Oct 28, 2010
Jour 4 - Une pratique et une sortie d'équipe
Oct 27, 2010
Walking, Talking Technical, Practicing… all in a day’s fun!
Marcher, parler technique, pratiquer et un bon souper.
Oct 26, 2010
Day 2 – Let the (exhibition) games begin!
-FL
Jour 2 – Et on y va!!! Canada 10, Finlande U19 2
L’autobus a conduit les athlètes à la patinoire pour leur premier entraînement. Tracey (chef d'équipe) et moi avons cru bon de prendre ce temps pour se rendre à l’aéroport pour aller chercher la voiture de location. Après moins de 850m dans le taxi nous avons réalisé que nous n’avions pas envoyer les anneaux avec l’équipe pour la pratique… la valise est encore dans ma chambre. On fiat alors demi tour vers l’hôtel ramasse les anneaux et on se dirige vers l’aréna. Problème évité.
Nous avons enfin obtenu notre voiture et Tracey et moi étions prêtes à partir. Non, attendez ... nous n'avions pas de directives sur comment se rendre à la patinoire. Notre ami qui travaillait chez Hertz a fait de sont mieux pour nous diriger. Mais sont anglais ainsi que l'absence des noms de rue (c'est à dire après environ 6 km, tournez à gauche) était un signe évident que cela allait être une aventure. Après quelques demi- tours, une couple de manœuvres illégales et un court arrêt dans un restaurant pour demander des directives et nous y sommes arrivés!
Nous nous sommes alors dirigé vers Ylojävi pour le match contre l'équipe U19 de la Finlande. L'équipe se prépare pour la partie, la routine d'avant-match et nous étions prêts à débuter.
Ma première fois à faire du ‘live Tweet’ d’un match ! ... Il a fallu quelques buts pour m’habituer, mais je pense avoir réussit !
Le score final du match était Canada - 10, Finlande U19 - 2.
Robbins – 1B, 1A
Wakefield 1B, 1A
Dundas-1B
Burns - 1A
Hoes - 2A
Russell - 2A
Ferguson-2B
Hartley-1A
Gaudet – 1B
Baustista - 1A
Séguin-2B
Cumpstone-1A
Blanchette-1B, 2A
Désolé je n'ai pas les statistiques de gardiennes de but! S'il vous plaît pardonnez-moi. Je vais les avoir la prochaine fois.
De retour maintenant à l'hôtel, le repas d'après match, un peu de temps de détente et puis son va faire dodo.
À plus ...
-FL
PS. Un bonjour de la part de Jodi à 'Papa et Maman à Phoenix.’
Oct 25, 2010
Is this day 1 or day 2?... 13 have arrived in Tampere!
Oct 15, 2010
I'm back... GO Canada GO!
Hi all!
Been a while...
1 year, 7 months and 15 days to be exact!
One could think that the sport has been at a standstill and I simply had nothing to report on.
Au contraire... Lots has happened since then. Here is the 30 second recap:
- CRC in Charlottetown (2009) and Saskatoon (2010)
- Inaugural U19 World Championship was held in the summer of 2009.
- LTAD is moving along at various rates across the country
- Ringette is a leading force in Long Term Official Development
- The National Ringette League has continued on pace
- Heritage Outreach program has helped over a dozen communites
- All Inclusive CRC will begin at the 2012 event in Burnaby, BC for U16 and U19...
OK my 30 seconds are up... I’m sure I have missed a few things, but you get the idea. We are moving along with various endeavours. All of which are leading us towards the vision of being played by people of all ages and all abilities on all rinks in Canada.
So, to kick start my return to blogging I thought I’d use the upcoming World Championship as a way.
I will be travelling with the Team to Finland and will be blogging the entire event. Here is a short clip to get you into WRC mood!
Now that you are in the Go Canada Go spirit, take a moment to meet our team.
Stay tuned for an inside look of the 2010 World Ringette Championship.
Here is a link to the Event Schedule.
My blogging of the event will start upon arrival in Finland for centralization camp on October 25th.
Facebook and Twitter updates will also be available. Be sure to check those out as well!
Go Canada Go!
-FL
Je suis de retour... GO Canada GO!
Salut!!
Vous vous souvenez de moi? J’avoue que sa fait 1 an, 7 mois et 15 jours depuis mes dernières nouvelles. Donc je comprend si vous m’avez oublié.
Mais me voilà de retour!
Avec le Championnat du monde à moins de quelques semaines j’ai cru bon prendre cette occasion pour relancer le blog.
Je voyage avec l’équipe à partir du 24 octobre et je vais partager avec vous tous les aventures, les scores des parties et quelque petit faits saillants au cours des prochaines semaines.
Voici un petit clip. Vous avez
Prenez maintenant un moment pour rencontrer l’équipe !
Pour mieux vous préparer à suivre l’aventure, voici l’horaire de l’événement.
En plus de ce blog, vous pouvez nous suivre sur Facebook et Twitter!
Go Canada Go!
-FL
Feb 26, 2009
What's in a name?
Changing the names and the age division to fit the LTAD model will be made official at the 2009 Ringette Canada AGM this coming June.
This means moving from Bunny, Novice, Petite, Tween, Junior, etc... to U7, U9, U10, U12, U14 etc...
This has brought up many questions as to the impact this will have on local associations and how they go about things.
In a nutshell – not much will be changing from a registration perspective. We have not eliminated any of the age divisions. We have simply switched to a more user friendly name.
We have also allowed for overlap in age at the younger and the older level. This was done to encourage the athletes to participate in the age division that is appropriate for their level of development.
The bigger changes will come in terms of programming and competition events (ie tournaments)
At the younger age divisions, be prepared to see more practice opportunities and more skill development. Tournaments will transition to festival type events where the focus will be on skill development rather than winning.
The impact will not be as a result of the changing of the names... but rather as a result of changing the way we do things to be in line with optimal athlete development.
Feb 25, 2009
Running time... good or bad?
Given my inability to turn off the LTAD switch a lot of things jumped out at me. There were a lot of great things, and then a few situations that got me thinking.
Allow me to share the one that stood out the most:
Running time.
In most tournaments there is a rule which states a game will go into running time once a 7 goal differential is reached. Prior to my LTAD transformation, I had never thought twice about this concept.
It allows for a tournament to catch up on lost time during the day and avoids a long and “embarrassing” game for the young players. The 7 goal rule is also there as a sportsmanship thing.
I now ask myself, does this make sense?Should we be shortening these young athletes’ opportunity to take part in the game? Are these not key learning moments in their development? What is more important catching up on lost time in a tournament or an athlete’s fair participation in the sport?
Before I wrap this up, allow me to share this story. In the Novice group at this tournament, I officiated one game where the goal differential was extremely high... above and beyond the 7 goals. The same team that won the game by a landslide played in the final game. I didn’t notice much of a difference in these athletes from one game to the other. They still played the same way, had a smile on their faces and enjoyed being out there. The coaching staff on the other hand was very vocal, stressed and nervous during the final game.
Who is impacted the most by these lopsided games?Kids are there to have fun. Let them play.... better yet figure out a way to avoid these one way games. Clearly running time is beneficial to no one.