In the past year or so, I've noticed quite the spike in Roller Derby. Previously a sport played way back in the day, Roller Derby has made quite the comeback, with numerous teams being formed across Canada and the States.
Roller Derby is a contact sport, based on 2 teams of 5 (4 blockers ((Defence)) and 1 jammer ((scorer)) of which contains a pivot who is a blocker who can become a jammer later in the jam.) There are 2 start lines marked, a pivot line, and 30 feet behind that, a jammer line. The pivots may stand on or behind the pivot line, the blockers all line up behind the pivot line and the pivots in any chosen order. The blockers and pivots are known as 'the pack'. The 2 jammers line up on the jammer line behnd the pack.
The referee starts the pack jam formation with a whistle, during the jam formation the pack moves around the course, when the last person in the pack has passed the pivot line, a second whistle is blown and the jammers are off, trying to lap the blockers. Jammers score one point for each blocker they lap. Roller derby is a game played with offense and defense played simultaneously.
There are numerous derby teams out there, one I reccommend supporting is the Deathbridge Derby Dames, but that's just my opinion!
Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association
Deathbridge Derby Dames
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