Help need some advice on contact and Offside

Help need some advice on contact and Offside

how can I improve my contact and offside, are there any drills that I can use so here are less penalty's given away in a game

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Lee-annes NetballCoach, Australia

would help Jessica to know what position you play. are you are defense player who is contacting because of the way you are zoning/blocking your player, are you contacting because you arent coming around your player to get an intercept, are you a center court player who is not running around players to get to a better position, or are you are an attack player who is pushing past her defence player in order to get to the pass? these are just a few reasons why players contact. most common reason behind all of these is poor footwork. work on that and most of these are fixed. if you are a defence player though it could also be poor body positioning as well.

as for offside, that tends to occur due to balance issues. not having good balance when you stop or catch a ball and then pass it on again. if your balance was worked on then you would have less offside issues. most common reason, your chest is dropped when you land so your center of gravity is too far forward and hence difficult to stop. footwork during passing and catching could be unbalanced causing uncontrolled movement too. practise running and stopping landing on both feet at the same time, hip width apart, chest up, eyes up looking at the person throwing the pass (with an imaginary ball at first). stop and hold for a few seconds, then run backwards to repeat exercise til you are stopping on the spot without movement through any part of your body. then add in the ball. make sure your hands are out in front ready to take the ball from well in front of yourself, and when you pass back to the person, that you step forward onto the opposite foot you are passing from. make sure this step isnt too long or too short, but a comfortable step in front that transfers weight from the back foot to the front as you release.

hope that helps.

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Lee-annes NetballCoach, Australia

would help Jessica to know what position you play. are you are defense player who is contacting because of the way you are zoning/blocking your player, are you contacting because you arent coming around your player to get an intercept, are you a center court player who is not running around players to get to a better position, or are you are an attack player who is pushing past her defence player in order to get to the pass? these are just a few reasons why players contact. most common reason behind all of these is poor footwork. work on that and most of these are fixed. if you are a defence player though it could also be poor body positioning as well.

as for offside, that tends to occur due to balance issues. not having good balance when you stop or catch a ball and then pass it on again. if your balance was worked on then you would have less offside issues. most common reason, your chest is dropped when you land so your center of gravity is too far forward and hence difficult to stop. footwork during passing and catching could be unbalanced causing uncontrolled movement too. practise running and stopping landing on both feet at the same time, hip width apart, chest up, eyes up looking at the person throwing the pass (with an imaginary ball at first). stop and hold for a few seconds, then run backwards to repeat exercise til you are stopping on the spot without movement through any part of your body. then add in the ball. make sure your hands are out in front ready to take the ball from well in front of yourself, and when you pass back to the person, that you step forward onto the opposite foot you are passing from. make sure this step isnt too long or too short, but a comfortable step in front that transfers weight from the back foot to the front as you release.

hope that helps.

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Thnak you for answering my question you have helped me a lot. Are there any drills that i could do to improve my contact as i play the position GA.

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