Free Ringette Tips
Free Ringette Tips by Lisa Brown
How To Improve Your Skating Stops and Starts in Ringette Using These Key Drills
Your first job is to train your body to get into your most balanced and powerful position. Too many athletes lack speed and power because they aren’t as low and balanced as they could be. Being powerful is hard work so you have to train your body right. The two most...
How To Create High Energy Ringette Practices
Here are four easy ways to create super-intense, high-energy practices that will pump up players. 1. Severely limit the amount of time you spend talking. Sport is not for talking. It's a "see and do" activity. Most coaches take 5 minutes to explain a drill...while the...
What Skills Should U10 Coaches Be Teaching?
One of the biggest mistakes you can make as the coach of U7 or U10 athletes is introducing the wrong skills – skills that are too advanced or teaching too many skills at once. We recommend that you teach the following skills: Skating Passing Lead Passing Shooting Ring...
#1 Rule for Creating Sweet Scoring Chances in Ringette
I learned a rule in my second year of Junior AA that every ringette player should know. Ready? "If you receive the ring over the offensive blue line, ALWAYS drive to the net." We call this rule, “Drive and Thrive.” You may not always shoot, but you should always drive...
The Keys to Perfect Positioning in the Net – for Ringette Goalies
The Keys to Perfect Positioning in the Net – for Ringette Goalies As a goalie, you need to find the “sweet spot” in your net – how far out can you challenge the shooter? If you are too far OUT of the net, the shooter can easily deke you out of position. If you are too...
Steal This Killer Ringette Team Breakout Pattern
Steal This Killer Ringette Team Breakout Pattern Since ringette is a possession game, 50% of your success will come from having your breakout mastered. If your team can break out of your own end well, you will: Maintain possession of the ring Control the pace of the...
Advanced Breakout Strategies – How to Get the Ring Out of Your End
To successfully get the ring out of your own end, your two defenders and center need to work as a unit. Good defensive support can be the difference between getting a scoring chance or losing the ring deep in your own end. “Support Your Cohort” “Support your cohort”...
How to Be Amazing in the Defensive Triangle
At any given time in the defensive triangle, each defender has a specific job. Each player remains in her area and plays one of three roles: “ring”, “support,” or “talk.” We call this system “Angle the Triangle” because what you are doing is keeping a perfect angle on...
#1 Tip for Scoring Goals in Ringette
The world’s best ringette snipers have a “secret” they all us consistently to score. It’s this: Get as close to the net as possible (without going in the crease) before shooting. At RingetteTips.com, we call this “getting to the Goal Hole.” Consider the following...
The Secret to Lightening Speed in the Net
Without a doubt, skating is the master skill of ringette. If you become a slightly better skater, you will become a MUCH better ringette player. This is also true for goalies. As you perfect your basic stance, your t-pushing, your telescoping, and your shuffling, you...
