Join Us

As one of the few organized contact sports for women, roller derby naturally draws a lot of interest. If you are thinking of getting involved, you probably have a lot of questions!

TIME

There is definitely a solid time commitment associated with derby. We have practice four days a week and you should plan on attending at least half of them each month. Add to this any team practices you'll have once you get drafted and you'll be spending a lot of time on skates. Hooray! There is also a volunteer hour requirement - we are skater owned and operated so we need everyone to pull together to do the work involved. That means ordering merch, putting together spreadsheets and going to charity and promotional events.

TRAINING

We work with our recruits before tryouts to ensure no one is blindsided by what we are looking for. Anyone interested in trying out should get on our recruiting mailing list for details as the season nears its end. Drop us a line at recruiting@northstarrollergirls.com to be added to the list!

TRYOUTS

Tryouts happen once a season, in the late spring or early summer. Tryouts for the 2010/2011 season were held in June. If you are interested in trying out for the 2011/2012 season, check the website in 2011 or join the recruiting mailing list. Read more about 2010/2011 tryouts here.

EQUIPMENT

You'll need skates and protective gear if you want to be a roller girl. Skates alone are fine for the roller rink but once you start coming to formal skate clinics you'll need proper protective gear. That means knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, a mouth guard and a helmet. It can be totally overwhelming trying to figure out what exactly you should be looking for - these are questions you can ask on our mailing list! We'll have vets monitoring it to answer all of your questions as well as handy-dandy guides to give you a basic rundown on gear.

OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

Not sure if you want to be a skater but still want in on the action? We are always looking for referees and other volunteers to help at our bouts. If you want to get involved in a non-skating capacity we can find a place for you. Just e-mail volunteers@northstarrollergirls.com and we'll let you know what kind of help we're looking for.