Coaches

Please see below for info and forms to help guide your season.

Coach Selection

Each season head coaches are selected by a committee. All interested applicants are encouraged to submit an application. The annual application process is outlined on our Coach Selection page. 

Mandatory Coaches Meeting

There will be a mandatory coaches meeting at the start of the season. We are awaiting guidance from Ringette Alberta and the Wild Rose Premier Ringette League and will advise on a date and time.

Professional Development credits

A Competition Introduction (CI) certified coach is required to accumulate 20 Professional Development credits over five years from the time they are certified. Once a coach has accumulated the required PD credits, the certification will be renewed for another five years. For more information, please review the Ringette Alberta PD Points & Status Renewal page.

Competition-Development Multi-Sport Modules for CRCs

It is mandatory for coaches to complete at least one Competition-Development Multi-Sport Module from the list below in order to be eligible to attend the CRCs (with the exception of coaches that have completed their CI certification this season, or those who have already completed all modules). This requirement will continue with one course per year (for those coaches attending CRCs) until all Multi-Sport Modules are complete. Please see the Ringette Alberta PD Points & Status Renewal page.

• Managing Conflict
• Leading Drug-Free Sport
• Psychology of Performance
• Prevention and Recovery
• Manage a Sport Program
• Coaching and Leading Effectively
• Developing Athletic Abilities
• Performance Planning

Please be aware that online courses are a webinar format and only available on specific dates (with registration deadlines). For registration, available courses and more info, please visit Coach.ca.

In support of training and development, AA Ringette Calgary will reimburse coaches for fees incurred relating to all required coaching courses as required by Ringette Alberta for the current coaching season.  Receipts can be submitted to the AA Treasurer.

Coaching Requirements

Ringette Canada

• View your Coaching Certification level needs
• Check your current NCCP Certification

Ringette Alberta

• Ringette Alberta Coaching Courses and Schedules
• Coaching certifications: RAB Team Staff Requirements

Ringette Calgary

• Respect In Sport  OR  Safe Sport for Coaches and Team Staff — more info, plus deadline and certification links
• Deadlines for Coaching Certification and Provincials Commit to Attend, as well as concussion resources info are available here
• Ringette Calgary — Coaches Info (replaces manual)

AA Ringette Calgary

• The following items are required for all AA Ringette Calgary coaches:
  • Coach Application Form (opens annually in May)
  • Coach Code of Conduct Pledge
  • If you are selected to coach for the next season, you will be required to submit valid Police Information Check (PIC) with Vulnerable Sector Screening, current for the last 3 years or proof of your application being in process.
  • Screening Disclosure Form - This form is required if you have a current PIC but it was not completed in the past year. Form is to be submitted along with the current PIC (three year period) or proof of PIC application (used until the official PIC has been received).
• Coaches applying in the spring as part of our coach selection process are required to provide a Coach Code of Conduct Pledge and a current PIC, or proof of PIC application by the application deadline to the Coach Admin Coordinator. 
  • See our Coach Selection page for more info
• Any assistant coaches named over the summer (after the coach application process) need to provide a Coach Code of Conduct Pledge and a current PIC before the start of Fall Tryouts.
• All other coach/bench volunteers appointed after team selection need to provide a Coach Code of Conduct Pledge and a current PIC or proof of PIC application by September 30.
• For info about Junior Coaches (youth aged 14-17), please see our "Junior Coach Selection" page.

Affiliation Process

• Affiliate players are selected during the team draft process which occurs immediately following the last tryout ice time. To be eligible for affiliate selection, the player must be either (1) carried past first round selections, and has not withdrawn their name prior to nor after the draft, or (2) any player drafted to the AA division one age-level below. Goalies may be affiliated from outside this pool of players.
  • For full details:  AA Ringette Calgary Athlete Affiliation Process (updated Jan 6, 2020)

• RAB Affiliation Policy info
• 5.0 RAB Affiliation Policy (updated Jun 15, 2019)
• RAB Player Affiliation Form

Health & Wellness Resources

• Ringette Canada’s Concussion Policy — Concussion Management Guidelines
  

• Emergency Action Plan for responding to an injury (updated 2023)
  
  
• RAB Accident Claim Form (fill out and submit to RAB)
  In the case of injury, provide this form to athlete/parents to take along to treatment/diagnosis—it then must be submitted to RAB (not their provider) within 30 days of the injury occurring. Coaches, please have copies available in your medical bag. For more details, please see Ringette Alberta (RAB) Insurance Coverage Information.
  
  
• AA Ringette Calgary Nutritional Guidelines