needed for roller derby such as stance, stride, stops, and falls. Coaches will work with the skaters on controlling themselves while on skates. Roller derby rules are introduced. Our skaters must master these basic skills before they graduate to the next level (Level 1).
Our Intermediate practice group is a mixture of skaters who passed Level 1 assessments and/or Level 2 assessments and are not ready for full contact. “Leaning” or positional blocking is a main focus for this group. More details about the rules and scoring are discussed. Our Intermediate skaters may be scrimmaging at practices so please have a black and a white T-shirt with you at every practice.
The Advanced practice group is composed of experienced skaters who play full contact roller derby (Level 3). The Advanced group attends an additional practice time each week. Our advanced skaters may be scrimmaging at practices, please have a black and a white T-shirt with you at every practice.
Skaters are individually assessed for skills and knowledge of the rules of the game, they move up in level when they are deemed safe by coaches to do so.