I am exceeding my limits: LEARNING to win stage
Females 18-19 males 19-20+
Athletes with a disability: enter at any age, with or without parent or support person
This stage is the entry to high performance programs in Ringette.
General Objectives – Description of the Stage
To introduce players to a high performance environment
To maintain fundamental skills, tactics, mental and general physical fitness
To refine advanced skills and tactics
To refine strategies (game plan)
To consolidate decision making skills
To consolidate position-specific skills
To consolidate position-specific mental and physical training
To achieve consistent performance in major competitions
Guiding Principles
Players are introduced international competition
Performance outcomes become important; players must learn to perform on demand
24 hour athlete (ensure all elements of training are addressed and monitored)
Develop the ability to adapt to a different/new environment, including team-mates, travel, training, coaches, strategies and lifestyle
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
Continue to refine individual skills and team tactics to execute them at greater speeds, more powerfully and with greater accuracy
Defensive
Continue to refine individual skills and team tactics to execute them at greater speeds, more powerfully and with greater accuracy
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 Learning to Win Ringette Program look like?
- Ringette-specific technical, tactical and fitness training 9-15 times per week
- Length of season is 35-45 weeks (7-15 weeks preparation, 7-20 weeks competition, 3-4 weeks transition)
- Training: competition ratio = 25:75
- 40-50 competition days per season
- Double peak periodization
- 1 training session to 3 competitions weekly
- 4-5 ringette specific training sessions of 90-120 minutes each weekly
- 2-3 weekly non-ringette training sessions with team
- 3-4 weekly non-ringette training sessions on own
- Players specialize in one position, but have knowledge of 1-2 positions; reasonable playing time for all
- Goalkeepers are specialized
- Further develop general and specific fitness conditioning by position
- Daily participation in sport and physical activity, minimum 60 minutes per day
- Competition format:
Female vs. female only and male vs. male only teams
Organized league games based on age level (team and individual stats recorded)
2-3 games per weekend
series playoff schedules
pool structure for nationals to ensure teams play against like teams - Events:
Canada Games (U20 females)
Canadian Ringette Championships = NRL finals
“Junior” World Ringette Championships
World club championships - Off-season:
Increased emphasis on Ringette related training. 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, dry land shooting practice, attending a summer session of power skating, light weight training under supervision).
Three days/week off ice or cross training by participation in other sports.
Aerobic base training and strength training to maintain year-round fitness levels.
Minimal to moderate on-ice Ringette training: Rec league or 3vs3 – not regular teams. Key is to stay on the ice and have fun in the off-season.
Game Modifications
International rules and game format
15 minute warm-up + flood
Flood between periods
Monitoring
- Height and weight should be monitored quarterly for baseline measurements
- As intensity and volume of training increase, general health must be monitored regularly; monitor iron levels yearly in female athletes
- Ongoing monitoring of physical abilities, skills and technique
- 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
- 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
- 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)
Coaching (Type of Coach)
Competition Development (CD)certified coach
Performance enhancement team (PET) for specialized coaching – goalkeeping, defensive, offensive etc.
Ongoing education and learning opportunities for high performance coaches
Other areas of player support
- Access to specialists in performance nutrition, mental skills training, sport-specific physical preparation, injury prevention, recovery and regeneration
- Lifestyle counselling (time management, transition from national team level competition, financial management, travel, money, family)
- Adherence to principles of fair play and True Sport
- Access to ringette skills, drills, systems, plays
- Know the rules of the game – rules training or officials training
- Media training
