ROOKIES APPENDIX

BUILDING YOUR BASICS

  • The great thing about roller derby (aside from everything!) is that the same strategies and skills apply to everything and everyone at every level. Sure, it LOOKS like there’s a lot going on, but the complexity and dynamism that is roller derby is made up from a small handful of basic skills. KEEP READING…

LET’S TALK ABOUT TRAINING ZONE PLAY

  • Zone play in roller derby is fast becoming an important part of the sport — we’re using it during starts, to escape offense, and to play effectively through some of the weirder scrum situations that appear during the course of the game.  In short, it’s a pretty great piece of this great puzzle we call roller derby. There’s just one problem: how the heck do you train it? KEEP READING…