1. Skating Warm –up (4 Times)
2X forward - 2X backward
Two Groups of 5 or 6 (no sticks)
1st Group
- Bum on the boards
Skate hard to mid ice
proper 2 ft stop
quick step back to boards
quick step to far boards
2nd Group goes
Do this there and back and then do the same when skating backwards.
Watch For:
-Proper low positioning and good 2ft stops – no foot drags
Facing the same way each time
Proper backward skating tech

2. Skating – Cross Cuts (4 times) Face the same way each time - Start
at centre ice.
On line of players at centre ice
1st player skates hard to blue line
Does proper crossovers to the boards
Skates hard to the ringette line
Does proper crossovers to the boards
Skates hard to the goaline
Does proper crossovers to the corner
Have them go pretty quickly one after the other
And make sure they are all facing the right way.
Watch for good balance, work on them not
“twisting” their body and have them
concentrate on making good crossovers .
The 3rd and 4th times through, ask them to go faster
After this drill 1 hard ½ lap and water

3. Pylon Skate – (4 times : 2 fwd/2 bwd)
No sticks – two teams of 6 – half on
opposite boards
First person on team pushes pylon across the ice. (focus on staying low and pushing with the legs – player must have both hands on the pylon)
Everyone else is on their knees facing the boards – nobody gets to cheat and start early
Do this until each teammate gets a turn
Losing team does 5 pushups
Repeat one more time forward and then do the same drill 2X backwards
Keys to watch:
Good Balance
Good Pushing with both legs
Good C’s when going backward
Get low and stay low
Explain it’s tougher to do with bum in the
air.

4. Head on Passing and Receiving (8 times total – 4 times in each pair)
Keys to watch:
Calling for the ring
Good passes from far apart
Good sighting of the ring and good receiving
Make sure the lines don’t creep together
Make sure they aren’t doing drop passes at this point.
Do this 2 times both ways and then move one set to the other group and bring the other set into the first group
Repeat 4 more times
Head on passes are the toughest to make and receive so this may not go well to start, but encourage them to try hard. This will lead to drop passes and well as backward passing as well

5. Turns and Ring Pickup (16 Times) 1st 8 times - one side at a time
Work on - Good tight turns , (no foot
drags .. Inside foot in front of outside
foot in straight line allows for tighter
turns) calling and sighting the ring,
good pickups and good hard shots to the
corners . (have them try flip and sweep
shots) . Girls go to opposite corner
when they are
finished – Run this 8 times
2nd 8 times – both sides go
together in a fight for the ring
Work on – Good tight turns, body
positioning for protecting the ring and
checking, never giving up on a play and
good shots to the corners
One hard half lap backwards and the
water

6. Queens Court – Mini Games (2 minute games – 3 on 3) Queens Court is area between Goal line and ringette line. Other game in Ringette line to Centre Ice. Play a mini game … keep score in each mini After the 3 minutes blow the whistle and the winning teams move to queens court and the other teams play in the outer game. After 3 minutes blow the whistle and winning team moves to queens Court One hard lap and they are done