1. London Ringette Coaching Manual

2. Administrative Responsibilities Coaching Applications – Head Coach must have an application completed and Handed in to the Coaching Coordinator Volunteer Agreement – All Bench Staff, including Assistant Coaches, Trainers, Managers and on ice helpers WR Code of Conduct – Team should sign a single copy and submit to Coaching Coordinator Police Checks – Any one on ice or on bench volunteers require a valid police check, LRA will complete as a group. Any needed for members that live outside the city require a letter from the president and need to complete on their own – LRA will accept police checks from outside of association as long as they are issued within the last year and cover high risk involvement Parents Meeting – This is a requirement to ensure alignment for the upcoming season – Discussion Topics Dressing Room Rules Tournaments – How many / where / when Expectations for parents and players Code of Conduct Budget Team Budget – This is requirement for all teams, whether you fundraise or not

3. London Tournament -Nov 8-10 included in registration Tournament 1 525.00 Tournament 2 525.00 Tournament 3 525.00 Water bottles 84.0014 water bottles @ about $6 First aid supplies 50.00ice packs etc… Team Activities 350.00Parties / team rooms at tournaments etc…. Total 2,059.00 Total per player 147.07 if you have 14 players this would be each players fee for the tournaments and team activities

4. ORA Qualification Chart

5. Coaching Clinics - London Coaching Certification Requirements The Head Coach is also responsible for making sure all Bench Staff are properly certified for the position held. Deadline completion is January 8 th, 2013. Coaching Courses CSI – (Regional Coaching Requirement) – CSI – Saturday October 19 in Dorchester (Dorchester Arena and Community Centre) – CSI – Saturday November 2 in Guelph (Victoria Arena) CI 1 and 2 – (Provincial- A/AA Coaching Requirement) WR done Rule Change Clinic - *One coach from each team in the LRA is required to attend this session* sign up on http://www.wrra.ca - officiating tabhttp://www.wrra.ca – Oct 10 th @ 7pm – Carling Heights optimist center – Oct 19 th @ 1pm – Carling Heights optimist center MED - *Required for all coaches* see course details @ www.coach.cawww.coach.ca Managers Certification course www.coach.cawww.coach.ca Get your NCCP# go to the coach Canada website www.coach.ca Once you have it you can register for coaching clinics and print your recordwww.coach.ca

6. Player Substitution Coaches must go to the players coach first before the player to ask for a sub A player can be used as a WORL – Provincial team sub for a total of 5 games. (Same team or 5 different teams) A player can be used as a WRRL – Regional team sub for a total of 5 games. (Same team or up to 5 different teams) A player can be used as a sub for one tournament regardless of the number of games actually played. So by the end of the season the player can have a max of 5 extra WORL games, 5 extra WRRL games and one tournament All substitutions that include players from another association need president and G&T approval prior to the event Goalies are exempt from the number of times they play for another team but approvals are still required for out of association or tournaments.

7. Game Sheet example

8. Game Sheets The Home Team is responsible for proper completion of the Game Sheet Using Stickers for your team is a huge time saver Game sheets are to be deposited in the LRA mailbox on the side the LRA trophy the day the game is played This is a great task to delegate as the Head Coach should be focused on the team before, during and immediately after the game

9. Time Keeping Timekeepers Volunteers for timekeeping are the Home Teams responsibility This is a two person job to run the clock and ensure the game sheet can be completed accurately Instructions are posted in the timekeepers box for running the clock Game Curfew’s –

10. Referees Head Coaches are responsible for ensuring refs are onsite for games Ref’s are required to be onsite 10 min before the game. If Ref’s are MIA you need to contact the LRA Referee in Chief Mark Goldhawk immediately @ 519-474-0355 Please respect the job the officials are doing. If you have an issue please don’t show your displeasure during the game but send Mark your feedback after you get home

11. League Schedules League Schedules: Head Coaches will be informed through the LRA their schedule. Please ensure the schedule is distributed to your team. League schedules will also be posted on the Western Region Website http://www.wrra.ca/ Click on the A/AA link for Provincial and the B/C for regional

12. Game Cancellation and Rescheduling CANCELLING GAMES SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY THE LAST RESORT!!!! Games may need to be rescheduled due to tournaments should be done in timely manner. The only other reason for cancellation is the weather. You cannot cancel a game due to limited players. You are to call up players. Please ask your convener for help. It is the Home team’s responsibility to make every effort to reschedule a game. All changes/cancellations of home games are to be communicated ASAP to both the ice scheduler p.singeris@rogers.com and the Referee in Chief mgoldhawk@dow.com p.singeris@rogers.commgoldhawk@dow.com Your league ice scheduler might be able to offer potential make-up ice times. Your practice ice may be used to make-up a game if absolutely necessary. Remember to arrange for referees. If an opponent offers to make-up a London home game on their ice by all means do so. You are still the home team and need to indicate this on the game sheet. When all the teams are set, contact list of all teams in their respective leagues will be posted on the Western Region website: www.wrra.cawww.wrra.ca Missed games will be subject to fines from the respective leagues and will be enforced. The LRA will not pay your fines. London Referee in Chief: Mark Goldhawk - mgoldhawk@dow.com 519-474-0355mgoldhawk@dow.com

13. Extra Ice Time / Off Ice Rentals Extra Ice Don’t anticipate extra ice from LRA but it will be occasionally available. Contact Phil Singeris to check for available ice. Extra ice may be purchased for your team if your budget allows. There is affordable ice available in several communities close to London. If you book ice for your team, you must do so under “London Ringette” and you MUST notify our President, Phil Singeris, p.singeris@rogers.com for insurance purposes.p.singeris@rogers.com Your team is directly responsible for the cost of such ice. Off Ice Rentals Dry Land and Team Building events are encouraged If you book Schools, Auditoriums or any other facilities for team functions you MUST notify our President, Phil Singeris, p.singeris@rogers.com for insurance purposes.p.singeris@rogers.com You must complete a Facility Audit when not using an LRA facility http://ontario-ringette.com/administration/forms.php?sub=administration – Under membership services Proof of insurance can be provided by Phil upon request

14. TRF Update Head Coaches will be required to verify and sign copies of these forms once completed. These forms are required to be completed prior to participating in any ORA sanctioned tournament TRF Adjustment Form: TRF Adjustment forms are required for tournaments if the team is adding any players or bench staff to their roster in accordance with the Rules. For adding players to a league game, a TRF adjustment form is NOT required. Coaches/managers will need to be advised of how to fill out a game sheet properly, including if you are adding any Alternate Players (S1 / S2 etc) All players on the Team TRF are to be listed on the game sheet. Any players absent should be crossed out and any additions written in and designated as (S1 or S2 ) (this signifies the subs game number) Registrar: Tammy Mantulak mantulak0592@rogers.commantulak0592@rogers.com

15. Tournaments Please plan tournaments ASAP so that you can get your game schedule adjusted if need be http://ontario-ringette.com/ For the tournament listing http://ontario-ringette.com/ Discuss with the parents with a view to participating in one or two tournaments in addition to our own. CSTT Travel Group: use this service for booking tournament rooms if host tournament allows The ORA website is also home to the G&T Operating Manual. Please become familiar with this. Considerations in Tournament Selection: – Level of play offered (can play up), female or coed – travel- Hotel req’d, player/coach availability, spacing of tournaments

16. Coaching Committee London Ringette has a Coaching Committee to help you with all your needs. Any coaching concerns and complaints are dealt with by this group. Details of the complaint procedure are available in ‘Coaches’ Corner” on our website www.londonringette.orgwww.londonringette.org For any Guidance contact Brian Rooney brroney@gmail.com andbrroney@gmail.com Phil Singeris p.singeris@rogers.com via e-mail p.singeris@rogers.com Please note: complaints from officials and opposing teams can reflect on London Lynx Ringette poorly and we will follow up on any such complaints.

17. Fundraising Fundraising is encouraged to offset costs of; – Tournaments – Training – Team Wear – Team Functions Board needs to be aware of your fundraising initiatives and details (ie. type of fundraising, monetary goal and details of how the money will be spent). The information and forms are on the LRA website http://www.londonringette.com/league/page.aspx?PageID=3413

18. Sport Development Development vs. Competition – Sport Development Committee has created guides for the Development vs. Competition Ratios for this season http://www.ontario-ringette.com/SDev/Log.php?sub=SDev http://www.ontario-ringette.com/SDev/Log.php?sub=SDev Team Activity Log – Starting immediately all teams Provincial and Regional need to complete a Team Activity Log – The Log is designed to track the time allocated to Development vs. Competition throughout the season. – This is due March 31 st from each team – no exceptions Document information attached

19. Team Brand Wear London Lynx team wear is available at Pete’s sport http://www.londonringette.com/league/page.aspx?PageID=4091 If you want to vary from the team wear available on this order sheet you Need to put in a request to the board through the President