Netball: Defender in the middle

Defensive Balance, Leaning and Jumping! Make yourself big, cover the passing options and shut down the space!

Two defenders work inside a circle of players with one ball.

The red players must pass the ball around the group and try to keep possession.

The two defending players must work together to mark the ball, keeping the 3ft distance, while the other defenders 'zones' the space.

So, if Red 1 receives the ball, Green 1 (the nearest defender) calls "ball" and goes to cover the ball and Green 2 moves back, calls "hole" and zones the area.

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 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.

Split players into pairs with one ball and three cones, placed in a triangle. The feeder stands above the top of the triangle.

Using quick, small steps the worker has to rotate around the cones in a figure of 8 before then receiving the ball and returning it to the feeder at the top of the triangle.

Start slowly before gradually increasing the pace.