Children's Ringette

The Children’s Ringette program was introduced in the 2019/20 season and is applicable to all associations in Alberta

check our Feb 2019 blog post for more info on the history of these changes.

CHILDREN’S RINGETTE

Children’s Ringette includes all programming up to and including U12.

The Long Term Athlete Development stages in Children’s Ringette are:

• Active Start 0-6* years of age
• Fundamentals
• Learn to Train**

 *approximately

*Individual progress varies greatly at this stage. In ringette, with our chronological age groups, we consider most children in U12 to be somewhere in the Learn to Train stage.  Some may be early in that stage, some may be later in that stage. Each child is an individual and progresses at their own rate.

For detailed information on how the Long Term Athlete Development Model applies to ringette, click here. 

Children’s Ringette includes Active Start, U10 and U12. The focus of the Children’s Ringette program is on fun and maximum participation.

• Active Start plays 3 vs 3 plus goalies on a cross-ice format with small-size nets 
• U10 Step 1 and Step 2 play 3 vs 3 plus goalies on a half-ice format with small-size nets
• U10 Step 3 plays 5 vs 5 plus goalies on full ice format
• U12 plays 5 vs 5 plus goalies on full ice format with the introduction of shot clocks
• See the Ringette Calgary “Children’s Ringette Policy” and “Appendix 8 Ice Markings” for more info on technical details.

Questions? Please contact vpdevelopment@southcalgaryringette.com

Coach Resources - Cross Ice / Half Ice

SCRA:

• Introduction Meeting AS/U10 Introductory Meeting Checklist - AS and U10
• See our main Practice Plans & Power Skating page for practice plans, power skating, gym ringette and more
• Team Cheers https://cloud.rampinteractive.com/southcalgaryringette/files/ringetteteamcheers.pdf

Ringette Alberta:

• RAB’s Children’s Ringette website has lots of FAQs and info on ice markings, game format, and officiating: www.yourringette.ca/children/
• RAB overview document with info for all officials that will be officiating Half-Ice and CrossIce games, assignors that will be scheduling officials, and coaches that will be on the ice for these games: https://ringettealberta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Childrens-Ringette-Overview-for-officiating.pdf
• RAB has also printed Game Sheets specific to the Cross / Half-Ice game formats, as there is no goal reporting or penalty reporting. It is a simplified game sheet that is available in the RAB online store: https://ringettealberta.com/products/cross-half-ice-game-sheets/

Ringette Calgary:

• https://ringettecalgary.ca/information/asu10/
• https://ringettecalgary.ca/docs/rulesregs/12_ChildrensRingette.pdf
• https://ringettecalgary.ca/docs/rulesregs/App8_IceMarkings.pdf
• Also check out the Ringette Calgary Rules & Regulations “Section XII. MODIFICATION OF RULES FOR ACTIVE START and U10 (all Steps)” : https://ringettecalgary.ca/docs/rulesregs.pdf

 Ringette Canada:

• Long Term Athletic Development  https://www.ringette.ca/our-sport/long-term-ringette-development/