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