I am a competitor - Training to compete stage
Females 16-18 years, Males 17-18 years
Athletes with a disability: enter at any age, with or without parent or support person
General Objectives
- To further consolidate all ringette skills and tactics in semi-controlled and random conditions
- To optimize general physical fitness training
- To consolidate strategies (game plan)
- To further develop decision-making skills
- To develop position-specific skills
- To introduce/develop position-specific mental and physical training
- To achieve consistent performance in competitions and to strive to succeed and do their best
Guiding Principles
Community:
Fun (socially motivated), balance between participation and competition.
Ensure life long participation in sport.
Limited tiering
Skills are reinforced in real game situations.
Competition:
Skill development under competitive conditions
Individual actions must be team oriented.(what’s best for the team)
Individual responsibility within team play becomes a focus
Game plan/individual play must adapt to opponent
Individualized instruction based on the needs of each athlete
Technical Skill Benchmarks
Refinement of skating skills – starting, stopping, forward, backward, transition
Refinement of skating skills – starting, stopping, forward, backward, transition
Refinement of ring skills, refinement of position-specific skills – carrying and protecting the ring, passing, receiving, checking, shooting, deking in a varied environment
Refinement of goalkeeping skills – general, lateral, forward and backward mobility, stick work, skating and ring skills, positioning, ring distribution, communication and interaction, style
Offensive:
- Consolidation of offensive game skills:
- Further consolidate technical skills
- Consolidate cues to read and react to defense
- Use overload, isolation, communication, movement, timing and space to create scoring opportunities
- Refine options
- Pay increased attention to strategy and tactics
- Refine individual and team tactical skills
Defensive:
- Refinement of defensive game skills:
- Further consolidate checking and skating skills – backward skating, speed and pivoting. Consolidate cues to read and react to ring carrier and non-ring carriers
- Refine positioning, gap control, channelling and timing challenge on ring carrier
- Pay increased attention to strategy and tactics, both individual and team
- Community level players should be able to perform sequential and flowing movements, understand and implement defensive concepts
- Competitive level players have consolidated the ability to perform skills quickly and efficiently. They have a solid understanding of defensive concepts and can implement them reliably and consistently
Psychological Skill Development
Consolidation of advanced mental preparation skills:
stress management
independence, personal strengths and weaknesses, attribution, self-coaching
effective communication strategies, understanding team roles and identifying where they fit in
Refinement of mental skills:
- Decision training – correct decision making in all competitive situations, long and short term goals, process and outcome
- Focus management/attentional control – concentration, coping strategies
- Goal setting – individual and team
- 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
- Team dynamics – teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship, ethics, shared leadership opportunities
- Team building and social development activities
What does a Train to Compete Ringette Program Look Like?
- Ringette-specific technical, tactical and fitness training 9-12 times per week
- Improve general and specific fitness conditioning (stamina, strength, speed and suppleness)
- Be aware of sensitive periods for strength development in males, 12-18 months after peak height velocity
- Competition format:
- Organized League games based on age level and/or ability (standings may be recorded).
- Weekly games with some tournaments.
- Tournaments, Provincial, League and Regional Championship format should be modified round robin or other format to allow maximum number of games for each team within a weekend
- Encourage daily participation in sport and physical activity, minimum 60 minutes per day
- Encourage players to continue participating in one sport out of school
- Players may attend or work at a ringette camp in the summer
- Players are encouraged to become assistant coaches to younger teams
- Team social activities are focused on fun and teambuilding
Community
- Season: 20-26 weeks (Preparation: 7-15 weeks, Competition: 7-20 weeks, Transition: 3-4 weeks)
- Single peak periodization; peak for regional/provincial championships
- Training to competition ratio = 40:60
- 20-30 competition days per season
- One training session to 2 competitions weekly
- 2-3 weekly ringette sessions of 60-90 minutes each
- players play a variety of positions
- emphasis on learning and staying healthy, and on friends, socializing, meeting people and relationships
- Events:
Exhibition games
League games
Playoff games
Competition
- Season: 35-45 weeks (Preparation: 7-15 weeks, Competition: 7-20 weeks, Transition: 3-4 weeks)
- Double peak periodization; peak for provincial and national championships
- Training to competition ratio = 40:60
- 30 - 40 competition days per season
- Two training sessions to 3 competitions weekly
- 4-5 weekly ringette sessions of 60-90 minutes each
- 2-3 weekly non-ringette training sessions with team
- 3-4 weekly non-ringette training sessions on own
- Play 1-2 positions; goalkeeper specialization
- Teams are female vs. female, or male vs. male
- Regional, National and Multi-sport events should be structured to encourage/require optimal performance in every game for team to successfully advance (i.e.: pool play, single or double elimination formats)
- Events:
Provincials (by classification)
Eastern/Western (regional) - A category
CRC (national) championships for AA category
Off-season development:
- Players are encouraged to participate in an activity that will aid in their development and preparation for the beginning of the fall season (i.e. Running for cardio or dry land shooting practice, attending a summer session of power skating, light weight training under supervision)
- May play rep or high calibre sports with a specialization in one specific sport
- Work on basics of training and performance – stamina, strength, speed, skill, supplenessProvincials (by classification)
- Players participate in spring/summer sports to help with cardio training, balance and hand/eye coordination (e.g. lacrosse, soccer, aerobic base training and strength training)
- Physical and skill development are ongoing
- Participate in pre-season camp for warm-up
Game Modifications
Community and Competition:
10 minute warm-up
Shot clock
6 players per side on a full ice surface
International game format
Options for fun/ variety and to improve regular game:
Gym Ringette
3 on 3’s
Monitoring
Height and weight should be monitored quarterly for baseline measurements
Continue monitoring of physical abilities, skills and technique
Competition:
- 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 are the primary support person to manage the player’s schedule, particularly for competitive players
- Continue to provide a positive push and offer unconditional support for the player
- Understand that with increased level of player participation, there will be increased time and financial commitments (e.g. driving to practices and games, tournament and out-of-town travel costs)
- Parents may encourage the player to learn to drive so that they can reduce the time commitment for transport to training
Coaching (Type of Coach)
Community:
Community Sport Initiation (CSI) + MED online evaluation
Competition:
Certified Competition Introduction (CI) + Gradation + MED Online
Specialized coaching (goalkeeping, defensive, offensive etc.) as needed
