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 Read more about Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 4)[…]
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 Read more about Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 3)[…]
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 Read more about Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 2)[…]
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 Read more about Skills, Drills and Spills (Part 1)[…]
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 Read more about Come Out for Trans Equality[…]
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 Read more about Roller Derby and Me: Body Image[…]
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 Read more about Falling is learning[…]
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 Read more about Looking after your trans teammates[…]
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 Read more about Junior roller derby[…]
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 Read more about Roller Derby Fitness[…]
