Roller Derby action appears to be fairly limited this weekend around the country. Tonight in Dayton, Ohio, the Gem City Rollergirls will host the Dagger Dolls...
I looked on the Boston web site, and no indication there, and I looked on the Atlanta web site and only says Atlanta at Boston, June 2nd. I had them listed,...
One of the things that comes up from time to time, is a comparison to what roller derby *was*, to what it is now. But...since old roller derby isn't on TV, a...
I think it is important to notice what kind of activity roller derby was and how similar it was with wrestling. In essence, roller derby came out of a...
... You hit the nail on the head. The sport can be difficult for a casual fan in the audience to follow. There isn't a single focus point for the fan. In...
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having only been involved in derby for a very short time (feb this yr), i am curious to know whether people have discussed/tried out ways to either compensate...
No need for any elaborate rule changes. Just keep your pack tight! {grin} And IMO the best way to get novice fans familiar with the play is to station your...
I don't entirely agree with this. First of all I think it depends on which sport you come from as to knowing the rules. I come from basketball and baseball,...
Sorry about this - it takes me this long to acknowledge that you are posting from Australia, doing things "by the book" but with no real-life examples. Local...
You've just seen a skater commit a major, let's say an elbow to the stomach, that has taken the wind out of a skater. You saw it happen and you are sending...
Another possibility, and this could be implemented by veteran leagues as well as new leagues, is to have a rules/strategy questiion box for the fans. A great...
Call it off. Making sure she doesn't need a medic is more important than "game flow"--in my opinion. Not make her sit out. I'd view it as "calling off a jam...
If she's on the track, that is to say, on the skating surface itself and can not get up or move herself clear - yes, I would call off the jam. We would be...
I'll guarantee you, no skater I know wants to be kept out of three consecutive two-minute jams if they have just had the wind knocked out of them. To my...
Final score: (17) Atlanta Rollergirls - 96 (15) Boston Derby Dames - 102 Evidently Atlanta was down 20 points after two periods... sounds like a pretty...
In the Derby Dolls, one thing we did early on was to establish a single color for jammer helmets. White. No star, no nothing. But there's no handing off of the...
Some referees may call this differently. While 2.1 is still most definitely a work in progress, I'm more of a "strict Constitutionalist" on the rules. ...
You may know how in the midwest occasionally a thunderstorm will roll through with lighting strikes and strong winds, and knock out electricity to entire...
... ways ... lessen it? Well, not that I'd want to see it happen again, but rigged and choreographed matches probably sprouted from the same "problems" with...
Well it's the Assassination City Special Ops sitting in the dark illuminated briefly by a camera flash. Yes, six jams into the second half the game was called...
Not the first time it's happened in Austin, that's for sure. During the Lonestars' last season the March 26th bout at the Austin Convention Center between the...
Rota was not on travel squad. The entire neighborhood was without electricity, and hearing the thunderstorms rumble around outside, there was no telling how...
Watching some of the videos, I noticed a lot more blacks skating then than now. Of course, the promoters back then actually would recruit athletes who were...
... We've really got less of a problem with that here in Las Vegas. The helmets used for bouting are uniform and tiger-striped. Our helmet panties are orange...
I'm not sure it is or was. There is a story in the files section of Darlene Anderson skating on the banked track in the 50s. Does flat track derby draw from...
