I am a champion - COMPETING TO WIN stage
Females 18+, males 19+
General Objectives
To develop high performance Ringette players who will achieve international success on the Canadian team.
To maximize all aspects of Ringette preparation: physical, mental, technical and tactical
To achieve peak performance in major competitions; performance on demand
Guiding Principles
Highest level of competition programs
To establish and maintain a national high performance player development program that will lead to success at the international level
Technical Skill Benchmarks
Refinement of all skating skills
Refinement of all ring skills and position specific skills
Refinement of all goalkeeping skills
Tactical Skill Benchmarks
Offensive and Defensive:
Refine skills and tactics to identify team-specific strategies based on scouting reports
Psychological Skill Development
- Advanced mental preparation
- Refinement of all mental skills
- Decision training – correct decision making in all competitive situations
- Goal setting – individual and team, long and short term, process and outcome
- Focus management/attentional control – concentration, coping strategies, stress management
- Anxiety management/emotional control – visualization (mental rehearsal of game situations) relaxation, arousal strategies
- Game preparation and routine – specific game strategies
- Self-awareness – positive thinking, attitude and adjustment, preparing to deal with success and failure, independence, personal strengths and weaknesses, attribution, self-coaching
- Team dynamics – teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship, ethics, shared leadership opportunities, effective communication strategies, understand team roles and identifying where they fit in
- Team building and social development activities
What does a Train to Win Ringette Program look like?
- Ongoing ringette-specific technical, tactical and conditioning training 9-15 times per week
- Regularly scheduled training camps for athletes identified to the national team program
- 40-50 week season (preparation 7-15 weeks, competition 7-20 weeks, transition 3-4 weeks), depending on World Cup or Challenge Cup year
- Double periodized training program – Canadian Ringette Championships and World Championships
- Training: competition ratio = 25:75
- 1 training session to 3 competitions weekly
- 40-50 competition days per season
- 5-6 sessions each of 90-120 minutes weekly
- 2-3 weekly non-ringette training sessions with team
- 3-4 weekly non-ringette training sessions on own
- players concentrate on one position, with ability in a secondary position; goalkeeper specialization is complete
- Ensure appropriate recovery and regeneration is included in periodized plan
- maintain year-round fitness standard
- Daily participation in sport and physical activity, minimum 60 minutes per day
- Competition format:
Yearly competition in a “Challenge Cup” format
Tri-yearly competition for World Championship
Two teams to Challenge Cup tournaments scheduled on a regular cycle and at consistent times - Events:
National Ringette League
World Championships (Team Canada)
Game Modifications
international game rules and format
15 minute warm-up before game + flood
flood between periods
Monitoring
- Height and weight should be monitored quarterly for baseline measurements
- Ongoing monitoring of physical abilities , technical and tactical skills
- As intensity and volume of training increase, general health must be monitored regularly
- Ensure that recovery and regeneration are monitored on an individual basis
- Ongoing screening for hip and knee alignment, muscle imbalances and flexibility will help reduce the risk of injury
- Monitor iron levels yearly in female athletes
What Can Parents Do?
- Parents take an active role in helping players make decisions about university, living environment and life after sport
- Parents role in managing the player’s schedule decreases as the player becomes older and more independent.
- Parents continue to offer unconditional support and a positive push
Coaching(Type of Coach)
Certified Competition Development (CD) coach
Specialized coaching – goalkeeping, defensive, offensive etc.
Ongoing education and Mentoring opportunities at camps and competitions
Other Areas of Player Support
- Access to specialists in performance nutrition, mental skills training, sport-specific physical preparation, injury prevention, recovery and regeneration
- Utilize Canadian Sport Centres for testing and setting standards
- Lifestyle counselling (time management, transition from national team level competition, financial management, travel, money, family)
- Opportunities for players to have input, representation and be part of program evaluation process
- Opportunities for coaches and officials to receive support and constructive feedback
- Adherence to principles of fair play and True Sport
- Media training
