The Deutsche Rollsportjugend (German Roller Sports Youth) is the youth organisation of the German Roller Sports and Inline Federation (Deutscher Rollsport und Inline-Verband e. V., DRIV). It brings together children and young people from ten sports, from artistic roller skating to scooter, in more than 400 clubs all over Germany.
Asphalt and concrete are our playgrounds. Whether you are a laid-back skateboarder, an elegant artistic skater in a sequinned costume, a hockey player under heavy protective gear or a speed skater in an aerodynamic suit: what connects all of us when we roll is room for friendship, adventure and having a say.
Our vision
We want to support young people from all roller sports with a range of formats. Our vision is to invest in the future of young people, on wheels and around them.
What we stand for
- Stronger together. Cohesion in the team, the club and the group matters to us. We all contribute to our sporting and shared successes.
- Fair and respectful. We stand for treating each other with respect, fairness, tolerance and reliability.
- Honest and real. We promote diversity in and through sport, regardless of culture, age, gender, physical ability, sexual identity, disability or religion.
- Clear in our stance. We take a clear stand for our democracy and against the far right.
Everything else is in our mission statement (PDF, in German).
What we do
We look after everything that goes beyond a single sport: youth work for all ten disciplines together. We support clubs when it comes to young members and funding for projects, and we show what young roller sports stand for. For example:
- Haltung zeigen! (Take a stand) has been our campaign against right-wing extremism and group-focused hatred in sport since 2023.
- At the Creator Camp, young people from the clubs learn to show their stance and their sport in reels.
- Encounters across borders: the skateboard exchange with South Africa and the Eurockey Cup in Spain.
- Films like Dein Start auf Rollen (Your start on wheels) show children and parents how varied roller sports are.
Get involved
For us, sport drives personal development: having a say, taking responsibility at holiday camps, getting involved in youth exchanges, showing roller sports in the media and connecting online. We set our own topics and shape roller sports together.
Want to get involved, or does your club have an idea for a project? Write to us at jugend@driv.de.
Team
Jan Koch, Chair of the Rollsportjugend
Sirje Frenzel, Youth Secretary