Boot Camps

Gotham Girls Roller Derby

Announcing the 2010 Gotham Girls Roller Derby Boot Camp and Mini Boot Camp Class Schedule!

GGRD is thrilled to invite you to join us for our 2010 schedule of training classes, all staffed by the GGRD Coaching Committee. We will hold two 3-hour mini boot camps on Friday nights and four 6-hour boot camps on weekend days. Mini boot camps will be centered around a specific focus (jamming or blocking/pivoting), and the boot camps will incorporate more general skills as well as a focused workshop (on jamming or blocking/pivoting). All information needed to register for the classes can be found below.

MINI BOOT CAMP DATES

Friday, April 16 -- 8pm to 11pm -- focus: jamming
Friday, May 7 -- 8pm to 11pm -- focus: blocking/pivoting

BOOT CAMP DATES (specific times are not yet finalized)

Saturday, June 5 -- focus: blocking/pivoting
Saturday, July 24 -- focus: jamming
Saturday, September 5 -- focus: jamming
Sunday, September 6 -- focus: blocking/pivoting

CLASS DETAILS

  • Mini Boot Camp classes will be capped at 50 skaters and cost $35 per skater for three hours of instruction. 
  • Boot Camps are capped at 30 skaters per session, (multiple session may occur in one day if there is demand for it.)  The cost is $55 per skater for five hours of instruction and a one-hour break. 
  • Non-skating attendees will be permitted at the cost of $25 for a mini boot camp and $40 for a boot camp, but videotaping is not permitted. If you have attended our boot camps in the past, you may have noticed that our cost per skater has increased slightly since last year; unfortunately, the cost of our rental space has increased dramatically, and this increase is affecting all of our league business in 2010.

LOCATION

The boot camps and mini boot camps will be taught at our practice space in Queens. Approximately a week before the class or camp, you will be contacted via email with directions to the space and more details for the day of the event.

ELIGIBILITY

All skaters who are active members of a league following WFTDA rules and who have already passed their skills test (i.e., are not in the fresh meat phase) are eligible to register for our boot camps and mini boot camps. These are open to women only.

REGISTRATION

Okay, so you're an eligible skater and want to join us at our boot camps and mini boot camps? Great! We can't wait to meet you! Here are step-by-step directions on how to register using Brown Paper Tickets:

  1. Designate one person in your league who can ascertain that the skaters signing up for the class are indeed active members of your league who have all passed their skills tests. This person does not need to sign up to attend any class held by GGRD. S/he will be the local contact between your league and GGRD for all logistical information regarding our boot camps and mini boot camps and any questions that you have about the classes. 

  2. This person must email Luna Impact (luna.impact at gmail) with his/her:

    DERBY NAME
    GOVERNMENT NAME
    LEAGUE NAME 
    EMAIL ADDRESS

    Luna will reply as soon as possible to this person -- and this person only! one person per league! -- with the access code to register for the currently advertised mini boot camp or boot camp. The same code will be used by everyone. 

  3. Every skater eligible to register must purchase a ticket for herself through Brown Paper Tickets link with the access code from her league contact. She will also be required to enter the league contact's name and email address in order to register.

    4. About a week before the class or camp, Luna will email all of the contacts for all leagues with skaters registered with directions and logistical information.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions which are not addressed here, please have your league contact get in touch with Luna Impact at luna.impact@gmail.com