Sheffield Steel Roller Derby

Author: Just Dan

  • Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 4)

    Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 4)

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    A big part of roller derby is the set of minimum skills that every skater needs to be able to do in order to be game ready. These skills range from being able to stand on one leg in skates for 30 seconds, all the way up to taking and giving a big ol’ full…

  • Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 3)

    Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 3)

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    A big part of roller derby is the set of minimum skills that every skater needs to be able to do in order to be game ready. These skills range from being able to stand on one leg in skates for 30 seconds, all the way up to taking and giving a big ol’ full…

  • Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 2)

    Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 2)

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    A big part of roller derby is the set of minimum skills that every skater needs to be able to do in order to be game ready. These skills range from being able to stand on one leg in skates for 30 seconds, all the way up to taking and giving a big ol’ full…

  • Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 1)

    Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 1)

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    A big part of roller derby is the set of minimum skills that every skater needs to be able to do in order to be game ready. These skills range from being able to stand on one leg in skates for 30 seconds, all the way up to taking and giving a big ol’ full…

  • Come Out for Trans Equality

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    With Pride Sheffield coming up this weekend, Sheffield Steel Roller Derby would like to take this opportunity to affirm the right of trans and non-binary people to define their own identities and live free from discrimination and violence. After all, if it weren’t for gender non-conforming figures such as Marsha P. Johnson, we wouldn’t even…

  • Roller Derby and Me: Body Image

    Roller Derby and Me: Body Image

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    A guest post from Sticky Wickhit. Wickhit joined Sheffield Steel Roller Derby in October 2015. Below she describes how roller derby has improved her body confidence. This picture is me the first time I’d ever put my skates on, and first up: nobody had told me how to wear a helmet properly, okay? Just getting…

  • Falling is learning

    Falling is learning

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    One of our favourite mantras at SSRD is the short and sweet ‘falling is learning’ (Also known as: Fall down seven times, get up eight – Japanese proverb) (Also also known as: I get knocked down, but I get up again, you ain’t never gonna keep me down – Chumbawamba ;)) A common fear people have when they…

  • Looking after your trans teammates

    Looking after your trans teammates

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    Here at SSRD our number one rule is Be Excellent To Each Other. As a trans inclusive league, these are some of the pointers we follow to ensure our trans teammates feel safe and respected. How to look after your trans teammates 1. Use the proper pronouns.Referring to a trans person by the wrong pronouns is…

  • Junior roller derby

    Junior roller derby

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    What is roller derby? Roller derby is a fast-paced, full contact team sport played on roller skates. Over two 30-minute periods, two teams of five players compete in a series of two minute jams, in which the jammer from each team attempts to score points while the blockers assist their jammer and try to thwart…

  • Roller Derby Fitness

    Roller Derby Fitness

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    Worried that you aren’t fit enough/athletic enough/strong enough to start playing roller derby? The beauty of roller derby is that there is a role for every body shape, including yours! We have skaters from a variety of fitness backgrounds – rugby players, ballerinas, the sport-averse – and they can all kick some serious butt. Skating for 90…