Amsterdam Roller Derby Rookie Program

Always wanted to try roller derby? This is your chance!

Amsterdam Roller Derby organises a Rookie program for new skaters every half season, this starts with an open house, a free event that introduces you to the basics of quad skating and roller derby. These are usually in September and February find out the latest about this event here.

Did you just miss an open house? Don't sweat it - at least not until you are training on track! - contact us and we will see if we can slot you in to the current program.

No previous skating experience is necessary to sign up, we will teach you all the basics you need to play roller derby. The Rookie program is open to everyone who is 16 years and over.

We welcome mxn to join our Rookie program! We don't have an established mxn's team yet, but if we have enough mxn, we can make this happen.

Please also sign up for our Rookie program if you want to learn how to become a referee! If being on roller skates is not your thing, but you'd like to get involved, you can always join us as an NSO (non-skating official) or as a volunteer by also sending us an email or filling the contact form.

For any questions, send an email to rookies@amsterdamrollerderby.nl

We also go over the rules of roller derby, how it is played and how your new skills will fit into gameplay. In the later half of the program we start to teach contact, how to do it efficiently and safely.

At the end of the program we have a look at the skills you've learnt and see whether you are safe and ready to join the league practices and try out for a team if that's what you fancy! Of course you can also choose to join the program again to reinforce those ever important basics with us.