Netball: Face Forward

Develop your players understanding of the importance of fast footwork to deceive their opponent and gain more chances on goal.

Develop your players footwork in order to land correctly, whilst also looking at the skill of turning in the air to shut out the defender.

Develop your player's ability to execute quick and efficient footwork, not only when receiving the ball, but also when creating and penetrating space.

Show off some fancy footwork on court and go on the attack with this session!

Split your players into 4s or more with 2 balls. Both blue players start with a ball.

1. The blue players both throw the ball to the Red players who in turn return the ball.
   
   
2. After returning the ball the red players swap places.
   
   
3. Repeat once more.

Time the cross-over moves so that players receive on the move.

The starting player passes the ball to the player moving towards the ball from the opposite group.

The receiving player who catches the ball should land on 1 foot, then land on their 2nd foot and pivot onto their 1st landing foot to pass the ball back the player on the side where they started.

Exercise reverses in the other direction.

Players take it in turns to run through the defender's areas as pairs. The player without the ball leads into the space. Working together they should try to pass and move, maintaining possession of the ball, from one side to the other.

If players successfully pass and support each other to the other side without losing the ball they pass the ball to the next pair and then join the back of the queue.

If the ball is intercepted though the pair who lost the ball become the defenders and the original defenders take the runner's place at the back of the queue.

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.