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South Side Roller Derby has been transforming girls who can barely stand-up on skates into kick ass derby players since 2006. We are ecstatic that you have shown interest in SSRD and our Roller Derby Boot Camp program. RDBC will provide you the skills necessary to be drafted to a team and to excel at this sport. Below is a summary of what to expect from each of our boot camp levels.
Step 1: RDBC 1
Basic building blocks of roller derby: how to skate like a derby player, stops, falls, and how to make light contact.
Step 2: RDBC 1.2
Learn and begin practicing the Skills Test, which includes speed skating, lateral drills, and jumps.
Step 3: RDBC 2
Continue practicing passing your Skills Test at the beginning of each class, in addition to doing derby drills. Once you pass the Skills Test in RDBC 2, you will join our advanced group.
Advanced Level
You are ready to be drafted to an advanced team and will continue training at the advanced level.
Meet the Business Owner
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Business Owner
Brenda Holley first had the idea to start the group. The former figure skater was not deterred when she did not make the roller derby league in Houston. She just decided to start her own.
She formed a «roller derby boot camp» in 2006. The workout on wheels doubled as a training session for the competitive sport.
There was only one problem — Holley did not know much about derby. She had to figure it out as she was coaching.
«We all learned how to play together,» she said.
Holley taught them all the basics of skating — while the group researched the rules of the game.
Finding members who wanted to compete was also a challenge.
Esther Conolly was one of the first to sign up.
«I was exercising at home on the elliptical, and I was just done with that,» she said. «I came to the roller derby boot camp and just never went away.»
Mary Jo Gould of Clear Lake joined the group soon after. «Someone bet me I couldn’t skate,» she said. «I said, ‘Yes I can.’ I came and I never stopped.
