Roller sports

Roller sports are sports that use human powered vehicles which use rolling either by gravity or various pushing techniques. Typically ball bearings and polyurethane wheels are used for momentum and traction respectively, and attached to devices or vehicles that the roller puts his weight on. The international governing body is World Skate.

List

Roller sports include the following disciplines

Inline skating Vert Skating Aggressive inline skating Inline freestyle skating Inline figure skating Inline hockey Inline skater hockey Inline speed skating Roller soccer Inline alpine skating

Roller skating Artistic roller skating Roller speed skating Drafting Jam skating Roller derby Rink hockey Road skating Roller skiing Dry ski slope Grass skiing Indoor ski slope Roller cross-country skiing Roller alpine skiing

Skateboarding Freestyle skateboarding Skateboarding trick Street skateboarding Park skateboarding[1]

Freestyle scootering[2]

World Roller Games disciplines

Since 2017 World Skate has organised the World Roller Games, a biennial competition that now includes 11 world championships in one single event. List of events:^[3]

• Alpine Skating
• Artistic roller skating
• Downhill Skateboarding
• Inline Freestyle
• Inline Hockey
• Rink Hockey
• Roller Derby
• Roller Freestyle
• Skateboarding
• Inline speed skating

Olympic Disciplines

Skateboarding events have been introduced for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with two events: park and street. Much like BMX cycling, the park event will feature what resembles an empty swimming pool.^[4] Competitors will have three timed runs for tricks. On street, there will be ramps and rails for routines and tricks. There will be a total of 80 total spots, with 20 in each event. Each country can enter a maximum of three athletes in each event.^[5]

World Games Disciplines

On the programme for the 2022 World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama there are 4 roller sports disciplines; Artistic, Inline hockey, Speed Skating Road and Speed Skating track. Roller sports is the only sport on the World Games programme represented in three clusters. Speed Skating belongs to "Trend Sports", Artistic to "Artistic Sports" and Inline Hockey to "Ball Sports".^[6]

References

1. "Skateboarding". Tokyo 2020.org. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
2. "WORLD SKATE WELCOMES SCOOTER RIDING IN THE FAMILY AS A NEW DISCIPLINE". 9 July 2018.
3. "Disciplines". wrg2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
4. "Skateboarding". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
5. "10 things to know about new sports and events in 2020 Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
6. "Roller Sports". The World Games.org. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

• "USA Roller Sports - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". usarollersports.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
• Jarvie, G. (2006). Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction. Routledge. p. 271. ISBN 9780415306478. Retrieved 2015-11-09.