Netball: Interception Circle

Use this plan to improve your players' zone defence skills, teaching them to work together to push the opposition wide, deny space and regain possession for your team!

Deny and limit the opposition's play in your next match with this week's 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

Three is the magic number! Get your players to make the right decisions when defending - mark, block or intercept?

The two blue players pass the ball between themselves quickly and accurately. Meanwhile the white players stands in the middle, watching the ball pass from left to right.

When they are ready the white player should position themselves between the ball and its intended recipient to make the interception.

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.

To be played in groups of 8.

2 defenders stand in each section of the court.

2 attackers work their way down the court passing the ball between them. They must make a given number of passes in each third before progressing to the next third.

Defenders must stay within their own third.

Progression
You could put 3 defenders in each third.

The 2 defenders inside the circle must ensure one of them is always marking the attacker inside the circle.

While one player marks the defender, the other should be covering the space and looking to make the interception.