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2. Roll ball - Wikipedia

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   Roll ball is a game played between two teams and is a unique combination of roller skates, basketball, handball, and throwball. [1] It is played on "roller shoes" with each team consisting of twelve players, six on the field and six in reserve. The main objective of the game is to score maximum goals within a stipulated time.

3. Roller skates - Wikipedia

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   Skates like these fit over shoes and were adjustable with a roller skate key. Roller skating popularity began during the late 1950s and 1960s at rock 'n' roll teen dance halls, but exploded and took off in the 1970s and 1980s due to the introduction of large rubberized polymer wheels such as Krypto-Pro, to replace metal wheels, becoming popular ...

4. Roller skating - Wikipedia

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   Unidentified woman roller skater, c. 1860–1870 Roller skates in the United States around 1905. The earliest roller skates known are from 18th-century Europe. These skates were used in theater and musical performances, possibly to simulate ice skating onstage. Early roller skating was done in a straight line because turning or curving was very ...

5. Inline skates - Wikipedia

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   Urban skates Hockey skates. Inline skates are boots with wheels arranged in a single line from front to back, allowing a skater to roll along on these wheels. Inline skates are technically a type of roller skate, but most people associate the term roller skates with quad skates, another type of roller skates with a two-by-two wheel arrangement similar to a car.

6. Roller derby - Wikipedia

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   Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams.

7. Artistic roller skating - Wikipedia

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   Artistic roller skaters skate on quad skates or inline skates (for the inline free skating discipline). Skates consist of four essential parts: boots, plates, wheels, and bearings. Skaters may sometimes use jump bars on their plates for added stability. Free skaters (both quad and inline) have a toe stop on their plates.