ringette By kennedy

Whenever I step on the ice I love the feeling of the cold breeze and the echo of the arena. My skates swiftly glide against the ice in a graceful way making me feel as if I was a light feather or walking on clouds. Whenever we have a victory I feel excited and joyful. Near the end of a hard game or practice I feel my heart beating faster and faster, and I'm trying to catch my breath.

Ringette is a sport that is mostly played by women Ringette is a sport that is mostly played by women. Ringette is one of many ice sports, it can be related to hockey in many ways but to me is unlike any sport. I think of the rink as the place that makes me feel happy and it is the place where my worries go away and I can relax. In ringette you use all the same gear as hockey players, except instead of hockey socks over your knee pads there are ringette pants that slightly resemble overalls. Your jersey covers the straps around your chest so they are not visible. Also the cage attached to the helmet has small triangles rather then squares, this prevents the thin narrow stick from hitting the player and protecting the face.

I had joined ringette when I was seven I had joined ringette when I was seven. My friend had asked me to join and I wasn’t to serious about it but after some convincing I went to check it out. I remember being overwhelmed and the ice rink being much bigger then I had envisioned. I was walking in and I got a whiff of popcorn from the concession. We walked into the rink and instantly my breath became visible in the air. It was very cold but soon that didn’t bother me because my eyes were glued onto the ringette players. This was nothing that I had imagined it to be. I felt excited and cheered whenever a goal was scored.

Rules of ringette Many people think ringette is just hockey for women but there are lots of differences I had mentioned earlier about the cage and ringette pants but there are many more differences between the two sports. First of all ringette players sticks are very different from hockey sticks. Ringette sticks are long narrow wood sticks without the end part of a hockey stick, the ringette stick practically looks like a hockey stick that has the end cut off. Since the sticks are designed different that means the puck “or in our case, the ring” is different as well. The ring looks like a donut, it is made out of rubber and is normally a dark blue. (in the very first slide a picture of the stick and ring is displayed). One of the major differences between ringette and hockey is the rules of the game. In ringette there is no body checking, so ringette can be considered less violent. one of my favourite rules in particular is passing over the blue line. This is my favourite rule because it means everybody has a chance to play. Past the red line near each teams end of the ice there is

Ringette isn’t played in the summer but there are some camps that you can do in the summer. There are six players on the ice at a time: the goalie, two defencemen, two forwards and one center.

By: kennedy