The Rules of Roller Derby - EXPLAINED!
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Ninh explains - The Rules of Roller Derby (Flat Track). A popular American sport that is now played worldwide on skates.
Specific to the Womens Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) rules - watch this short beginner’s tutorial video guide on how Roller Derby is played, Roller Derby rules, and how to play Roller Derby.
Learn about jammers, jams, pivots, penalty, power jam, points, contact, out of bounds, hits, highlights, and more.
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Ninh explains, the Rules of Roller Derby ... again.
This was uploaded previously, but someone took exception to an image I found on Google.
Taken down by UA-cam, uploaded minus said picture.
Ninh Ly is this just a woman only sport or can guys play too?
Guys have their own teams and leagues, but it's now predominantly played by women.
I thought you had done this video before. Thanks for the explanation regarding the re-do.
Thanks Ron!
Do rules of WWE
I have played roller derby for years. This is a great video to show to new people. HOWEVER there are two ERRORS in the audio commentary.
1. during a star pass the helmet cover is not "taken by the pivot from the jammer" that would be a penalty. It should state that the helmet cover is removed by the jammer from her own helmet and handed (legally) to the pivot.
2. the correct description for re-entry to the track after a hit out is that a skater must enter behind the person who hit her out and anyone who was in front of her when she was hit out. The video states that they must re-enter behind the pivot, which is not correct.
Thanks
Hi Jenna.
1) So we disagree with grammar - the gist is still the same.
2) Yes, I admittedly got that wrong. Annotation on the screen should have corrected it.
Thanks.
I loved everything about this video except those two things! I was looking for a simple easy to understand video for my freshies but I fear this will confuse them because of that 😞
#1 isn't a 'grammar' thing, it's actual wording that matters. What you said implies they can just come and whip it off the helmet. There's a big difference from being able to take it off the jammer's helmet and being passed it by the jammer. The gist is not the same, it creates a vastly different message.
Thanks Jenna N. I'm thinking about getting back into derby after several years and the game has certainly changed. This video also states you cannot "hit" or "slam"? Can you please help me understand the difference? ty
@@commodoreNZ That portion is also inaccurate. I think he meant you cannot hit or slam them into the ground.. I'm thinking he meant in the manner of pushing? But, you can still hit and slam your body into an opposing skater using legal blocking zones. I hope that helped and that you're back on skates!
Thank you! As a Dutch girl I didn't had a clue what I was watching. Couldn't figure it out by just watching the game lol
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I can see why ! This looks dangerous to me...I don't think it's for 50 year olds.🤔
I still don't get it.
Watch a few games and the rules will make sense, for sure.
45asunder1 Pretend the girls are cars 🚗
One is skating around the track and the other team is trying to stop them.
Me neither
Just for watching cute chicks in cool outfits
This video was very helpful. My wife and I are going to our first roller derby tonight, so it's nice to know what's happening on the track. Thanks!
Awesome, glad you found this video helpful.
Thanks for commenting, enjoy the game!
Awesome! There were a few things I don’t understand just reading the rules, like a jam ending early. Nice visual explanation.
Great explanation.
There only issue: a player blocked or pushed out of bounds must re-enter the track behind the player that hit them out, or three player that was forward of them. The pivot is not vital for a track cut to o occur.
You can find this information in the WFTDA rules, under section 4.2.2 (gaining position).
Specifically, you can find the Flat Track rules here:
rules.wftda.com/
Yep, oversight on my part.
I had a homework for which I had to write a summary and the title of the homework was "Roller Derby". I came here just for the same reason and that's it😂but the game looks interesting😁
Thanks for the info! Can't wait to see it played live!!!
When I was a kid growing up in the late 60's, early 70's, Roller Derby was much different. First thing, teams were mixed with men & women players. You had both on the same team. Second, it was looked upon as something like Pro Wrestling. The whole point of the sport seemed to be an opportunity to watch girls fight with each other. Fights broke out all the time, but they were fake, like Pro Wrestling. They used to also have heel roller derby players and babyface roller derby players, like in wrestling. Each team would have a cute girl, and she'd be the babyface, and then they'd have some big moose heel girl who'd go after the babyface on the other team and beat her up, and big fights would break out, with kicking, punching and scratching. The tracks were always banked tracks. Never saw a flat track in roller derby before, so you'd have roller derby players getting thrown up and out of the track (this was the job of the men players), like wrestlers are thrown over the ropes and out of the ring. It was considered a completely bogus sport like pro wrestling, and fans were considered low brows and peckerwoods. It was very popular in the early days of TV when they had nothing else to show, but by the 70's was relegated to being shown on tape on early Saturday mornings. Here in NYC, they used to show it Saturday mornings on WOR Channel 9, which was kind of the low rate local independent station in the area. I don't know if nowadays they play it straight and for real, but back then it was pretty much pro wrestling on skates and a hoot to watch if you were 8 years old.
Yes, I think you're referring to Roller Jam - that was an extreme (and sometimes staged) version of Roller Derby.
Fun times.
@@NinhLyUK
Actually, I'm talking about before Roller Jam. It was just plain roller derby and that's what roller derby was at the time. There was no other more real or serious version of it. I'm not familiar with Roller Jam, but it sounds like something that came along later trying to revive the "sport", because by the mid 70s it was dead and you didn't see it anywhere on TV.
I’m fascinated with the history of this sport and how on earth it first got popular, so I’m glad to hear from someone who remembers seeing the original.
Roller derby is unique among sports in that it basically began its life as “sports entertainment” but has since evolved into a legitimate competition.
I’m sure some “staged” roller derby outfits still exist out there but most roller derbies you see today are legit competitions with rules, sanctioned by a governing body (the WFTDA is the largest.)
RollerJam was an attempt to revive the (staged) Roller Derby-type show to a late-90s audience. It aired on the same network as WWE (TNN) during their late 90s boom, so it’s obviously very influenced by where late 90s wrestling was at the time (sometimes to the show’s detriment.)
You described this perfectly. I was like you, young and loved watching as a young kid on Saturday mornings. Thanks for helping me relive a small moment of my youth.
this is modern roller derby where things arent staged and actual rules are maintained😭
I’m about to join roller derby and I’ve seen it before but I never really got it. I felt confused at first but now I get it!! Thank you very much!!
Thanks, glad this video helped.
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I heard something about derby and this video answered all my questions. Your content is very retainable. On another hand, It looks exhausting!
Thanks Melanie, I appreciate that!
I started reading a book called "Talk Derby to Me".
This video has given me a great visual to follow along with in the book. Thanks.
Cool, glad this helps!
Always been curious about roller derby seems like a fun thing to watch
I've Been Waiting for this Episode, I Never Understood This Sport Until Now...
Thanks man, this is the second time I've uploaded it. Glad this video helps you out!
Loved watching it as a kid, never really knew all the rules. 👍
Great concise explanation! Thank you!
Same, I plan on going into roller derby, so these videos are really helpful
Thanks for this! I never understood what was happening until now. Great series!
Thanks man, much appreciated.
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Loved this! However, if a skater leaves the track (by force or otherwise) they must re-enter behind any skater that had superior position at the time of their track exit. Not just the pivot. This means skaters with superior position (hips in front of) to the skater that exited the track can skate back on the track to draw the person further back, giving their team more time to get set up and tiring out that person just a little. Great video!!
To the point, concise, great video footage to go with the explanation!!
Thanks Doris! Be sure to check out my other videos for more like this 😀
1:23 was that a dab
Yeah that was pretty awesome.
I still think about that moment sometimes
The ultimate YOLO
Great selection, featuring a game between Rose City and Gotham. Two of my favorite teams and both have had periods of dominance in the WFTDA. Epic battles.
Absolutely! Thanks for the comment!
Lmao you watch ROLLER DERBY?🤣🤣
@@elijahhicks3926 It can be really fun to watch
This seemed like a great explanation. We are going to go watch a roller derby tournament today and have never seen the game played before.
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated!
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Loved learning about the derb....that’s what me and my little group like to call it. So fun. Lol 🌈 very informative. Will recommend to my other derby gals! ✋🏼 high five to the creator!
Awesome! Thanks for the cool shout out ... much appreciated!
Thanks! We're goingt o our first roller derby game today so this was really useful :)
Thank you , always wondered what the rules were
That was awesome video to you ❤
that was helpful thanks!
Great awesome video
took me watching 2 games and talking to the medics at my girlfriends 2nd game to learn this. thank you so much for making it so straight forward! wish i knew this before hand. my best explanation to people who know nothing is basically rugby on skates 😅
Thanks! Glad this video makes sense and helped you out!
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son Jamie is an avid roller derby player. before I wnt to his first jam, I watched this.....thank the lord I did, thanks for your help ! Love it !
That's awesome! Thanks for the comment.
awesome great job , Love Roller Derby
Thanks bro.
Learning about Roller Derby would have been impossible without this video. Thank from Spain
Thanks! I'm glad this video helps!
Writing a story for my college magazine and this was a great crash course of the rules!
Great! Glad this video helps!
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You know.... I remember when this sport had its heyday in the 1980s and early 1990s. Amazing to see it make a comeback in this century, though. Great vid once again. :D
It was huge in the 90's wasn't it?
I remember watching this on TV but then it died horribly and re-emerged as a female dominated sport.
I think it's a good thing.
In the 70’s through 90’s it was much more showy, and in those earlier parts of that range the bouts were almost entirely staged, like wwe. Modern roller derby isn’t staged
I really like the content you produce.
Thanks Branden, much appreciated.
Went to my first derby last night in St Pete, FL. Tons of fun!
Cool, glad you enjoyed!
Love driving through St Pete when I'm over in Tampa.
I contacted them last night so I can start volunteering I'm very excited
I bet it does take a long time to make these videos. I salute you UA-camrs. Very entertaining.....and you didn't have to do that. L&S I will, sir.
Thanks Laci, much appreciated.
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thank you for making it captioned!
Anytime Evan!
This is wild and I love it😂
Thanks!
Thanks for the vid
Thanks Hamish, much appreciated!
thats awesome!!!!
Thanks!
great video!
Thanks, much appreciated!
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Very good explanation of real roller derby, thank you.
Thanks, glad you like this video.
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@@NinhLyUK will do
Thanks !
Nice video!
Thanks Stanislav, much appreciated!
Good man you explained it very simple
Thanks bro, much appreciated.
Still a bit confusing but I think I will get it on the second watch through lol ❤ thanks for posting!
I am going to watch a roller derby for the first time tonight . Thanks for the video as I think knowing the rules will make this even more fun.
Cool, glad this video helps.
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@@NinhLyUK I loved going to the roller derby! We had so much fun. The crowd was so pumped, all the personality the ladies have, the whole experience was great. And of the 7 people who went together, I am the only one who knew what was going on because of your video! I was explaining it to them like I was a pro! Thanks again. Going back for the next " bout" in December. I can't wait!
@@marcarpackin2421 Sweet! Glad you had such a good time! :)
thanks!
I heard about this game so I came here to learn more.
this is a good and informative video...and btw....a "shout out" to the Gotham Girls!.....you got it goin' on baby!!....and....like they say....."only in NY"....TY
Cool, thanks Howard.
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I used to be a London Roller Girl, I loved it. I’m too old now 🤫 it’s great fun to watch live though
Going to see one today.
Cool, enjoy!
Thank you, I found Lucky's explanation to be lacking.
Oh boy new vid
Thanks bro.
OK. I believe the video did a great job explaining it. I truly appreciate the time and effort. Now... That being said. I have no idea how this game works. I sorta get it, but, not really.
thank you!
Thanks Kat, hope this video helps!
Love the demonstration of no hands contact at 1:45
A great video, do make other videos featuring other games👍👍
Look at my channel, it's full of videos like this.
This looks pretty fun.
I think the rules need a bit of streamlining, but i suppose it makes more sense if you get into it.
WOw! Such a helpful video. Thank you. #SocialMedia
I like the honesty of how “it takes you ages to make one of these”😂😂✌🏼❤️
It really does!
thank you
Thanks! :)
You should check out Rollergames from the late 80s - early 90s and Roller Jam from the late 90s.
Roller Jam was great!
Thats hard
thank you for explaining!!!!!! anyone else love dakota kai (nxt) ? :)
Do you think you can make a video called "Explaining the Rules of roller derby explained " ?
the out of bound rule, if was ever like this, is at least 20 years out of date ! Thanks for the video tho, i always have some trouble to explain the game to neophytes and i will take some ideas
Thanks man.
When I first came across roller derby I was disappointed that there is no ball in the game. But then again, when I see football I think "what's the use of running after some stupid ball", hehe.
But roller derby has one cool thing: to invent crazy player names. That should be the main feature. I could play a roller derby pen-and-paper rpg...
Yeah the unique names are pretty cool.
this helped me because I do roller derby and we haven't been practicing.
Cool, glad this helps!
Televised Roller Derby in the 70s was the deal. LA T Birds! The track and the entertainment was a riot for a kid. Skating wise, those skaters killed themselves for the excitement. Aint no fun flying over a rail to the hard floor.
So in order to score points is for the Jammer to avoid contact/passing over the opossing team???
seems interesting
cool
Great video Ninh, but I think you missed something. Scenario: Team A’s blockers use clean contact to force Team B’s lead jammer out of bounds. Legal or worth a penalty?
Legal. The jammer then has to come back onto the track behind the last opposing blocker.
I really wished there was a junior team in my area
Why does it seem like roller derby is mostly played by women? I don’t think I’ve seen or heard of men playing
i remember in the 90's, I think it was a more equal sport.
Then it died a horrible death and has now re-emerged as a female dominated sport.
I'm sure there are men's leagues around, but they are few and far between compared to the women.
Thanks for stopping by.
Check out Texas men's derby like Austin Anarchy
I see a lot of men play
I guess it depends on the region and sport traditions there. It happens to every sport actually. Take Soccer for example, in every country in the world is a men's dominated sport, except in the USA where women are the better players. Field Hockey is a women's dominated sport in most of Europe, but in India and Pakistan it is a men's dominated sport.
@@LuckyBird551 i heavily doubt, that women are better football players in the USA.
i was reading a book "the arrival of someday" by jen malone and it's hard to get into it since the first scene was heavy in roller derby. after watching this, i still don't get it though :>>
I would like to see bowling done and it's variations: tenpin, candlepin, duckpin, Canadian five-pin, and German/Dutch bowling, also called ninepins, and maybe even Skittles.
ua-cam.com/video/E2d8PizMe-8/v-deo.html
@@NinhLyUK Ah, ok... No other kinds of bowling. Got it. Thanks for th link.
So once you pass the pack you instantly get 4 points or must you run a whole track before getting points? And does overtaking the lead jammer add a point??
You have to get past the pack initially and make a lap. You then get one point per opposing player that you pass.
If the jam is the only part of the game where teams can score points, then what happens between jams, and what causes them?
Whistle blows, clock stops and it's a chance for teams to change players and get back to the start lines.
So it's a sport with a lot of timeouts?
It's a game made up of 2min jams (unless called off early by a lead jammer). In between jams is a 30sec period to change players, it's an extremely fast paced game. teams get 2 timeouts to use to regroup/strategise/have a breather
@@Emper0rH0rde American Football has the same exact concept. In both sports there are periods of roughly 30 seconds between end of play and start of play. Those are not actual time outs even though play is temporarily stopped to allow teams to set up for the next play.
@@NinhLyUK Play stops in between jams, but not the period clock, unless a timeout is taken by a team (or the refs, who sometimes need to discuss an action that took place in the last jam or address some other issue).
First ever Roller Derby anything so I have a ton of questions but I'll stick to one area: Referees get to wear rollerblades?? How many refs per ... bout (?)? This seems like a dangerous sport to ref just because of the wheels ...
Wait what about the type that they go in a circle?
So...This is a sort of wrestling skating match? I wonder if there could be street roller derby (as in ball hockey).
That'd be a cool idea.
Please explain Figure Skating next ⛸️🙏🙏
Roller derbys the shit! Ive been a jammer ( off the track) for years! Maybe more like ah, gear jammer!
This looks kinda interesting
It is interesting. If you get a chance, watch a few games.
I was hoping this would be more like the movie rollerball 😔
I was. But I think Rollerball actually does exist now. It's played in a select part of the US.
Rollerball was savage as f lol I never looked at roller derby the same since then
Ninh Ly Long as they're not using weapons and dirt bikes I'm fine by it lol
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa omg fo realz?
That mustache at 2:11 though O_o
Yep, interesting individual expression I guess?
To commit to your "Handle" or "Derby Name" so hard that you put a mustache on is FREAKING AMAZING. Her Sister is Scaled Eagle. They are both some of the best players in the world.
Didn't you do this video already?
Yes, taken down because someone took exception to me using an image I found on Google. It's back up now without said picture.
Wait I remember this vid, did this one get taken down or something?
Yes, taken down because someone took exception to me using an image I found on Google. It's back up now without said picture.
That sucks, what pic was it? I couldn't tell.
It was the front image.
Wait so, if a pivot becomes a jammer, are they a pivot “disguised” as a jammer, or are they a real jammer, as in, can they go back as a pivot, or is the person who gave the star( thing? Not sure what’s it called) the new pivot?
Yes, they are the new jammer and vice versa. In theory they could switch back, but most likely the jam would end way before that.
@@NinhLyUK ah, thank you for clarifying
No worries.
Uhm I love this
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Watching an episode of Impractical Jokers, and Murrs punishment is he has to play with a team without any knowledge of the game. I had no idea what was going on either. There was none of this in it.
Jammers have stars or stripes if they they jam mid way by taking a star or throwing a red turtle shell
k thanks im writing a fanfic and needed to know how roller derby works
Finally I understand what my daughter is doing
2:08 That's a aweomse stache on the the team member with glasses.
Another suggestion Ninh Tag Rugby?
They're getting more obscure now.
Remember, it's not just about explaining the rules, it's finding quality video footage to back it up.
And then it's about whether or not people will actually watch it.
I suspect that those last two points, the answer is no.
Ninh Ly do you have any other sports in mind?
Ummmm, I'm running out for sure. I've got a few left in the tank but otherwise, I'm running on empty.