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How Do I Get Started?
The first step is to come out and skate! Many of our skaters had not been on roller skates since we were in grade school, so don't worry if you can't skate. We can teach you! Our newbie skater practices are at Roller King @ I-40 and Juan Tabo (map), every Sunday from 6 pm until 8:30 pm. The best part about Roller King is that you don't need your own equipment! You can rent the skates and for these beginner lesson and you will not need any protective gear. This is an open skate and the cost is $10 per carload of up to 5 people. After demonstrating your skating abilities to the practice coordinators, you will be invited to skill practices where you will learn the techniques necessary for competing in a roller derby bout.
What Equipment Do I Need?
Duke City Derby currently requires the following safety gear: helmet, pads (knee, wrist and elbow), and a mouth guard. Here's a general estimate of equipment costs: Speed Skates = $120.00 Pads = $60.00 Helmet = $30.00 USA Roller Sports Insurance = $35.00
When Do I Get To Play?
A newbie skater must complete the following practices before they can be considered for a new team: Minimum attendance to 1 new skater practice at Roller King. Minimum of 2 skills practices (moving on at the team captains' discretion). Minimum of 2 full contact practices (moving on at team captains' discretion). At this point, the new skater is eligible to take the Skills Assessment Test. The reasoning for the practice pre-requisites and the Skills-Assessment Test is to ensure that the new skater has the necessary skills to scrimmage with us without seriously hurting herself or someone else. Once a newbie skater passes the Skills-Assessment Test, she is eligible to be drafted by a team. The entire evaluation process for newbie skaters (from starting the skills practice to passing the assessment test) takes about 4 - 6 weeks to complete. All newbie skaters are considered draft ineligible for one month following their first newbie skate at the Roller King. Newbie skaters may still attend practices and take their skills assessment test during this month-long waiting period. Once the month expires and the skater has completed the skills assessment test, team captains have the choice of drafting the newbie skater onto their team.
How Does the Team Draft Work?
Every Duke City Derby skater is primarily a member of the league and secondarily an autonomous skater. Put simply, the interests of the league as a whole come first. For this reason it is in everyone's best interest to form teams of reasonably equal skill level, and the only way to do that is through a team draft. Well-matched teams ensure an exciting game for the spectators, and without the spectators we are just a bunch of aggro girls at a roller rink. Duke City Derby is run in such a way that each skater will retain as much autonomy as possible without compromising the interests of the league or flat-track roller derby in general. Duke City Derby teams select eligible players via a draft. Provisions may be made to allow movement of players (trades) from one team to another to accommodate scheduling/personality/stylistic conflicts, etc. As recruitment raises our numbers, new teams will be created by a league wide vote to elect a team captain. The league then holds a draft mixing veteran skaters with new skaters to ensure that each team will be competitive.
When Do I Get My Derby Name?
Traditionally all skaters within the roller derby leagues compete under an assumed identity, letting skaters express their creativity and highlight their own personas. Also, these aliases are in place for privacy concerns to allow skaters to separate their public derby characters from their private lives. Skaters face the challenge of juggling their time between the responsibilities of being a derby girl along with their careers, family, and friends. Derby girls don't just get a name, they earn it. Skaters are allowed to pick any name and number she likes as long as it is not already taken by another skater in the WFTDA. This is to keep players with the same names from competing against each other in inter-city or national bouts. Skaters put in months of work to earn their name, so rest assured that once you get yours it will be registered and reserved for you alone! Team themes are treated the same way. Duke City Derby may not use team themes, uniforms, or names that another team already has (obviously). Some overlap is allowed at the original party's consent.