Intro to Rules Education for Officials
This introductory class into the Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby is part of the Officiating Certification Curriculum, created by the Rules Theory Committee and Officiating Education.
Photo by R. L. Robertson
Welcome & Overview
The Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby
Rules Format
Overview
All Contact Penalties (4.1)
Game Structure Penalties (4.2) and Unsporting Conduct (4.3)
How to Apply the Rules to a Game
Reflection Exercise
Hard Decisions
What is Judgment?
No Calls
What is Discretion?
The Case for Discretion
Contradiction
More Hard Stuff
No Match?
“Wow, that’s different.”
Now What?
How To Recover
More Do's and Don'ts
For More Information