Netball: Defenders Dictating Play

Developing your player's defensive skills, focusing on applying the three stages of defence to deny and limit the options for the opposition.

Develop your defenders ability to deny space to prevent them from gaining any depth and struggle to make connections across the court.

Defence is the first form of attack so make sure that your players are more than capable of defending to a high standard with this session!

Limit the opponent?s options in attack with this defensive session, improving your team?s ability to intercept and apply pressure to the ball carrier

This drill is for a defender to practice intercepting and dictating play.

Use 4 feeders to make a space like a wide corridor for the attacker in a third. Have 2 feeders on each side of the third 6-7m apart facing each other.

The attacker will start the drill by passing to one of the first feeders, who will then pass back to the attacker. The attacker then has to pass to one of the next 2 feeders further up, on either side.

The attacker also has to receive the ball in line with or in front of the Feeder, to keep play moving forward.

Slowly the two attackers pass the ball back and forth down the court towards the circle. The defender must move to the ball side of the player inside the circle.

The defender must remain on their toes and keep moving as the two attacking players can put the ball into the circle at any point.

This drill is for a defender to practice intercepting and dictating play.

Use 4 feeders to make a space like a wide corridor for the attacker in a third. Have 2 feeders on each side of the third 8-10m apart facing each other.

The attacker will start the drill by passing to one of the first feeders, who will then pass back to the attacker. The attacker then has to pass to the next feeder on the same side.

It doesn't matter which side they pick to start the drill, but both passes have to stay on the same side each time.

The Attacker also has to receive the ball in line with or in front of the Feeder, to keep play moving forward.

Set up 3 cones along a transverse line, one in the middle, one at the edge of court and one in between these.

Have one defender behind the line and one in front. The attackers aim is to come over the line to receive a Centre pass, inbetween the inside cones.

If the attacker receives the ball:

In between the middle cones: 1pt to the attacker

In between the outside cones: 1pt to the defenders

Keep score out of 6 attempts.

The defenders need to be aware of each other and work to restrict the movements of the attacker.