Roller Derby

ABOUT

Roller derby is a fun, fast paced contact sport played worldwide by two teams of fifteen skaters wearing quad skates, on a flat, oval track. Play is broken up into two 30 minute periods, and within those periods, into units of play called jams, which last up to two minutes. There are 30 seconds between each jam.

During a jam, each team fields up to five skaters. 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 jam behind the pack, and score a point for every opposing blocker they lap, each 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.

The teams attempt to hinder the opposing jammer while assisting their own jammer - in effect, playing both offense and defense simultaneously. Roller derby is a full-contact sport, however skaters cannot use their heads, elbows, forearms, hands, knees, lower legs, or feet to make contact to opponents. Skaters cannot make contact to opponents’ heads, backs, knees, lower legs or feet.

This international sport is played predominantly by skaters identifying as female, but there are clubs that operate with open-gender and mens teams.

The roller derby community in Western Australia is committed to inclusive and anti-discrimination practices in relation to all transgender women, intersex women, and gender expansive participants, and aims to ensure that all skaters, volunteers, and employees rights are respected and protected. To read more about the guidelines that most clubs follow, refer to the WFTDA Statement on Gender.

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