Netball: Restricted Zone Passing: Working on the 1st , 2nd and 3rd stage of Defence

Develop your player's defensive ability, allowing them to practice their 3 stages of defence in order to force errors and successfully obtain interceptions.

Develop your players understanding and use of fast, accurate footwork to make successful interceptions or force an error.

Regardless of the skills of your defenders, without team cohesion, you'll be sure to ship goals. Create a cohesive defensive unit with this defending session.

Develop your player's ability to dictate their opponents movement and apply pressure to the ball carrier.

Players work in groups of 5 - 3 passing players on the outside of the triangle, one attacking player in the middle and one defender who is marking the central player.

The defender has to prevent the attacker from getting free to receive a pass from the outside players.

In pairs, one player moves quickly from left to right, using small side steps while their partner tries to keep up.

Both players are facing each other.

Every player is involved in this defensive exercise.

1. The first player in the center passes to an outside player.
2. After passing the ball the passing player drives forward and defends the player who has just received the pass.
3. Once the defender is in place the player to the right of the player who has received the ball should sprint into the center and look to receive a pass (bounce, chest or high) from the outside player.

Once the player in the center has the ball the drill can begin again.

White player 1 initiates a move towards either ball( on a cone).

Red player 1responds and tries to get to the ball before.