The Good Life – September-October 2014

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24 “It doesn’t matter what build you have, whether you’re tall, short, skinny, chunky,” Eric Harris said. “There’s a spot for everyone.”
dislocated kneecaps, broken fingers and more, but Aker said it’s no more dangerous than hockey, although in hockey, players have more, thick pads to cover their bodies. The Rock City Riot league has both home and travel teams. The travel team skates under the Rock City Riot name in the national Men’s Roller Derby Association, and the two home teams are the Hipcheck Murphys and the Quad Brawlers. The home teams compete in bouts against each other. Two teams of five members skate counterclockwise on a track in each bout. One team member is the jammer, or scoring player, who wears a helmet with two stars on it and the other four are blockers. A bout is played in two periods of 30 minutes, and players score points during jams, which are plays that last up to two minutes. Jammers earn points for their team by skating around the track and lapping members of the opposing team. Blockers try to help their team’s jammer get ahead while deterring the other team’s jammer from advancing on the track. It’s Not RollerJam Anymore Most movies that depict roller derby aren’t completely accurate in their portrayals of the actual sport. In the movie Whip It, for example, the roller derby members skate on a bank track, which curves up and down. Aker said most roller derby leagues opt for a flat track instead since more teams currently compete on that type of tracks. The movie also isn’t accurate when it comes to the physicality of the game. As opposed to using their 25
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