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Netball: Over-Under Passing

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Players need to pair up and concentrate for this drill and will need two balls.

One player bounce passes every pass while the other plays a chest pass.

COACHING POINTS

You can mix things up a bit here by shouting "change".

Upon hearing the call players swap roles, the player who was originally passing with the chest pass is now bounce passing and vice versa!

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One handed passing:

Stand about 2 metres apart.

In pairs with one ball between two.

1 ball, 2 players face each other. Both players pass the ball to their partners right hand then change to the left.
Progressions

Change the height of the ball (e.g from shoulder to waist)

Add movement - forwards/backwards/sideways. Move as a pair.

Add 2 balls

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