Before you can start playing roller derby proper, there’s a whole bunch of skills that you’ll learn to make you a strong, stable, kickass skater – known as minimum skills (or ‘min skills’).
The very first things you’ll learn and skating stance and stride, stopping, and falling safely. Over the course of our new skater programme, you’ll build on these crucial blocks and get ready to start playing roller derby for reals:
- Skating forwards and backwards
- Sticky skating (not lifting up your feet)
- Skating around corners
- Pack work (skating close to other skaters in a group)
- Crossovers
- Stepping
- Jumping
- Gliding
- Weaving
- Laterals
- Whips and pushes
- Taking and giving hit
- 27 laps in 5 minutes
Everyone goes at their own pace, and there’s always lots of support on hand to help you master those skills.