RINGO
Francisco José González Aranda
1 - WHAT IS RINGO?
1.1 A BIT OF HISTORY
The game was invented in 1959 by a Polish fencer and journalist Włodzimierz
Strzyżewski. The ringo was introduced to the general public during the 1968 Summer
Olympics. The first Polish championship was held in 1973 . The Polish Ringo Federation
was not founded until 1989 and the International Federation four years later.
Originally the game supplemented its inventor's training, then it became a recreational
sport accessible to all in all weather conditions. The sport is played in several countries
around the world, among others: Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Armenia, the Czech
Republic, Germany, the United States, and Kenya.
1.2. BUT… WHAT IS THE RINGO?
Ringo is a split-court sport (teams play in different areas of a field divided into two). It
can be practiced both individually and in team. It is played with a ring and the goal is to
get that the ring falls in the opponent's field.
2. HOW TO PLAY RINGO?
2.1. OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME AND SCORING
The goal of the game is to get 15 points, defending the own field and throwing the ring
over the ringo net and getting it to fall in the opponent field area. If we tie at 14 points,
the game continues until either side gets a 2-point advantage by changing the serve
(service) to each point. If it is tied at 16 points, the The first player to get the 17th point
will be victorious.
2.2. MATERIALS AND PLAYING AREA
To play ringo we need:
- A ringo (ring of about 20-25 cm in external diameter and 13-18 cm internal), with
stable flight and enough soft as to avoid painful blows (can be self build).
- A field 8-9 meters wide by 18 long.
- A ringo net (same as volleyball) or a ribbon ringo (at least 1 cm wide where ties are
placed every 20 cm, colored and 25 cm long), placed 2 ´43m high.
- The field of the ringo is divided in two by the line "limit peace".
2.3. BASIC RULES
2.3.1. – Singles game
The serve (serve)
- The serve is performed after the referee's signal, behind the baseline and within the
limits of the lateral lines. The captain serves first. In individual, possession of the service
is changed every 3 points.
- If in the singles game, after the service, the hoop touches the ringo (net) and lands on
the opponent's half of the field, the service is repeated. However, another successive
network implies the loss of 1 point.
- You get a point when we get the ring to fall within the limits of the opposite field.
The flight of the ring
- The hoop should fly more or less parallel to the ground. Though the ringo can tremble
during its flight, in no moment it can assume a vertical position. Then the team that
threw the Ringo wrong loses a point (a point to the opposing team).
The ring throw
- The thrower must touch the ground, at least with some part of one foot (not doing so
implies the loss of 1 point). Must thrown from the place where it was picked up or after
performing the stopping step allowed when one of the feet touches the I usually.
- Once the launch has started, you must continue in the same direction, and throw the
hoop before putting the foot on the ground.
- The throw must be made by the player who received the ringo, that is, you cannot go
to a partner for him/her to throw hoop reception
- It is allowed to pick up the hoop with either hand, even with a single finger, but on the
condition that it be returned with the same.
- If a hoop slips from the hand on the first try, can be picked up with it before it falls to
the ground, or if it touches on a partner and is picked up by another.
- Two partners can catch the hoop simultaneously but only one of they can return it.
However, it is not allowed to take the two rings at the same time with the same hand.
- The hoop held in the hand must not touch the body of the player or his teammates,
neither the ground, nor the ringo line (net), nor the área under the. The receiving player
can change the grip of the ringo as long as it touches the hand, but never change hands.
Field change
- To give equal opportunities and taking into account factors such as light or wind,
players must change fields after one side arrives to 8 points (8+1, with two hoops).
positions on the pitch.
- Players can adopt any position in their basketball court.
- The hoop can also be caught and thrown from outside the court, but always on the
ringo line and within the limits of the central line established for each category.
2.3.2. – Doubles game
The rules are basically the same as those for individual but with certain changes:
- It is played with two hoops
- In service the hoops are thrown simultaneously
- If after the start signal, one of the rings reaches the center line while the other has not
been thrown yet, this last team loses 1 point.
- Service possession is changed every 5 points.
- When playing with two hoops a throwing error of one of the two causes the loss of 1
point. However, the hoop that fell to the ground must remain there until the game ends
with the other hoop.
- In the doubles game, if one of the hoops touches the net, interrupt the game with the
other or cause the loss of point, regardless of the number of successive networks. If the
rings collide during the service or exchange of throws, it is penalized with the loss of 1
point team in whose half of the field the hoop fell or to that team whose ring fell out of
bounds.
- It is not allowed to take both rings at the same time with the same hand.
3. CLASS PLAN
EXERCISES EXPLANATION TIME
HISTORY, RULES, ETC. 5min
WARM UP Joint mobility and dynamic stretching 5min
EXERCISE 1 Each one individually launches the ringo and picks
it up again before it falls, first with two hands and
after that only with one, trying not to collide with
their mates.
5min
EXERCISE 1 We stand in pairs, facing each other at a distance.
We perform the following exercises:
1. Each one individually launches the ringo
and picks it up again before it falls
2. We throw the ringo trying to make it easy
for our partner to receive it, he has to
catch it with one hand.
3. We throw the ringo with the wrong hand
and receive with the wrong hand.
9min
4. We mix both hands throwing with height
and trying to make it difficult for our
partner to catch the ringo.
5. We introduce 2 ringos and we spend them
trying not to fall.
6. With two ringos we try to ensure that our
partner cannot catch it.
EXERCISE 2 We divide 2 teams, they stand in 1 row behind
each end line. The first in a row starts by throwing
the ringo to the other field and the opponent has
to catch it before it falls following the rules. When
he catches it quickly, he throws it again and the
opponent has to receive it. The throwing player
goes back to the end of the line. A point is added if
the opposing team fails to take the ring or commits
a foul.
As a variant we can put 2 rows and 2 rings.
8min
MATCH 1. 1vs1 in minifields
2. 2 teams and 2 ringos
20min
CALM DOWN Static stretchings 3min