How We Play

Renegades play Flat Track Roller Derby.  We are known for being the NO RULES, No Holds Barred leagues, but really we Oregon Renegades do have one rule, and that is the Don’t be a Dirtbag Rule, which means if a skater is out there for individual glory, and has a disregard for the safety of others and legitimacy of the game, we call that being a Dirtbag and we don’t play with dirtbags.

Our house rule set is like this:

GAME: Roller Derby is a sport played on quad skates, on either a flat track or banked track surface. It consists of four 15 minute periods, which is, broke down into 1 minute jams. Each jam is played with 5 players from each team.

JAMS: A single whistle starts the pack and the jammers. A jam may last 60 seconds or until the lead jammer calls the jam by placing her hands on her hips.

Pack: The largest group of blockers, containing members from both teams.

Each team consists of these players.

1 Pivot: Skater in the front of the pack with a stripe on the helmet. They set the pace for the pack. She may take over the jammer position once she has the star/ Mohawk in her possession. The pivot can never earn lead jammer status or call off a jam.

3 Blockers: They set up plays to assist their jammer through the pack and blocks to stop the opposing jammer

1 Jammer: Designated by star/ or Mohawk on her helmet and known as the sprint skater. Her object is to score one point per opponent she laps.

A jammer may earn Lead Jammer status, by being the first jammer to break the pack. Lead jammer status may be taken by the opposing jammer if she takes the lead. Lead jammer is always the jammer in front.

Don’t Be a Dirtbag: We do not call penalties in our game, but we do have Dirtbag Regulators  to insure that the game is aggressive and safe. These are dirtbag moves and there is no tolerance for it.

•UR Unnecessary Roughness: Called when a skater uses excessive force or any movement where a skater intentionally tries to take out/or INJURE an opposing skater./ example: neck takedowns, tackles, kicking to the face and body, and late hits (blocking after the jam ends)

•UC Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Called when a skater is being disrespectful to the gaming officials, skaters, volunteers, or audience. (watch your mouth and behavior)

•K Kicking: When a skater deliberately kicks the skates out from another skater.

•C Cheating: When a skater cuts the infield or deliberately re-enters the track from the infield to better her position and impede the other team (Advancing)

Any teams wanting to bout with us, please know that we will play you with our House rules.