Netball: Competing for the ball

Teach players to jump back, judge the distance correctly and stop giving away penalty passes with this beginners three feet defending session

The player at one end starts by passing to the 1st attacking player.

That attacking player then has to try and pass the ball to the 2nd attacking player.

This continues until the final attacking player has passed the ball to the 2nd static player at the other end of the court.

After which the player in the middle reverse rolls and the practice repeats in the opposite direction.

Two feeders stand in middle of the court, either side of the center circle.

The attacking player passes the ball out to the feeder and then runs out, looking for the return pass. The defender must react and look to push the attacker wide and/or intercept the ball.

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.

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.