The Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby

6.12 - Skating Out of Bounds

Skaters must remain in bounds. No part of the skater’s skate(s) may touch the ground outside the track boundary. Skaters may not pick up momentum for a block until in bounds (see Section 6.8.2).

6.12.1 - Being forced out of bounds by an opponent’s block.

6.12.2 - Skating out of bounds as the result of a missed or successful block (Blocking out of bounds criteria still apply; see Section 6.8 - Out of Bounds Engagement.)

6.12.3 - Maintaining or increasing speed for the purposes of skating to and from the penalty box.

6.12.4 - Exiting the track as a result of injury, equipment failure, or to avoid unsafe track conditions including but not limited to fallen skaters, debris, and spills.

6.12.5 - Skating out of bounds in order to retrieve a helmet cover that has been dropped out of bounds (see Section 3.2.3.1 and Section 3.5.8.2).

6.12.6 - Intentionally taking a straddling position on the track. The skater is still subject to Cutting Penalties (see Section 6.11 - Cutting the Track) and other Skating Out of Bounds Penalties (see Section 6.12.8 and Section 6.12.9).

6.12.7 - Skating out of bounds in an attempt to avoid a block.

6.12.8 - Skating out of bounds to maintain or increase speed.

6.12.8.1 - Striding or performing a cross-over while touching out of bounds.

6.12.9 - Skating across the track infield in a manner which substantially cuts short the lap distance. It is not necessary to pass an in-bounds skater to commit a skating out of bounds penalty.

6.12.9.1 - Skating repeatedly across the infield in a manner that results in a noticeable (though not immediately penalizable) shortening of a lap, which in the course of a game ends up cutting short the cumulative lap length by a “substantial” amount.

6.12.10 - Having put oneself in a straddling position, stepping out of bounds entirely of one’s own accord.

6.12.11 - Not applicable.