Learn to Roller Skate

NCRD’s Skating 101 Program

Our 7 week course will teach you the confidence to skate, stop, fall, jump, transition, and skate backwards!

These skills are basic skills and are the introduction to Roller Derby, or you can take the skills you’ve learned to the streets, skate park or attend our Roller Disco nights!

WHERE TO START?

Our 7-week training program called Skating 101 is designed to teach you the basic skills of roller skating. Visit our Events page to see when the next program starts.

Are you already an experienced skater and want to join Roller Derby? Contact us to challenge the program in join NCRD’s roller derby team.

HOW TO REGISTER

Our learn to skate program is for adults 18 and up of any gender, any body type, fitness level, skill, or experience. We will teach you all the basics!

To sign up for our next intake, we require the registration form to be completed, as well as a payment of $120 to be e-transferred to finances@ncrd.ca. (Please note your First and Last name in the message section.) This will secure your spot in our program. Spots are limited to about 20 skaters per intake.

Registration and Fee Breakdown:

$120 paid to NCRD e-transferred to finances@ncrd.ca
~$56 paid to our roller skating insurance WFTDi (covers you for a year)
Fill out our Registration Form found here

WHAT DO I NEED?

Equipment requirements include:

Quad roller skates (no roller blades, sorry…) Helmet Safety pads, including Wrist Guards, Elbow Pads & Knee pads Mouth Guard – thin, moldable mouth guards available at Sportchek *these items are available for rent from NCRD (minus the mouthguard), however sizes are limited.

Purchasing your own equipment is encouraged or let us know in advance your sizes for our rental equipment.

You can purchase your gear at Roller Girl, Nitro, Low Life, and more. If you plan on eventually playing roller derby, we encourage you to purchase roller skates that have a low top instead of the high top roller skates such as this pair of Riddell R3s. Low Life also sells full fresh meat or roller derby rookie packages here.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Our training includes the following :

Week 1: Gear fitting, rules, and safety.
Week 2: Skating basics and falling safely.
Week 3: Skating strides and stopping basics.
Week 4: Skating crossovers, weaving, and more stops.
Week 5: Fast skating and jumping (hopping).
Week 6: Backwards skating, transitioning direction, and backwards stopping (derby stop).
Week 7: Review of all skills.

LOCATION

Our fall, winter, and early spring practice facility is at 52 Gill Street in an old school gym located off of Paris. Parking and entrance at the rear.

Nickel City Roller Derby members travel from all corners of our fair northern city; Hanmer, Chelmsford, Azilda, Lively, Minnow Lake, Downtown, Wanup… we do it because we love it! There are carpool options between league members.

The Facility, 52 Gill St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 1W5

WHEN IS IT?

Our next Skating 101 intake will take place on: